Felipe Santana

Quick Facts

Full Name	Felipe Santana
Occupation	Association Football Player
Date Of Birth	Mar 17, 1986(1986-03-17)
Age	38
Birthplace	Rio Claro
Country	Brazil
Birth City	Rio de Janeiro
Horoscope	Pisces

Felipe Santana Biography

Felipe Santana is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Player who was born on March 17, 1986 in Rio Claro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Felipe Augusto Santana (Brazilian Portuguese”fI’lipI aw’guS.tu ‘san.ta.na[fI’lipI] European Portuguese: [fi’lip(i) aw’guS.tu ‘san.ta.na born on 17 March, 1987) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays center back. He is an unsigned free agent.

In 2008, during the first game of the season Santana made his final appearance and scored a brace in a draw of 5-5 against Portuguesa. It turned out to be his sole appearance for the entire season.

On 28 May 2013, FC Schalke 04 confirmed that Felipe Santana had signed a contract with them until 30 June 2016. The transfer fee was reported by media as €1,000,000 at the time. He was assigned a number 5 shirt, previously worn by Marcelo Bordon. The transfer of Santana was speculated since February.

Due to both Mats Hummels and Neven Subotić being injured in the 2012–13 Bundesliga season, Santana was given an opportunity to get more playing time that season. With Santana increasingly given a first team opportunity until Hummels and Subotić returned, Santana scored his first Bundesliga goal in three years, in a 5–0 win over Werder Bremen on 19 January 2013. On 3 March 2013, Santana scored the first goal in a 3–0 victory over Shakhtar Donetsk in the UEFA Champions League with a header directly from a corner. He also scored a goal in the last minute against Málaga on 9 April 2013 to win the tie with Borussia Dortmund progressing to the semi-finals. They went on to reach the final of the UEFA Champions League, but lost 2–1. After the match, Santana said the club should not have been disappointed with their progression, and stated his desire to leave the club in order to find more playing time.

The 16th of May, 2008. Santana became a member of Bundesliga soccer club Borussia Dortmund for an amount in the region of 2 million euros. He also signed a five-year contract.

Felipe Santana Net Worth

Felipe Santana is one of the richest Association Football Player from Brazil. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Felipe Santana 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Santana began his football career at Figueirense and was a part of Figueirense in 1996. He later signed his first professional contract in the year 2006. Felipe was first introduced with the club on the 3rd of May 2007 with a 6-3 defeat against Atletico Paranaense. 3 July 2007 was the day that Santana got his first goal of his professional career in a 2-1 victory over Cruzeiro and then another goal was scored two weeks later on the 14th of July 2007 with a 2-1 victory over Parana. In his debut season with the club, Santana played in 34 games, scored three goals.

Santana did not get his debut until September 21st 2008, when he scored his first goal in a 4-1 defeat in a game against Hoffenheim before scoring his second goal in the next game, the 3-0 victory over Stuttgart. Santana scored two more goals in the games against Eintracht Frankfurt and Karlsruher SC. In his debut season at Borussia Dortmund Santana had a total of 23 appearances, scored four times despite being restricted by injuries.

Throughout the three seasons since joining Borussia Dortmund, Santana’s playing time was reduced, due to the defensive partnership with Mats Hummels and Neven Subotić and in the 2010–11 and 2011–12 seasons, the club won three domestic trophies: two times in the league in 2010–11 season and 2011–12 season, as well as, winning the DFB-Pokal in 2011–12 season. During the three seasons since Borussia Dortmund, Santana played the combined of forty-one appearance and scoring once against rivals, Schalke 04. Santana’s thirteen appearance in the 2011–12 season restricted him, due to ankle injury and strained Abdominal Muscle. A lack of first team opportunities lead to the expectation that Santana would leave the club, a suggestion that was denied by the club’s General manager Michael Zorc. At the end of the 2011–12 Bundesliga season, Santana had his contract extended until 2014.

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On 21 December 2016, Brazilian club Atlético Mineiro confirmed the signing of Santana for two seasons. His contract was mutually rescinded on 25 April 2018. During his one year and four months at the club, Santana made 29 appearances and scored one goal.

Facts & Trivia

Felipe Ranked on the list of most popular Association Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Brazil. Felipe Santana celebrates birthday on March 17 of every year.

On 11 January 2016 Santana signed a contract with the Russian Premier League side FC Kuban Krasnodar. The contract was due to expire in the summer of 2018. Upon joining Kuban Krasnodar, Santana revealed that Ari and Kevin Kurányi played a role when they persuaded him to play in Russia.