Jerry Santos
Kenyan footballer
Jerry Santos (born 17 December 1988) is a Kenyan footballer who currently plays for Posta Rangers as a midfielder.
Career
Youth
Santos started playing football at the age of eight in the MYSA league in Dandora He then joined the Nairobi Provincial league with Dandora Youth. Santos was later discovered playing for Dandora Youth in a Nairobi tournament known as Extreme Super Eight organized by Extreme Sports Ltd in 2006. Dandora Youth went on to win the tournament captained by Santos by beating Huruma United 1–0 in the finals held at the Nyayo Stadium.
Professional
Soon after Dandora Youth, Jerry was snapped up by Tusker FC in August 2006 and completed three seasons with the club winning the 2007 Kenya Premier League crown in 2007 and lifting the Regional Club Championship, Kagame Inter-Club Cup in 2008.
At the close of the 2009 season, Jerry signed a two-year contract for Tanzania giants Simba SC on 30 November 2009 and joined the club soon after the annual CECAFA Cup concluded in Nairobi on 13 December 2009.
On 18 August 2011, Jerry signed to play for Vietnamese V-League side Hoàng Anh Gia Lai.
In December 2011, Jerry joined Albanian side KF Tirana on a two-and-a-half-year deal.
International career
Santos, a defensive midfielder, earned his first call up and first cap for Kenya in friendly game against Malaysia U23 in Kuala Lumpur on 12 March 2009.
Jerry's second cap was against Bahrain on 26 August 2009 and the third was on 3 November 2009 a game Kenya lost 5–0 to Kuwait in a friendly game played in Cairo.
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