Rony Santos

{{Short description|Cape Verdean footballer (born 1995)}}

{{Portuguese name|Andrade|Santos}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Rony Santos

| image =

| fullname = Ronicel Fortes Andrade Santos

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|1|10|df=y}}

| birth_place = Mindelo, Cape Verde

| height = 1.85 m

| position = Defender

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = 2012–2014| youthclubs1 = Benfica

| youthyears2 = 2014–2015 | youthclubs2 = Nacional

| years1 = 2015–2016 | clubs1 = Trofense | caps1 = 20 | goals1 = 1

| years2 = 2016–2017 | clubs2 = Batuque FC | caps2 = 0 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2017 | clubs3 = Nyon | caps3 = 4 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2017–2018 | clubs4 = Cholet | caps4 = 0 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2018 | clubs5 = Jonava | caps5 = 12 | goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2019 | clubs6 = FC Azzurri 90 LS | caps6 = 8 | goals6 = 0

| totalcaps =

| totalgoals =

| nationalyears1 = 2018– | nationalteam1 = Cape Verde | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0

| club-update = 12:40, 8 June 2023 (UTC)

| nationalteam-update = 7 July 2018

}}

Ronicel Fortes Andrade Santos (born 10 January 1995), better known as Rony Santos, is a Cape Verdean professional footballer who plays as a defender.

Club career

Santos joined the Benfica academy in 2012 from Cape Verde, and joined Nacional in 2014.{{cite web|url=https://www.dn.pt/desporto/futebol-nacional/interior/rony-santos-do-benfica-para-a-choupana-4005532.html?id=4005532|title=Rony Santos, do Benfica para a Choupana|first=Global Media|last=Group|date=3 July 2014|publisher=}}

In February 2019, Santos joined FC Azzurri 90 LS in Switzerland.{{WorldFootball.net|rony-santos}}

International career

Santos made his debut for the Cape Verde national team in a 0–0 (4–3) penalty shootout win over Andorra on 3 June 2018.{{cite web|url=https://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/jogo/andorra-vs-cabo-verde-434344|title=Andorra vs Cabo Verde - SAPO Desporto|last=SAPO|publisher=}}

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