Cleberson Souza Santos

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Cleberson
Personal information
Full name	Cleberson Souza Santos
Date of birth	February 10, 1978 (1978-02-10) (age 30)
Place of birth	Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in),82kg
Playing position	Central Defender
Club information
Current club	n/a
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998-1999 2000-2001 2002-2004 2004 2005 2005-2007 2007	Sao Paulo PSV Eindhoven Botafogo Al-Wahda (Saudi Arabia) Clube do Remo Cabofriense Wellington Phoenix FC	3 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:13, 1 November 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Cleberson, full name Cleberson Souza Santos (born 10 February 1978 in Salvador, Bahia) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a defender.

He started his club football career in Brazil with Sao Paulo before moving to Dutch giants PSV Eindhoven.^{[citation needed]} He returned to Brazil in 2002 with Botafogo^{[citation needed]} and then moved to Saudi Arabia to play for Al-Wahda (Saudi Arabia) until 25 January 2005, he returned to Brazil for Clube do Remo.^[1] In July, 2005, he left for Cabofriense, signed a one year deal.

He signed for New Zealand team Wellington Phoenix FC in the Hyundai A-League on 30 July 2007^[2] but was released from his contract in November 2007.

[edit] Trivia

Cleberson was caught up in a scandal after kissing a referee in a match.^[3]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• (Portuguese) Brazilian FA Database
• Released from Phoenix