Tito José da Costa Santos, known as Tito (born 8 February 1946) is a former Portuguese football player.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Tito José da Costa Santos | ||
Date of birth | 8 February 1946 | ||
Place of birth | Lisbon, Portugal | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1963–1969 | Atlético CP | ||
1969–1971 | União de Tomar | ||
1971–1978 | Vitória de Guimarães | 202 | (86) |
1978–1979 | Famalicão | 15 | (0) |
1979 | Feirense | ||
1979 | Toronto Blizzard | 0 | (0) |
1979–1980 | Toronto First Portuguese | ||
1980–1982 | Coelima | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
He played 11 seasons and 292 games in the Primeira Liga for Vitória de Guimarães, Atlético CP, União de Tomar and Famalicão.
Club career
editHe made his Primeira Liga debut for Atlético CP on 18 September 1966 in a game against Académica de Coimbra.[1] In 1979, he signed with Toronto Blizzard in the North American Soccer League.[2][3] He was released by Toronto in early 1979, and later played in the National Soccer League with Toronto First Portuguese.[4] In his debut season with First Portuguese he contributed a goal in the finals match against Toronto Panhellenic which secured the NSL Cup.[5] He returned to Portugal to play with Coelima.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Game Report by ZeroZero". ZeroZero. 18 September 1966.
- ^ "NASL-Tito Jose Santos". www.nasljerseys.com. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
- ^ Krivel, Peter (15 March 1979). "One more big scorer for Blizzard". Toronto Star. p. E3.
- ^ Habib, Marlene (25 June 1979). "Marinho loses bitter feelings over being let go by Blizzard". The Globe and Mail. p. S9.
- ^ "First Portuguese win National League Cup". The Globe and Mail. 3 September 1979. p. S14.
- ^ "ForaDeJogo.net - Tito (Tito José da Costa Santos)". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 13 June 2020.