Freddy dos Santos (born 2 October 1976) is a Norwegian former footballer who played most of his career for VÃÂ¥lerenga in the Norwegian Premier League.
Dos Santos has played as a defender, midfield and forward. His former clubs are Skeid and Molde.
He started his career at Skeid. During the last two seasons with them he played in the Norwegian top division.
In 1998 season, he moved to Molde after Skeid got relegated from the top flight. In his first two seasons he helped them in achieving a back-to-back silver medal in the league, also playing in the group stages of the 1999âÂÂ2000 Champions League.
He moved back to Oslo in 2001 and joined VÃÂ¥lerenga, who had just been relegated from the Norwegian Premier League. He helped them secure direct promotion. He started in both finals in which VÃÂ¥lerenga won the Norwegian Football Cup, in 2002 and 2008. In 2005, he won the Norwegian Premier League with VÃÂ¥lerenga.
He has played over 300 games for VÃÂ¥lerenga, more than any other player in the history of the club.
He has played several games at various youth levels for Norway, but never played in the senior side. He could potentially feature for Cape Verde as his father is born there.
Cape Verde is his father's country of origin.
In July 2006, dos Santos launched a single, This Is For Real, together with four other professional Norwegian footballers â Morten Gamst Pedersen, Raymond Kvisvik, Kristofer Hæstad and ÃÂyvind Svenning. They called their band The Players.
In 2012, dos Santos was announced as the host of the Norwegian version of The Amazing Race.
Correct as of match played 31 October 2010
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