the Carthage Eagles on 17 January in a 2–1 friendly win over Benin in Sfax, in which he scored after eight minutes. In the first two group games, he scored a goal in a 2–1 win against Rwanda and two in a 3–0 victory against DR Congo. He opened the scoring after five minutes in the final, a 2–1 win over rivals Morocco at the Stade 7 Novembre. With four goals, he was one of five joint top scorers. In June 2004, Santos apologised for having draped himself in the Brazilian flag when celebrating Sochaux's Coupe de la Ligue win. He was Tunisia's top scorer with five goals in qualification for the 2006 FIFA World Cup; this included four on 26 March 2005 as they beat Malawi 7–0 at home. He was also part of the squad that were eliminated from the group stage at the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup in Germany, where he scored both goals of a win over Australia in their last game. At the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt, Tunisia reached the quarter-finals. Santos scored a hat-trick in a 4–1 win over Zambia in the first game and another in a 2–0 victory against South Africa in the next. Manager Roger Lemerre called him up for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, where he only played the last ten minutes of a group stage elimination by Ukraine at the Berlin Olympiastadion, as a substitute for Adel Chedli. Santos also went to the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations in Ghana, another quarter-final finish. He scored twice in a 3–1 win over South Africa in the second group game. Career statistics International International goals Scores and results list Tunisia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each santos goal. Honours Sochaux Ligue 2: 2000–01 Coupe de la Ligue: 2003–04 FC Zürich Swiss Super League: 2006–07 Tunisia Africa Cup of Nations: 2004 Individual Ligue 2 top scorer: 2000–01 Ligue 2 player of the year: 2000–01 Africa Cup of Nations top scorer: 2004 References External links 1979 births Living people Sportspeople from Maranhão Brazilian footballers Brazilian emigrants to Tunisia Naturalized citizens of Tunisia Tunisian people of Brazilian descent Tunisian footballers Association football forwards Tunisia international footballers 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup players 2006 FIFA World Cup players 2004 African Cup of Nations players 2006 Africa Cup of Nations players 2008 Africa Cup of Nations players Ligue 1 players Ligue