| Intro | Brazilian association football player | |||||||
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Athlete Football player Association football player |
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| From | Brazil | |||||||
| Type | Sports | |||||||
| Gender | male | |||||||
| Birth | 24 July 1976, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |||||||
| Age: | 44 years | |||||||
| Star sign | Leo | |||||||
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Newton Santos de Oliveira (born 24 July 1976), also simply known as Newton, is a former professional footballer who played as a striker. Born in Brazil, Newton obtained Lebanese citizenship through naturalization and represented Lebanon at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup.
Club career
Newton was born in Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil.
According to the annual reports of international transfers and returns to Brazil made by the Brazilian Football Confederation, he was transferred from Associação Atlética Portuguesa (RJ) to the Saudi Arabian side Al-Wahda on December 26, 2002; from CFZ do Rio to Al-Akhaa Al-Ahli on October 25, 2004; from Al-Akhaa Al-Ahli to Associação Atlética Portuguesa (RJ) on March 20, 2006; from Associação Atlética Portuguesa (RJ) to the Malaysian team Penang FA on April 10, 2006 and from Penang FA to Associação Atlética Portuguesa (RJ) on March 28, 2007.
International career
Newton formerly represented the Lebanon national football team at the 2000 AFC Asian Cup.