Claiton (footballer, born 1984)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Claiton Machado dos Santos | ||
| Date of birth | 7 September 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Santa Helena de Goiás, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Central Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Crotone | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Campo Grande[1] | |||
| Bologna | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2002 | Bologna | 1 | (0) |
| 2002–2006 | Milan | 0 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | → Prato (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | → Lecco (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2006–2011 | Varese | 131 | (8) |
| 2011–2013 | Bari | 64 | (6) |
| 2013–2014 | Chievo | 8 | (0) |
| 2014– | Crotone | 74 | (3) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:39, 19 July 2016 (UTC). | |||
Claiton Machado dos Santos (born 7 September 1984) is a Brazilian-Italian[2] footballer who plays for Italian club Crotone in Serie A as a defender.
Career
Bologna, Milan and loans
Claiton started his professional football career at Bologna and played once in Serie A, on 17 June 2001.[3] Bologna lost to Internazionale 1−2. In January 2002, he was signed by A.C. Milan and played for their Primavera team. He also featured as an unused bench for Milan in Serie A on 24 May 2003, the 3rd last match of the season and the match before the 2003 UEFA Champions League Final and 2003 Coppa Italia Final. Milan used 4 Primavera Team player as starter and another 7 players at bench.[4] In 2003-04 season, he remain the member of U20 youth team.[5]
In summer 2004, he left for Prato on loan, but in January 2005 returned to Milan. In 2005-06 season, he was loaned out again this time to Lecco.
Varese
In the summer of 2006, he joined Serie C2 side Varese in a co-ownership deal for €500.[6] He was not the absolute starter of the team, but also played 28 league matches at the champions winning 2008-09 season. In 2009–10 season, he played 20 league matches as starter in 25 league appearance. Varese promotion to Serie B in 2010.
Bari
On 8 July 2011, Claiton was signed by Serie B club Bari on a free transfer and put pen to paper on a three-year deal.[7] However, due to the financial crisis of Bari, he left the club in summer 2013.
Chievo
On 14 August 2013, Claiton was signed by Serie A club Chievo. Bari also signed half of the registration rights of Marco Calderoni for €90,000 on the same day.[8][9]
Crotone
On 29 July 2014, Claiton was signed by Serie B club Crotone on a free transfer.[10] At the end of the 2015–16 season he was initially released by Crotone, but on 14 July 2016 he signed a new two-year contract with the club.[11]
Honours
References
- ↑ "Jogadores (pagina 2)" (in Portuguese). Pedrinho VRP. Archived from the original on 12 July 2015.
- ↑ Crotone profile (in Italian)
- ↑ http://www.sport.it/articolo/inter-bologna-34-giornata/131481
- ↑ Match Report
- ↑ "Seconda Squadra 2003/2004". AC Milan (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2003-10-09.
- ↑ "AC Milan Group 2006 annual report" (PDF). AC Milan (in Italian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2011.
- ↑ "Mercato, il Bari prende il difensore Macedo Dos Santos" [Market: Bari takes defender Machado dos Santos]. AS Bari (in Italian). 8 July 2011. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
- ↑ "Valutazione ramo di azienda sportiva A.S. BARI S.p.A" (PDF) (in Italian). Tribunale di Bari (Re-published by Corriere del Mezzogiorno). 28 March 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
- ↑ "Chievo, ufficiale: Claiton in gialloblù" (in Italian). AC Chievo Verona. 14 August 2013. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ↑ "Colpo Claiton per la difesa" (in Italian). FC Crotone. 29 July 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ↑ "Crotone, ufficiale il rinnovo di Claiton" (in Italian). RadioGoal24. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
External links
- Profile at AIC.Football.it (Italian)
- Lega Serie B profile (Italian)
- Claiton profile at Soccerway