Cícero Santos (born 26 August 1984), simply known as Cícero, is a former Brazilian professional footballer who played as a central or attacking midfielder.
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.
Santos On 8 January 2013, Cícero signed a two-year deal with Santos.Cícero assina contrato de empréstimo por dois anos e realiza primeiro treino no Santos; UOL Esporte, 8 January 2013 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.São Paulo chega a acordo com meio-campista Cícero 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."Homem-chave de Ceni, Cícero vira opção de ataque mesmo como volante
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. Cícero scored the only goal of the 2017 Copa Libertadores finals first leg after coming off of the bench. He would come off the bench in the second leg as Grêmio won 3-1 on aggregate over Lanús.
Botafogo In February 2019, Cícero joined Botafogo on a free transfer.
Career statistics
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueState LeagueCupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsBahia2003Série A81————812004Série B25740———297200515512020——295Total481316020——6613Figueirense2006Série A34131910———5323Fluminense2007Série A276114112——4912200840174—14Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores3—357Total316288112143—8419Hertha BSC2008–09Bundesliga337—208Appearance(s) in UEFA Cup1—4382009–10303—207Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League0—393Total6310—40151—8211VfL Wolfsburg2010–11Bundesliga211—31——242São Paulo2011Série A276——4Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana1—31720123032059120—619Total5792059161—9216Santos2013Série A371522970——662420142016900——189Total3915381870——8433Fluminense2014Série A206—2320—24920151930061——254201635919671——6116Total741819615520—11029Al-Gharafa2014–15Qatar Stars League93————93São Paulo2017Série A10014163——304Grêmio2017Série A00——41—41201824271201132Appearance(s) in Recopa Sudamericana0466Total242712015420507Botafogo2019Série A323503141—4452020907130——191Total4131216141—636Career total4279117550631345820712162
Honours Figueirense Campeonato Catarinense: 2006
Fluminense Copa do Brasil: 2007 Primeira Liga: 2016
São Paulo Copa Sudamericana: 2012
Grêmio Copa Libertadores: 2017 Recopa Sudamericana: 2018
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