Clayton Ferreira Cruz

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Personal information
Clayton
Full name	Clayton Ferreira Cruz
Date of birth	July 19, 1975 (1975-07-19) (age 32)
Place of birth	São João do Paraíso, Brazil
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Attacking Midfielder
Club information
Current club	AC Omonoia
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1994-1998 1998 1998-1999 1999 1999-2000 2000-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005 2006 2006-2007 2007-present	Atlético Mineiro Guarani FC América FC C.D. Santa Clara F.C. Porto Sporting F.C. Penafiel Vitoria Guimarães Recife F.C. Penafiel Alki Larnaca AC Omonoia	52 (4) 0 (0) 0 (0) 12 (8) 74 (11) 8 (0) 29 (5) 6 (0) 0 (0) 21 (2) 27 (10)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 May 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Clayton Ferreira Cruz (born July 19, 1975 in São João do Paraíso) is a Brazilian football player. He is currently under contract with AC Omonia in League Marfin Laiki after he was signed from Alki Larnaca in May 2008.

1 Career
2 Honours
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Career

Clayton is an exceptional attacking midfielder with a sweet left foot.He has competed in the Champions League with F.C. Porto and has scored important goals for them against high profile opponents including a brace against Celtic in 2001.^[1].He was also a part of the Porto Uefa Cup winning team in 2003.He was not used by Jose Mourinho in the final where F.C. Porto won the match 3-2 in extra time.^[2] After the final Clayton moved to Sporting Lisbon for one year and after he only 8 appearances he signed for Vitoria Guimarães in July 2005 on free transfer.^[3] .After Vitoria he wandered in Brazil and on 2007 he find his peace in Cyprus where as of the 2008-2009 season he will be a part of AC Omonia