Douglas Santos
Douglas Santos was born in João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil on March 22nd, 1994 and is the Soccer Player. At the age of 30, Douglas Santos biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Douglas Santos Justino de Melo (born 22 March 1994), known as Douglas Santos or simply Douglas, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a left back in Russian FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.
Club career
In 2011, after an unsuccessful trial at Corinthians, Douglas was signed by Náutico. A year later, he was called up to first team.
On 15 February 2012, Douglas Santos made his first team debut, in a 2–0 home win over Central. On the 26th, he scored his first professional goal, the second of a 3–1 home win over Belo Jardim.
On 18 July, he made his Série A debut, in a 3–0 home win over Ponte Preta. On 10 October, he scored his first top flight goal, in a 1–2 away defeat against Ponte Preta.
On 12 July 2013, Douglas Santos signed a five-year deal with La Liga side Granada CF, for an undisclosed fee. On 2 September, he joined Udinese Calcio in a season-long loan deal.
Douglas Santos made his Serie A debut on 21 December 2013, starting in a 2–1 away win against A.S. Livorno. He made two further appearances for the club during the campaign, being permanently bought by the club in January 2014.
On 12 August 2014, Douglas Santos was loaned to Atlético Mineiro for 12 months. He made his debut for the club on 31 August.
On 20 July 2015, Galo signed Douglas Santos permanently for €3 million on a four-year contract.
On 31 August 2016, Douglas Santos signed for German club Hamburger SV. He played three seasons with the club, making 88 appearances and scoring three goals.
On 4 July 2019, Douglas Santos joined Russian Premier League side FC Zenit Saint Petersburg, signing a five-year contract. On 3 September 2021, he extended his Zenit contract until the end of the 2025–26 season.
International career
A few months before featuring with the U-20's winning squad in the 2013 Toulon Tournament, Douglas Santos received a call-up for the full squad on 2 April 2013, for a match against Bolivia. However, he did not leave the bench.
On 13 August 2015, Douglas Santos returned to the senior team, for friendlies against Costa Rica and the United States. He made his debut for his country in a 2016 friendly against Panama.
He also represented Brazil at the Rio Olympics winning the Olympic men's football tournament.