Gladstone Pereira della Valentina

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Gladstone
Full name	Gladstone Pereira della Valentina
Date of birth	January 29, 1985 (1985-01-29) (age 23)
Place of birth	Vila Velha, Brazil
Height	1.84 m (6 ft +¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Central defender
Club information
Current club	Palmeiras
Number	16
Youth clubs
2001-2002	Cruzeiro
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2003 2005 2006 2007/>2008	Cruzeiro →Juventus (loan) →Hellas Verona (loan) →Sporting CP (loan) →Palmeiras (loan)	34 (3) 0 (0) 7 (1) 5 (1) 0 (0)
National team
2006-	Brazil	0 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Gladstone Pereira della Valentina or simply Gladstone (born January 29, 1985 in Vila Velha) is a Brazilian central defender, who currently plays for Sporting Clube de Portugal, on loan from Cruzeiro Esporte Clube.

1 Football career
2 International career
3 Honours
4 External links

[edit] Football career

Gladstone was loaned by Cruzeiro Esporte Clube to Juventus in summer 2005 and, after no appearances, was loaned again in Italy, this time to Hellas Verona, but Juventus chose not to activate the pre-set price of €7m, one of the reasons being the impending 2006 Serie A scandal. He subsequently returned to Cruzeiro, signing a new 3-year contract.

In 2007-08, he was loaned out again, this time to Sporting Clube de Portugal, where he featured prominently in the first team alongside Anderson Polga. Although Sporting CP have also not expressed interest in signing him and have been eying Barcelona's Pique in a deal including other Sporting CP player João Moutinho.

[edit] International career

Gladstone was called-up to senior Brazil national football team as an injury replacement against Switzerland, on November 15, 2006, but did not debut.

On September 6, 2007, he was again called-up to the squad by national coach Dunga, for the games against Mexico and USA and is seen as a future Brazilian international.