Toninho dos Santos (footballer, born 1965)

Toninho dos Santos
Personal information
Full name	Antônio Teodoro dos Santos Filho
Date of birth	29 May 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth	Ivaiporã, Paraná, Brazil
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Athletico Paranaense
Senior career*
Years	Team
1988–1989	Luis Ángel Firpo
1989	Herediano
1990	Luis Ángel Firpo
1990–1992	América
1992–1993	Deportivo Cali
1994	Colo-Colo
1995	Puebla
1995	Deportes Tolima
1996	Junior
1996	Deportivo Cali
1996–1997	Atlético Bucaramanga
1997	Fluminense
1997–1998	Al-Ittihad Jeddah
1998–1999	Al-Jazira
1999–2000	Al-Ansar
2000–2001	Al-Ittihad
2002–2003	Águila
2004	Blooming
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Antônio Teodoro dos Santos Filho (born 29 May 1965), commonly known as Toninho dos Santos or simply Toninho, is a former footballer who played as a forward. He was nicknamed El Bíblico ("The Biblical").

Early life

Toninho was born on 29 May 1965 in Ivaiporã, Paraná, Brazil, to Antonio and Marcilia; he has five siblings.^[2] Aged 14, he began his youth career at Athletico Paranaense.^[3] Toninho played for various other local clubs, before joining Luis Ángel Firpo in El Salvador.^[3]

Club career

Nicknamed El Bíblico ("The Biblical"),^[1] Toninho began his senior career at Salvadoran Luis Ángel Firpo, playing there between 1988 and 1989.^[1] In 1989 he moved to Costa Rican club Herediano,^[1] before moving back to Luis Ángel Firpo in 1990.^[1] Between 1990 and 1992 Toninho played for Mexican club América;^[1] he helped them lift the 1991 Copa Interamericana against Olimpia from Paraguay.^[2]

Between 1992 and 1993 he played for Deportivo Cali in Colombia, then for Colo-Colo in Chile in 1994,^[4] scoring 28 goals in 50 games in all competitions and helping the team win the 1994 Copa Chile.^[5]^[2] Toninho played for Puebla in Mexico and Tolima in Colombia in 1995, then for Colombian teams Junior, Deportivo Cali, and Bucaramanga 1996.^[2] In 1997 Toninho moved to his native Brazil, playing for Fluminense.^[2]

In 1997 Toninho moved from South America to the Middle East, playing for Saudi club Al-Ittihad 1997–98, Emirati club Al-Jazira in 1998–99, Lebanese club Al-Ansar in 1999–2000, and Qatari club Al-Gharafa in 2000–01.^[2] He returned to South America in 2002, playing for Águila in El Salvador until 2003, before playing for Blooming in Bolivia in 2004, where he retired.^[2]

Personal life

Toninho has two children: Bruno, born in Mexico, and Janahyna.^[2] Following his retirement as a player in 2004, he opened his shoe business named "Tomate Azul".^[3]

As of 2020, Toninho was in the process of acquiring Salvadoran nationality.^[2]