Marcos Senna

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Marcos Senna
Personal information
Full name Marcos Antônio Senna da Silva
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Villarreal
Number 19
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:31, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

Marcos Antônio Senna da Silva (born 17 July 1976 in São Paulo, State of São Paulo) is a Spanish-Brazilian football player who plays as a midfielder for Villarreal CF and Spain . He is known for his passing range and long shooting ability and is also a penalty specialist.

Career

Club career

After playing for a number of different Brazilian football clubs early in his career, Senna moved to the Spanish club Villarreal CF in 2002 from São Caetano. Since joining the team, he has helped them as far as the UEFA Champions League semi-finals.

Before the 2006–07 season, Manchester United were interested in bringing Senna to Old Trafford.[1] However nothing came of the deal and a year later United signed midfielder Owen Hargreaves who plays with a similar style to Senna's.

On 27 April 2008 Senna scored a goal from inside the centre circle against Real Betis in La Liga that he deemed, "the best goal of my life."[2]

International career

Senna was granted Spanish citizenship in early 2006, and was part of the Spanish squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2008.

Senna was named in Spain's Euro 2008 squad. Senna scored the third of Spain's four converted penalties, which resulted in Spain progressing to the semi-finals at the expense of Italy, winning 4–2 on penalties. He played the full duration of the final of Euro 2008 in Spain's 1–0 win over Germany. Senna was named in UEFA's squad for Euro 2008.[3] Some pundits and journalists named Senna as their player of the tournament.[4][5][6]

Honors and awards

Club

Brazil Corinthians

International

Spain Spain


Trivia

References

  1. ^ "United eyeing Senna swoop". Manchester Evening News. 2006-07-31. Retrieved 2008-06-11. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ "Senna: The goal of my life". Setanta Sports. 2008-04-29. Retrieved 2008-06-11. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ^ "Spain dominate Team of the Tournament". euro200.uefa.com. 2008-06-30. Retrieved 2008-07-01. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ "Steven Beacom: Best and worst of Euro 2008". The Belfast Telegraph. 2008-06-30. Retrieved 2008-06-30. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ^ Jeremy Wilson (2008-06-30). "Euro 2008: Highs, lows, hits and misses". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2008-06-30. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ^ Martin O'Neill (2008-06-30). "BBC pundits on Euro 2008 final". BBC. Retrieved 2008-06-30. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)


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