Marcos Antonio Senna da Silva ( port. Marcos Antônio Senna da Silva ) - Spanish football player of Brazilian origin. Best known as a player in the Spanish club " Villareal " [1] . He played for the Spanish national team , in which he won the Euro 2008 championship, becoming the first Brazilian to win the European title [2] .
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| Full name | Marcos Antonio Senna da Silva | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Was born | July 17, 1976 (43 years) Sao Paulo , Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  Brazil  Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Growth | 175 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
From 2002 to 2013, he played for Villarreal in the position of defensive midfielder , played for the Spanish national team . Senna is known as a good player in the pass, has a decent long-range strike . In 2012, after the departure of Villarreal to Segundo , Marcos was called in honor of one of the stands of the El Madrigal stadium for his desire to stay at the club at a difficult moment. .
He completed his career as a football player in November 2015, winning in the New York Cosmos in the playoff finals of the North American Football League (NASL) .
In February 2016, he began working at Villarreal in the department of institutional relations [3] .
A cousin of Marcos Assunção , a former Brazilian national team player (1998–2000).
Achievements
Villarreal
- Winner of the Intertoto Cup 2003
- Winner of the Intertoto Cup 2004
Team Spain
- European Champion 2008
- Included in the symbolic team of the European Championship in 2008 according to FIFA .
- Footballer of the year in Spain : 2008
Notes
Links
- Profile on FIFA.com (Eng.)
- (English)