From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Marcos Senna
Marcos Senna
Marcos Senna Marcos Antônio Senna da Silva (born 17 July 1976),
Senna,
known as Senna is a Brazilian-born Spanish footballer
who plays for Villarreal CF as a central midfielder.
He is known for his passing range and long shooting
and is also a penalty specialist.
Club career
Senna began his career with Rio Branco Esporte Clube.
After playing for a number of different Brazilian clubs
early in his career, he moved to Spanish club Villarreal CF
in 2002, from Associação Desportiva São Caetano. After a
slow start (only 25 La Liga appearances in his first two
seasons combined), he became an undisputed starter,
helping the club reach as far as the UEFA Champions
League semi-finals, in 2005–06; eventually, he also gained
the club captaincy.
On 27 April 2008, Senna scored a goal from inside the
centre circle against Real Betis that he deemed, "the best
Personal information goal of my life".[1] That season, as the player netted a fur-
ther three times, in a total of 33 matches, Villarreal fin-
Full name Marcos Antônio Senna Silva ished a club-best second, to champions Real Madrid.
Date of birth 17 July 1976 (1976-07-17)
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil International career
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) Senna was granted Spanish citizenship in early 2006 and
was part of the Spanish squad for the 2006 FIFA World
Playing position Midfielder
Cup and UEFA Euro 2008. His debut came on 1 March, in
Club information a friendly match in Valladolid, with Ivory Coast.
In the quarter-finals of the latter competition, Senna
Current club Villarreal
scored the third of Spain’s four converted penalties,
Number 19 which resulted in the nation progressing to the semifi-
Senior career* nals at the expense of Italy, winning 4–2 in the shootout.
He played the full duration of the final – a 1–0 win over
Years Team Apps† (Gls)† Germany – and was named in UEFA’s squad for the com-
1997 Rio Branco 0 (0) petition.[2] Some pundits and journalists also named Sen-
na as their player of the tournament.[3][4][5]
1998 América-SP 4 (0)
His first international goal came against Armenia on
1999–2000 Corinthians 16 (0) 10 September 2008, a 4–0 win in the 2010 FIFA World Cup
qualifying match.[6]
2001 Juventude 12 (1)
On 20 May 2010, after an irregular season with Vil-
2002 São Caetano 14 (1) larreal, with several physical problems, 33-year old Sen-
na was left out of Spain’s final 23-man squad, with FC
2002– Villarreal 238 (15)
Barcelona’s Sergio Busquets starting in his place, as the
National team national team won the FIFA World Cup in South Africa.[7]
2006-2010 Spain 28 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the
domestic league only and correct as of 18 December 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).
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# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 10 September Estadio Carlos Belmonte, Albacete, Arme- 4–0 Win 2010 World Cup qualify-
2008 Spain nia ing
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Corinthians 2000 16 0 - - - - 16 0
Total 16 0 - - - - 16 0
Juventude 2001 12 1 - - - - 12 1
Total 12 1 - - - - 12 1
São Caetano 2002 14 1 - - - - 14 1
Total 14 1 - - - - 14 1
Villarreal 2002–03 16 2 0 0 0 0 16 2
2003–04 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2004–05 29 2 0 0 8 0 37 2
2005–06 30 3 0 0 13 1 43 4
2006–07 33 0 2 0 1 0 36 0
2007–08 34 4 0 0 3 0 37 4
2008–09 27 2 0 0 8 0 35 2
2009–10 29 1 0 0 6 2 35 3
2010–11 19 1 1 0 6 0 26 1
2011–12 11 0 1 0 6 0 18 0
Total 238 15 16 0 56 8 310 23
International goals Personal
Marcos Assunção, who represented A.S. Roma and Betis
Club statistics amongst other several clubs, is Senna’s cousin.[8]
Honours and awards References
[1] "Senna: The goal of my life". Setanta Sports. 29
Club April 2008. http://sports.setanta.com/en/Sport/
• FIFA Club World Cup: 2000 News/Football/2008/04/29/Liga-Senna-on-Real-
Villarreal Betis-goal/. Retrieved 11 June 2008.
• UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2003, 2004 [2] "Spain dominate Team of the Tournament".
UEFA.com. 30 June 2008.
International http://en.euro2008.uefa.com/news/kind=1/
• UEFA European Football Championship: 2008 newsid=729372.html#spain+dominate+team+tournament.
Retrieved 1 July 2008.
Individual [3] "Steven Beacom: Best and worst of Euro 2008". The
Belfast Telegraph. 30 June 2008.
• UEFA European Football Championship: 2008 Team
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/
of the tournament
football/euro2008/article3846938.ece. Retrieved 30
• Don Balón Award – Best Spanish Player of the Year:
June 2008.
2008
[4] Jeremy Wilson (30 June 2008). "Euro 2008: Highs,
lows, hits and misses". London: The Daily
Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/
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main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2008/06/30/nosplit/
ufnwilson130.xml. Retrieved 30 June 2008.
External links
[5] Martin O’Neill (30 June 2008). "BBC pundits on Euro • Villarreal official profile
2008 final". BBC Sport. http://news.bbc.co.uk/ • BDFutbol profile
sport2/hi/football/euro_2008/7480516.stm. • National team data (Spanish)
Retrieved 30 June 2008. • Marcos Senna at National-Football-Teams.com
[6] "Villa double helps Spain to easy victory". CNN. 10 • Marcos Senna – FIFA competition record
September 2008. http://edition.cnn.com/2008/ • Marcos Senna at ESPN Soccernet
SPORT/football/09/10/spain.win/. Retrieved 10 • Transfermarkt profile
September 2008. Persondata
[7] "Spain omit Marcos Senna from 2010 World Cup
Name Senna, Marcos
squad". BBC Sport. 20 May 2010.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/ Alternative names
world_cup_2010/8695232.stm. Retrieved 20 May Short description Football player
2010. Date of birth 17 July 1976
[8] Marcos Senna, estrella de Champions (Marcos
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Senna, Champions star); Las Provincias, 2 October
2008 (Spanish) Date of death
Place of death
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