Reginaldo de Santana (born 22 July 1975), commonly known as Marilia, is a Brazilian former professional
footballer who played as a
centre-back
In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring.
Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
.
Club career
Marillia made his debut in Dutch professional football on 24 August 1996 for
Sparta Rotterdam
Sparta Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam. Established on 1 April 1888, Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands.
Sparta currently compete in the Eredivisie, the top flight ...
in a game against
NAC Breda
NAC Breda (), often simply known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Eerste Divi ...
. He signed a six-month contract with
Sport Club Ulbra
Canoas Sport Club, usually known as Canoas is a Brazilian football club from Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, founded by the Lutheran University of Brazil (in Portuguese, Universidade Luterana do Brasil - ULBRA). The club is also active in futsal. ...
in January 2007. on August 16, 2007, he left for
SER Caxias do Sul
Sociedade Esportiva e Recreativa Caxias do Sul, commonly known as Caxias, is a Brazilian professional association football club based in Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul. The team plays in Série D, the fourth tier of the Brazilian football le ...
.
In December 2008, he signed a one-year contract with
Criciúma. In January 2009, he left for
Veranópolis and in July for
Concórdia.
References
Marilia on Ronald ZwiersBrazilian FA Database
Living people
1975 births
Brazilian footballers
Brazilian expatriate footballers
Association football defenders
Sparta Rotterdam players
VVV-Venlo players
Criciúma Esporte Clube players
Eredivisie players
Eerste Divisie players
Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
People from Umuarama
Sportspeople from Paraná (state)
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