José Clayton

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José Clayton Menezes Ribeiro (born March 21, 1974 in São Luís, Brazil) is a Brazilian-Tunisian football defender, who – as of 2004 – was playing for Sakaryaspor. He left Tunisian side Esperance De Tunis to join Qatari based side Al Sadd. He won the Q-League title in 2006.

He also played for Espérance. Although Clayton was born in Brazil, he spent a large part of his club career in Tunisia, and became a naturalized citizen in time for the 1998 World Cup. He played for Tunisia in that tournament, as well as the one in 2002.

He was an over-age player on the Tunisian 2004 Olympic football team that exited in the first round, finishing third in Group C, behind group and gold medal winners Argentina and runners-up Australia.

	Tunisia squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup
1 El Ouaer \| 2 Ben Younes \| 3 S. Trabelsi \| 4 Boukadida \| 5 H. Trabelsi \| 6 Chouchane \| 7 Thabet \| 8 Baya \| 9 Jelassi \| 10 Ghodhbane \| 11 Sellimi \| 12 Melki \| 13 Bouazizi \| 14 Chiri \| 15 Souayah \| 16 Salhi \| 17 Clayton \| 18 Ben Slimane \| 19 Ben Ahmed \| 20 Jaballah \| 21 Badra \| 22 Boumnijel \| Coach: Kasperczak

	Tunisia squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup
1 Boumnijel \| 2 Badra \| 3 Baya \| 4 Mkacher \| 5 Jaziri \| 6 Trabelsi \| 7 Mhedhebi \| 8 Gabsi \| 9 Jelassi \| 10 Ghodhbane \| 11 Sellimi \| 12 Bouzaiene \| 13 Bouazizi \| 14 Marzouki \| 15 Jaïdi \| 16 Bejaoui \| 17 Thabet \| 18 Ben Achour \| 19 Mkademi \| 20 Zitouni \| 21 Melki \| 22 Jaouachi \| 23 Clayton \| Coach: Souayah