Cícero Santos

Cícero Santos (born 26 August 1984), simply known as Cícero, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Botafogo as a central or attacking midfielder.[1]

For other people named Cicero, see Cicero (disambiguation).

Cícero
Personal information
Full name Cícero Santos
Date of birth (1984-08-26) 26 August 1984
Place of birth Castelo, Brazil
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Botafogo
Number 8
Youth career
2000–2004 Tombense
2001–2004 → Bahia (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2008 Tombense 0 (0)
2004–2005 → Bahia (loan) 48 (13)
2006 → Figueirense (loan) 33 (13)
2007–2008 → Fluminense (loan) 31 (6)
2008–2010 Hertha BSC 63 (10)
2010–2011 VfL Wolfsburg 13 (1)
2011–2012 São Paulo 57 (9)
2013–2014 Santos 39 (15)
2014–2016 Fluminense 74 (18)
2015 → Al-Gharafa (loan) 9 (3)
2017 São Paulo 10 (0)
2017–2018 Grêmio 24 (2)
2019– Botafogo 29 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:42, 27 November 2019 (UTC)

Career

Early career

During his time at Fluminense, Cícero proved himself to be a versatile player. He featured as an attacking midfielder, a defensive midfielder, a wide player and a striker. Cícero featured heavily in Fluminense's Copa Libertadores Campaign of 2008, scoring vital goals in the group stages, including a beautiful free kick in the 6–0 demolition of Arsenal de Sarandí at the Maracaña in Rio de Janeiro. Cícero was the only Flu player to convert his penalty kick during the shoot out in the final defeat against LDU Quito of Ecuador.

Hertha BSC

Cicero made his Bundesliga debut for Hertha on 17 August 2008 against Eintracht Frankfurt. He established himself as a regular, playing all but one game in the 2008–09 season.

São Paulo

After one and half year playing for São Paulo, on 1 January 2013, Brazilian press confirmed that Cícero would break his contract with the club for 2013 season.[2]

Santos

On 8 January 2013 Cícero signed a two-year deal with Santos.[3] Cícero finished the 2013 Campeonato Paulista as the club's second topscorer, only behind Neymar.

Fluminense

In July 2014, Cícero re-joined Fluminense for his third spell at the club.

Return to São Paulo

In December 2016, Cícero has returned to São Paulo.[4] After Cícero scored a hat-trick against PSTC, in a 4-2 winning match valid for 2017 Copa do Brasil, coach Rogério Ceni praised him as a key player of squad. According to Ceni: "He is a 32 year-old player, that adds experience, with a good head game and a good finalization from out of area."[5]

Grêmio

After the sacking of São Paulo manager Rogerio Ceni, Cícero received less playtime, eventually leading to a mutual contract termination. He soon after signed with Grêmio in order to bolster their squad for continental play.

Botafogo

In February 2019, Cícero joined Botafogo on a free transfer.[6]

Career statistics
As of 27 November 2019[7]
Club Season League State League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bahia 2003 Série A 81————81
2004 Série B 25740———297
2005 15512020——295
Subtotal 481316020——6613
Figueirense 2006 Série A 34131910———5323
Fluminense 2007 Série A 276114112——4912
2008 40174—14[lower-alpha 1]3—357
Subtotal 316288112143—8419
Hertha BSC 2008–09 Bundesliga 337—208[lower-alpha 2]1—438
2009–10 303—207[lower-alpha 3]0—393
Subtotal 6310—40151—8211
VfL Wolfsburg 2010–11 Bundesliga 211—31——242
São Paulo 2011 Série A 276——4[lower-alpha 4]1—317
2012 303205912[lower-alpha 4]0—619
Subtotal 5792059161—9216
Santos 2013 Série A 371522970——6624
2014 2016900——189
Subtotal 3915381870——8433
Fluminense 2014 Série A 206—232[lower-alpha 4]0—249
2015 1930061——254
2016 35919671——6116
Subtotal 741819615520—11029
Al-Gharafa 2014–15 Qatar Stars League 93————93
São Paulo 2017 Série A 10014163——304
Grêmio 2017 Série A 00——4[lower-alpha 1]1—41
2018 242712011[lower-alpha 1]32[lower-alpha 5]0466
Subtotal 242712015420507
Botafogo 2019 Série A 29350314[lower-alpha 4]1—415
Career total 4159116849601345820690161
  1. Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores
  2. Appearance(s) in UEFA Cup
  3. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  4. Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
  5. Appearance(s) in Recopa Sudamericana

Honours
Figueirense
Fluminense
São Paulo
Grêmio
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References
  1. "Apresentado, Cícero cita onde prefere atuar e brinca: 'Estou igual a vinho'" (in Portuguese). Lance!. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  2. Lozetti, Alexandre (1 January 2013). "Cícero vai rescindir contrato e deve trocar o São Paulo pelo Santos" (in Portuguese). globoesporte.globo.com. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  3. Cícero assina contrato de empréstimo por dois anos e realiza primeiro treino no Santos; UOL Esporte, 8 January 2013 (in Portuguese)
  4. São Paulo chega a acordo com meio-campista Cícero
  5. Homem-chave de Ceni, Cícero vira opção de ataque mesmo como volante
  6. "Cícero aparece regularizado no BID" (in Portuguese). lance.com. 4 February 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  7. Cícero at Soccerway. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
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