2002 Santos FC season

The 2002 season was Santos Futebol Clube's ninety season in existence and the club's forty-third consecutive season in the top flight of Brazilian football.

This season marked the new Meninos da Vila generation, where Robinho, Diego, Elano, Léo, Alex, Renato and others, helped Santos win their 6th Campeonato Brasileiro title, in which the club had not won since 1968.^[2]

Players

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Fábio Costa DF André Luís DF Léo DF Maurinho MF Paulo Almeida DF Alex FW Robinho MF Renato FW Alberto MF Diego MF Elano GK Júlio Sério DF Michel

No. Position Player DF Pereira DF Preto MF Alexandre MF Wellington MF Robert FW William FW Douglas FW Adiel FW Fabiano Souza DF Marcão GK Rafael DF Bernardi

Source: Acervo Santista

Appearances and goals

Pos.	Name	Campeonato Brasileiro		Copa do Brasil		Torneio Rio-São Paulo		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	Fábio Costa	6	0	4	0	15	0	25	0
GK	Júlio Sérgio	22	0	0	0	0	0	22	0
GK	Rafael	3+(1)	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
DF	Alex	25	3	0	0	0	0	25	3
DF	André Luís	18	1	0	0	6	1	24	2
DF	Léo	29	6	3	0	14	0	47	6
DF	Marcão	0+(1)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
DF	Maurinho	26	0	0	0	0	0	26	0
DF	Michel	3+(1)	0	4	0	11+(1)	1	20	1
DF	Pereira	2+(5)	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
DF	Preto	20+(1)	0	3+(1)	0	11+(2)	1	38	1
DF	Bernardi	1+(3)	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
DF	Leandro	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
MF	Alexandre	2+(11)	0	0	0	0	0	13	0
MF	Canindé	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
MF	Diego	28	10	0+(3)	1	7+(4)	2	42	13
MF	Elano	29	9	1+(1)	0	4+(2)	0	37	9
MF	Paulo Almeida	28	0	4	0	9+(1)	0	42	0
MF	Renato	31	2	1	0	7+(2)	0	41	2
MF	Robert	3+(13)	2	3	0	14	8	33	10
MF	Wellington	2+(10)	0	0+(2)	0	2+(5)	0	21	0
FW	Adiel	0+(3)	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
FW	Alberto	28+(1)	12	0	0	0	0	29	12
FW	Douglas	1+(7)	1	1+(2)	0	4+(6)	1	21	2
FW	Fabiano Souza	1+(1)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
FW	Robinho	30	10	0	0	0+(3)	0	33	10
FW	William	2+(16)	3	3+(1)	2	5+(8)	4	35	9
FW	Bruno Moraes	0+(2)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Players who left the club during the season
MF	Esquerdinha	0	0	1+(1)	0	6+(7)	0	15	0
MF	Marcelo Silva	0	0	4	0	15	2	19	2
FW	Oséas	0	0	4	2	7	1	11	3
MF	Eduardo Marques	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
DF	Valdir	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	0
DF	Cléber	0	0	3	0	9	3	12	3
DF	Odvan	0	0	4	2	12	1	16	3

Transfers

In

Pos.	Name	Moving from	Source	Notes
DF	Michel	Vitória		Loan return
DF	André Luís	Fluminense		Loan return
DF	Maurinho	Etti-Jundiaí	[3]
GK	Júlio Sérgio	Comercial
DF	Odvan	Vasco	[4]
DF	Bernardi	Internacional	[5]
MF	Alexandre	Guarani	[6]
MF	Eduardo Marques	Guarani
MF	Esquerdinha	São Caetano	[7]
FW	Alberto	Rio Branco	[8]
FW	Oséas	Cruzeiro	[9]
FW	Fabiano Souza	Internacional	[10]

Out

Pos.	Name	Moving to	Source	Notes
GK	Pitarelli	Gama
DF	Pereira	Gaziantepspor	[11]	On loan
DF	Galván	Lanús
DF	Russo	São Caetano
DF	Orestes	Portuguesa Santista		Loan return
DF	Rodrigo Costa	1860 München	[12]
DF	Válber	Free agent		End of contract
FW	Oséas	Free agent	[13]	Contract terminated
MF	Vágner	Bahia		Loan return
FW	Marcelinho Carioca	Gamba Osaka	[14]
FW	Weldon	Brasiliense
FW	Viola	Free agent	[15]
DF	Cléber	Yverdon
DF	Odvan	Free agent		Contract terminated
DF	Valdir	Free agent		Contract terminated
MF	Marcelo Silva	Spartak Moscow	[16]
MF	Eduardo Marques	Belenenses	[17]
MF	Esquerdinha	São Caetano	[18]	Loan return

Friendlies

Competitions

Overall summary

Detailed overall summary

Campeonato Brasileiro

Copa do Brasil

Torneio Rio-São Paulo

References

External links

• Official Site