Giovani Dos Santos is an international Mexican team player. His real name is Giovani “Gio” dos Santos Ramirez. He was born on 11 May 1989, now his age is 34 years old (as of 2023), and his birthplace Monterrey, Mexico. Santos has played in the Barcelona from 2007-08, Tottenham Hotspur, Mallorca, Villarreal and LA Galaxy club and also Mexico national football team.
Generally, his playing position is attacking midfielder. In fact, Santos is international Mexican forward and midfielder of the team. His height is 5 feet 9 inches or 5’9”. The team is playing FIFA World Cup 2018 in Russia to the B group.
Dos Santos club and international career
Footballer Santos was a member of the Mexico under-17 team that won the U-17 World Championship 2005 in Peru. On 9 September 2007, Santos made his debut for the National team in a 1-0 win over Panama.
Barcelona included Santos in their 23-man squad for the FIFA World Cup in Japan, on 28 November 2006. On 20 September 2007, he made his UEFA Champions League in a 3-0 home win against Lyon.
After, he scored a hat-trick with Real Murcia, with a final score of 5-3, granting a victory to Barca on 17 May 2008. His brother Jonathan Santos are also footballer of the Mexican team.
Also, he scored the second goal over Borussia Dortmund in the 3-0 win to make it two wins out of two. On 26 February 2009, he scored his first competitive goal for Spurs in the UEFA Cup against Shakhtar Donetsk. Afterward, he scored and has an assist in Tottenham’s UEFA Europa group match with Shamrock Rovers at White Hart Lane on 29 September 2011.
He signed a four-year contract with Spanish outfit Mallorca, being introduced as their new number 9, on 31 August 2012. Santos completed a much-speculated move to recently promoted side Villarreal for a reported 6 million EUR on 9 July 2013.
International career
Footballer Santos has played in the Mexican Under-12, Under-17, Under-20, and Under-23 and senior national team. He appeared for the first time for Mexico national team in a 1-0 win over Panama, In September 2007.
Dos scored his third goal of the tournament against Senegal. On 4 August and scoring a crucial tiebreaking goal in the 98th minute to give Mexico a 3-2 lead.
He scored his third goal for Mexico in the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2009 quarterfinal match against Haiti in the 42nd minute on 19 July.
He contributed to all three goals in a 3-0 win over Costa Rica in the FIFA World Cup 2010 qualification stages on 5 September 2010. Besides, he was called up by Miguel Herrera to play the World Cup 2014. On 29 June 2014, he played in Mexico’s World Cup opener with Cameroon.
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Santos honors and news
Footballer Santos has got Internationally FIFA U-17 World Championship: 2005, Olympics Gold Medal 2012, CONCACAF Gold Cup: 2009, 11, and 2015.
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