Osni Neto

Osni Neto

Personal information
Full name	Osni Purificação Neto
Date of birth	April 16, 1979 (1979-04-16) (age 32)
Place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position	midfielder
Club information
Current club	New Jersey Ironmen
Number	16
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2005	Vasco da Gama	?
1997-2003	SE Palmeiras	?
2006	Toronto Lynx	26	(5)
2007	Benfica Toronto	6	(1)
2007	Serbian White Eagles FC	16	(5)
2007-2008	New Jersey Ironmen
National team
1998-1999	Brazil U-20
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Osni Purificação Neto (born April 16, 1979 in São Paulo) is a retired football (soccer) player from Brazil.

Playing career

Neto joined the Lynx from Inter de Limeira, before Neto had spells with Vasco da Gama, and SE Palmeiras where he won the Brazil Cup in 1998. Neto made his Lynx debut on April 29 versus the Vancouver Whitecaps and scored the Lynx first goal of the season against the Portland Timbers. Neto was also a former member of Brazil U-20 Squad.

In the 2006 season Neto played an important role for the Lynx, he scored the Lynx's first goal of the season and in total he scored 5 goals. When the Lynx dropped to the PDL he signed as a free agent for the Serbian White Eagles of the Canadian Soccer League for the 2007 season, appearing in six games and scoring 1 goal.

But Neto was released half-way through the season and signed for the New Jersey Ironmen of the MISL.

External links

• player profile

Persondata
Name	Neto, Osni
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Short description
Date of birth	April 16, 1979
Place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil
Date of death
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