Geninho (footballer, born 1980)

{{short description|Brazilian footballer}}

{{other people|Geninho}}

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| name = Geninho

| image = Genivaldo Francisco dos Santos.jpg

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| fullname = Genivaldo Francisco dos Santos

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|2|11}}

| birth_place = São Miguel dos Campos, Brazil

| height = {{convert|1.77|m|abbr=on}}

| position = Midfielder

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| years1 = 2001–2002

| years2 = 2002–2003

| years3 = 2004

| years4 = 2005

| years5 = 2006

| years6 = 2006–2008

| years7 = 2008

| years8 = 2009

| years9 = 2009–2010

| clubs1 = CSA

| clubs2 = Internacional

| clubs3 = Criciúma

| clubs4 = Sport

| clubs5 = Ceilândia

| clubs6 = Coruripe

| clubs7 = CRB

| clubs8 = Novo Hamburgo

| clubs9 = Jiangsu Sainty

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| pcupdate = 6 November 2010

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Genivaldo Francisco dos Santos or Geninho (born February 11, 1980) is a Brazilian footballer who last played for Jiangsu Sainty.

Geninho used to play for several football clubs in Brazil such as CSA, Internacional, Criciúma, Sport, Ceilândia, Coruripe, CRB and Novo Hamburgo.

Geninho joined Jiangsu Sainty with an undisclosed fee in July 2009.{{Cite web |url=http://news.xhby.net/system/2009/07/30/010556133.shtml |title=舜天铁定用上新后腰 罗多福还得看状态 |access-date=2010-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721181701/http://news.xhby.net/system/2009/07/30/010556133.shtml |archive-date=2011-07-21 |url-status=dead }} He did well in season 2009 and the club extended his contract for one years.[http://sports.sina.com.cn/j/2010-01-21/16004801845.shtml 亚足联官网关注国安热身赛 奥托王晓龙建功擒韩劲旅]