Career
He is of Portuguese and British heritage. During his peak (1983–1997), Santos played for South China Athletic Association. His career was disrupted by two cruciate ligament injuries to his left knee after tearing it in the final match of the 1992-1993 season against British Forces which sidelined him for eight months, and then tearing it again during a league match against Sing Tao in 1993–1994 after a heavy tackle by Ian Docker which took 3 years for rehabilitation.
He was twice awarded Football player of the year and he rounded off his career with Sun Hei.
Santos was surprised by the award because he only coached for a short time. He is now a columnist for the Oriental Daily newspaper and runs his own soccer academy named after himself, known as Santos Soccer Training Limited Hong Kong.
In December 2009, the school reached a long term agreement with ChelseaFC in 2009 to develop its first ever Soccer School in Asia to provide football and charity opportunities to children. The school is now known as ChelseaFC Soccer School (Hong Kong).
lieutenant is based in Lok Fu, Kowloon with its own Blue Pitch training ground.