Ariclenes da Silva Ferreira

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Ari
Personal information
Full name	Ariclenes da Silva Ferreira
Date of birth	December 11, 1985
Place of birth	Fortaleza, Brazil
Height	182 cm
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	AZ
Number	9
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
?–2006 2006–2007 2007-present	Estacio Desa FC Kalmar FF AZ	? (?) 35 (18) 11 (5)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Ariclenes da Silva Ferreira (b. 11 December 1985), more commonly known as Ari, (pronounced [aˈriː]) is a Brazilian striker who plays for AZ Alkmaar in the Eredivisie. He recently signed from Allsvenskan team Kalmar FF for a reported £3.4 million (€5 million). He was the top scorer in the Allsvenskan 2006 with 15 goals, one more than compatriot Afonso Alves had scored the previous season. Ari has been capped for Brazil u20 and has trained with the full Brazilian squad. It was initially thought that he would wear his favoured no. 28 shirt at AZ but he will now replace Shota Arveladze as the team's no. 9 as revealed by AZ.nl He has had a difficult start to his Eredivisie career only managing 11 starts. He has managed to score 5 goals

[edit] External links

• Voetbal International (Dutch)
• Ari discussion (Dutch)
• Ari signs for AZ English
• Ari signs for AZ Dutch

Awards
Preceded by Gunnar Heiðar Þorvaldsson	Allsvenskan top scorer 2006	Succeeded by Razak Omotoyossi Marcus Berg

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