Kléber Boas

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Personal information
Kleber Boas
Full name	Kléber Joáo Boas Pereira
Date of birth	August 13, 1975
Place of birth	Peri Mirim, Brazil
Height	1.80 cm
Playing position	Centre Forward
Club information
Current club	Club Necaxa
Number	23
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1995, 1998 1996 1997-98 1999-02 2002-04 2004 2004-06 2006-07	Moto Club Nautico FC Sion Atlético-PR UANL Tigres Veracruz América Necaxa	- (-) - (-) - (-) 66 (38) 54 (19) 14 (2) 52 (34) 27 (10)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of March 25, 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Kléber Joao Boas Pereira (born August 13, 1975) in Peri Mirim, Brazil) is a Brazilian soccer player who currently plays for Necaxa in the Mexican First Division. A tall and gangly player with a good heading ability, Boas plays at the striker position. Often confusing fans and pundits alike, Boas is known to score spectacular goals with a high level of difficulty, and constantly botch relatively easier goalscoring opportunities.

1 Career
- 1.1 Brazil
- 1.2 Mexico
2 External links

[edit] Career

[edit] Brazil

Described as a late bloomer by scouts, Boas began his career in the Brazilian professional league Second Division, playing for Moto Club in 1996. Except for a six-month stint at Náutico, Boas remained at Moto Club until 1999. In the middle of the 1999 season, Kléber was transferred to Atlético Paranaense, where he enjoyed success , winning the goalscoring title in 2002. After his breakout season, he was courted by other teams in Brazil, as well as scouts from foreign clubs.

For the first time ever, he was recently called up to play with Brazil for friendly mathces and also for the gold cup this summer.

[edit] Mexico

Prior to the Clausura 2003 season, Kléber was announced as the star signing by the UANL Tigres in Monterrey, Mexico. In his first season, he scored ten goals and helped the team reach the semifinals in the playoffs. The following season, scored eight goals while helping the team to a berth in the Apertura 2003 finals, where they lost to Pachuca.

After his immediate success at Tigres, Boas' performance dropped off and he was mostly relegated to the bench for the Clausura 2004 season, scoring only one goal. Following the Clausura 2004 season, Boas was transferred to Veracruz, where he enjoyed limited success, scoring twice. Thanks to a recommendation by his ex-teammate Cuauhtémoc Blanco, Kléber was signed by Club América following his lone season at Veracruz. There, he regained his goalscoring prowess, scoring 14 goals in his first season at the club, helping them to a championship in the Clausura 2005 season. Kléber did not actually play in the final, after being suspended for three games due to kicking Federico Lussenhoff of Cruz Azul in the groin in one of the semifinal matches. The following season, Kléber won his second goalscoring title, sharing it with three other players (Vicente Matías Vuoso, Walter Gaitán and Sebastián Abreu).

Prior to the Apertura 2006 season, Boas was loaned out to sister club Necaxa (Despite playing in the same league, Club América, Necaxa and Club San Luis are owned by the same conglomerate).

Kléber Boas is a member of the "Blanco Four", a group of players who once played at Veracruz with Blanco and were signed by América after being recommended by the striker. The other members are Christian Giménez, Carlos Infante and Armando Navarrete.