Five minutes into the 2004 final in Tunis, Santos put Tunisia ahead of Morocco, and 60,000 people in the 7 November Stadium spent the rest of the night waiting for the title to arrive. He left 2004 as African champion and joint top scorer with four goals, scored 22 in 41 games for his adopted country, won a Ligue 2 title and the 2004 Coupe de la Ligue at Sochaux, and took a Swiss championship on loan at Zürich. Career record: 40 caps and 22 goals for Tunisia; club career at Étoile Sportive du Sahel, FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, Toulouse.
| 1996–1998 | Standard Liège |
| 1998–2000 | Étoile Sportive du Sahel |
| 2000–2005 | FC Sochaux-Montbéliard |
| 2005–2007 | Toulouse |
| 2006–2007 | FC Zürich |
| 2008–2009 | FC Sochaux-Montbéliard |
| 2009–2010 | FC Istres |
| 2010–2013 | Étoile Sportive du Sahel |
| 2010–2013 | ASM Belfort |
| Tunisia | 40 caps, 22 goals |
Tunisia legends whose careers overlapped Santos's
One rank above: Ellyes Skhiri at #9.
One rank below: Khaled Badra at #11.
Tunisia's editorial top five: Tarek Dhiab · Hatem Trabelsi · Chokri El Ouaer · Ali Maâloul · Radhi Jaïdi.