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Sandrinho (footballer, born 1980)

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Sandrinho
Personal information
Full name Alessandro Correa
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 12 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Litex
Number 10

Sandrinho (little Sandro) real name Alessandro Correa (born July 5, 1980 in Aimoré, Brazil) is a Brazilian football midfielder, currently playing for Bulgarian side Litex Lovech.

Career

Sandrinho made his debut at Nacional Futebol Clube, where he played in the seasons 1998–2000. He scored nine goals in a total of 43 games. In 2000, he moved to Mexican side Club de Fútbol Monterrey. There he played from 2000 to 2002, where scored 6 goals in 34 games. In June 2003 Sandrinho returned to Brazil, signing a contract with Esporte Clube Juventude. Due to his performances there, manager Itzhak Shum of Litex Lovech signed him for €1 million in January 2005. Sandrinho quickly became part of the main team. With Litex he won two times Bulgarian Cup in 2008 and 2009. His desire is to play for Bulgarian national football team. Coach of Bulgaria ,announced calling of Sandrinho for national team, but this was rejected by FIFA and Stoilov was fined 5000 euro, as Sandrinho had already played for Brazil.

Awards