Sidney Santos de Brito (born 16 October 1979 in Recife), known as Sidney, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He spent one season in the Bundesliga with FC Energie Cottbus. References Living people 1979 births Association football defenders Brazilian footballers Ceará Sporting Club players VfL Osnabrück players Rot-Weiss Essen players FC Energie Cottbus players Kickers Offenbach players Sportfreunde Lotte players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Regionalliga players Brazilian expatriate footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate footballers in Germany Sportspeople from Recife