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Full name | Marcos Antônio Senna da Silva[1] | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | 17 July 1976 | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Central midfielder | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
1994–1997 | Rio Branco-SP | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
1997–1999 | Rio Branco-SP | 39 | (12) | |||||||||||
1998 | → América-SP (loan) | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||
1999–2001 | Corinthians | 43 | (1) | |||||||||||
2001 | Juventude | 14 | (1) | |||||||||||
2002 | São Caetano | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||
2002–2013 | Villarreal | 292 | (25) | |||||||||||
2013–2015 | New York Cosmos | 55 | (13) | |||||||||||
Total | 443 | (51) | ||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||
2006–2010 | Spain | 28 | (1) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Marcos Antônio Senna da Silva (born 17 July 1976), known as Senna, is a retired professional footballer who played as a central midfielder.
He was mainly known for his passing range and long-range shooting and was also a penalty specialist. He spent most of his professional career in Spain with Villarreal, appearing in 363 official matches during 11 seasons, 10 of which were in La Liga (33 goals scored). He ended his career with the New York Cosmos, with whom he twice won the Soccer Bowl.
Born in Brazil, Senna represented the Spain national team during a four-year spell, appearing at the 2006 World Cup and Euro 2008, and winning the latter tournament as starter.[2]