Background
Cris was born in Joinville, a city in Santa Catarina, in the Southern Region of Brazil.
Cris was born in Joinville, a city in Santa Catarina, in the Southern Region of Brazil.
Cris was given a trial by Italian Club Brescia Football Club in 2005, but failed to impress to earn him a contract. He played for Hong Kong First Division League team South China as a loan player before after joining the team in the middle of the 2006-2007 season. Cris and other Brazilian-born played for the Togo national team on June–July 2003 in a 2004 African Cup of Nations Qualifying matches against Cape Verde, Kenya and Mauritania.
He also played for Togo against the Ghanaian club Asante Kotoko in a friendly match on June 29, 2003 in Stade de Kégué, Lomé.