Atletico Madrid shocked by death of former midfielder Cleber Santana in crash
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ByEurosport
Updated 29/11/2016 at 12:43 GMT
Cleber Santana, formerly of Atletico Madrid and Real Mallorca, is believed to have been among those killed in Tuesday's plane tragedy in Medellin.
Cleber Santana of Flamengo (back) celebrates with teammate Vagner Love after scoring against Atletico Goianiense.
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The 35-year-old midfielder was on board the plane carrying the Chapecoense side that crashed in Colombia in the early hours of Tuesday morning, with early reports of 76 deaths amongst the 81 people on board.
"We are shocked by the plane crash which carried the @ChapecoenseReal team and our former player Cléber Santana," said Atletico on Twitter.
Los Rojiblancos signed Santana from Brazilian side Santos for €8m in 2007 and he would make 37 appearances for the side over three years, and also spent a year on loan at Mallorca.
The plane was carrying players and staff of the Brazilian Serie A side to play in a Copa Sudamericana match in Medellin on Wednesday, but failed to reach its destination.
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