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Santos
Personal information
Full name	Aderbar Melo dos Santos Neto
Date of birth	17 March 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Campina Grande, Brazil
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Fortaleza
Number	23
Youth career
2006–2008	Porto-PE
2008–2010	Athletico Paranaense
Senior career*
Years	Team
2010–2022	Athletico Paranaense
2022–2023	Flamengo
2024–	Fortaleza
International career‡
2021	Brazil U23 (O.P.)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Brazil
Olympic Games
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:36, 17 July 2023 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:18, 7 August 2021 (UTC)

Aderbar Melo dos Santos Neto (born 17 March 1990), commonly known as Santos, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Fortaleza.

Club career

Athletico Paranaense

Born in Campina Grande, Paraíba, Santos joined Athletico Paranaense's youth setup in 2008, aged 18. He was promoted to the main squad in 2010, as a fourth-choice.

Santos made his professional debut on 17 November 2012, starting in a 0–0 away draw against Criciúma, for the Série B championship.^[2] In 2013, he was promoted to second-choice, only behind Wéverton.

A starter during the year's Campeonato Paranaense (which Furacão only used under-23 players), Santos made his Série A debut on 20 October 2013, replacing injured Weverton in a 0–3 away loss against Goiás.^[3]

Santos remained as a backup to Weverton in the following seasons. In 2018, as the latter departed to Palmeiras, he became an undisputed starter. On 18 April of that year, he extended his contract until October 2020.^[4]

Flamengo

On 3 April 2022, Flamengo announced the signing of Santos on a contract until December 2025.^[5]

International career

On 19 September 2019, after lifting the 2019 Copa do Brasil, Santos was called up to the Brazil national team by manager Tite for two friendlies against Senegal and Nigeria, in October.^[6]^[7]

On 17 June 2021, Santos was named in the Brazil squad for the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[8]

Career statistics

As of 10 December 2023^[9]

Club	Season	League			State League		Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Athletico Paranaense	2010	Série A	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	2011	Série A	0	0	0	0	0	0	2^[a]	0	—		2	0
	2012	Série B	1	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
	2013	Série A	1	0	23	0	0	0	—		—		24	0
	2014		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		3	0
	2015		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		1	0
	2016		8	0	2	0	0	0	—		0	0	10	0
	2017		4	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	—		12	0
	2018		32	0	4	0	8	0	12^[a]	0	—		56	0
	2019		28	0	0	0	8	0	8^[b]	0	3^[c]	0	43	0
	2020		33	0	7	0	2	0	4^[b]	0	1^[d]	0	47	0
	2021		18	0	2	0	4	0	8^[a]	0	—		32	0
	2022		—		5	0	—		—		2^[e]	0	7	0
	Total		129	0	51	0	22	0	34	0	6	0	242	0
Flamengo	2022	Série A	18	0	—		8	0	10^[b]	0	—		37	0
	2023	Série A	6	0	9	0	3	0	3^[b]	0	3	0	24	0
	Total		24	0	9	0	11	0	13	0	3	0	61	0
Career total			153	0	60	0	33	0	47	0	9	0	303	0