| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Antônio Teodoro dos Santos Filho[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 29 May 1965 | ||
| Place of birth | Ivaiporã, Paraná, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Athletico Paranaense | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1989 | Luis Ángel Firpo | ||
| 1989 | Herediano | ||
| 1990 | Luis Ángel Firpo | ||
| 1990–1992 | América | 59 | (21) |
| 1992–1993 | Deportivo Cali | ||
| 1994 | Colo-Colo | ||
| 1995 | Puebla | 16 | (7) |
| 1995 | Tolima | ||
| 1996 | Junior | ||
| 1996 | Deportivo Cali | ||
| 1996–1997 | Bucaramanga | ||
| 1997 | Fluminense | 7 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | Al-Ittihad | ||
| 1998–1999 | Al-Jazira | ||
| 1999–2000 | Al-Ansar | (14) | |
| 2000–2001 | Al-Gharafa | ||
| 2002–2003 | Águila | ||
| 2004 | Blooming | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Antônio Teodoro dos Santos Filho (born 29 May 1965), commonly known as Toninho dos Santos or simply Toninho, is a former footballer who played as a forward. He was nicknamed El Bíblico ("The Biblical").
Toninho was born on 29 May 1965 in Ivaiporã, Paraná, Brazil, to Antonio and Marcilia; he has five siblings.[2] Aged 14, he began his youth career at Athletico Paranaense.[3] Toninho played for various other local clubs, before joining Luis Ángel Firpo in El Salvador.[3]
Nicknamed El Bíblico ("The Biblical"),[1] Toninho began his senior career at Salvadoran Luis Ángel Firpo, playing there between 1988 and 1989.[1] In 1989 he moved to Costa Rican club Herediano,[1] before moving back to Luis Ángel Firpo in 1990.[1] Between 1990 and 1992 Toninho played for Mexican club América;[1] he helped them lift the 1991 Copa Interamericana against Olimpia from Paraguay.[2]
Between 1992 and 1993 he played for Deportivo Cali in Colombia, then for Colo-Colo in Chile in 1994, scoring 28 goals in 50 games in all competitions and helping the team win the 1994 Copa Chile.[2] Toninho played for Puebla in Mexico and Tolima in Colombia in 1995, then for Colombian teams Junior, Deportivo Cali, and Bucaramanga 1996.[2] In 1997 Toninho moved to his native Brazil, playing for Fluminense.[2]
In 1997 Toninho moved from South America to the Middle East, playing for Saudi club Al-Ittihad 1997–98, Emirati club Al-Jazira in 1998–99, Lebanese club Al-Ansar in 1999–2000, and Qatari club Al-Gharafa in 2000–01.[2] He returned to South America in 2002, playing for Águila in El Salvador until 2003, before playing for Blooming in Bolivia in 2004, where he retired.[2]
Toninho has two children: Bruno, born in Mexico, and Janahyna.[2] Following his retirement as a player in 2004, he opened his shoe business named "Tomate Azul".[3]
As of 2020, Toninho was in the process of acquiring Salvadoran nationality.[2]
América
Colo-Colo
Ansar
Individual