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Tony Menezes
Personal information
Full name	Anthony Santos Menezes
Date of birth	November 24, 1974 (age 49)
Place of birth	Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
1997–1998	América Rio de Janeiro
1999	Bangu Rio de Janeiro
2000–2001	Botafogo
2002	Gansu Nongken
2003	Nanjing Yoyo
2004	Zhejiang Lucheng
2006	Toronto Lynx
2006	SC Ulbra (RS)
2006–2007	Mahindra United
2008–2010	Porto Alegre FC
International career‡
1998–2003	Canada
1999–2008	Canada Beach Soccer
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:47, 24 February 2007 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 November 2009

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Anthony Santos Menezes (born November 24, 1974) is a retired Canadian-Brazilian professional soccer player.

Club career

A 6'1, 180 lb (82 kg) defender, Menezes has a Brazilian mother and Canadian father, when he was 10, he and his family immigrated to Brazil.^{[citation needed]} He played for Botafogo in Rio de Janeiro until 2001, then signed with Chinese team Nanjing Yoyo.^[1] On April 19, 2006 he signed for the Toronto Lynx^[2]^[3] and played only one season.

In November 2006, he signed for defending champions Mahindra United of the Indian National Football League, after two years in India joined back to his homeland Brazil and signed in January 2008 with Porto Alegre FC.^[4]

International career

He made his debut for Canada in a May 1998 friendly match against Macedonia and earned a total of 27 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented Canada in 4 FIFA World Cup qualification matches^[5] and was a member of the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup title-winning squad. He also played with Canada at 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup in Japan.^[6] He has also played for the Beach Soccer national team from Canada.

His final international was a January 2003 friendly match against the United States.^{[citation needed]}

Honours

Canada

CONCACAF Gold Cup: 1

2000

References

^ All Washed Up?
^ Lynx add former Canadian international Menezes Archived 2008-09-20 at the Wayback Machine
^ TONY MENEZES SIGNS WITH LYNX
^ Canadian Arena Team Announces Players for Montreal
^ Tony Menezes – FIFA competition record (archived)
^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2000 - Full Details - RSSSF

External links

Player profile - CanadaSoccer
Tony Menezes at National-Football-Teams.com

[1] All Washed Up?

[2] Lynx add former Canadian international Menezes Archived 2008-09-20 at the Wayback Machine

[3] TONY MENEZES SIGNS WITH LYNX

[4] Canadian Arena Team Announces Players for Montreal

[5] Tony Menezes – FIFA competition record (archived)

[6] CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2000 - Full Details - RSSSF

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-A 6'1, 180&nbsp;lb (82&nbsp;kg) [[defender (football)|defender]], Menezes has a Brazilian mother and Canadian father, when he was 10, he and his family immigrated to [[Brazil]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2011}} He played for [[Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas|Botafogo]] in [[Rio de Janeiro]] until 2001, then signed with [[China|Chinese]] team [[Nanjing Yoyo]].<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,501030310-428130,00.html All Washed Up?]</ref> On April 19, 2006 he signed for the [[Toronto Lynx]]<ref>[http://uslpro.uslsoccer.com/home/129236.html Lynx add former Canadian international Menezes]</ref><ref>[http://torontolynx.com/releases/2006/april18.htm TONY MENEZES SIGNS WITH LYNX]</ref> and played only one season.
+A 6'1, 180&nbsp;lb (82&nbsp;kg) [[defender (football)|defender]], Menezes has a Brazilian mother and Canadian father, when he was 10, he and his family immigrated to [[Brazil]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2011}} He played for [[Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas|Botafogo]] in [[Rio de Janeiro]] until 2001, then signed with [[China|Chinese]] team [[Nanjing Yoyo]].<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,501030310-428130,00.html All Washed Up?]</ref> On April 19, 2006 he signed for the [[Toronto Lynx]]<ref>[http://uslpro.uslsoccer.com/home/129236.html Lynx add former Canadian international Menezes] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080920101642/http://uslpro.uslsoccer.com/home/129236.html |date=2008-09-20 }}</ref><ref>[http://torontolynx.com/releases/2006/april18.htm TONY MENEZES SIGNS WITH LYNX]</ref> and played only one season.
 In November 2006, he signed for defending champions [[Mahindra United]] of the Indian National Football League, after two years in India joined back to his homeland Brazil and signed in January 2008 with  [[Porto Alegre Futebol Clube|Porto Alegre FC]].<ref>[http://www.arenaleague.com/pro/255301.html Canadian Arena Team Announces Players for Montreal]</ref>