José Clayton

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José Clayton Menezes Ribeiro (born March 21, 1974 in São Luís, Brazil) is a Brazilian-Tunisian football left-back, who – as of 2004 – was playing for Sakaryaspor. He left Tunisian side Esperance De Tunis to join Qatari based side Al Sadd. He won the Q-League title in 2006. In 2006 he left Al Sadd for Turkish club Sakaryaspor. He is a wing-back typified by his effective overlapping runs, mazy dribbling and pin-point crosses. He has 38 caps (2 goals) for Tunisia

He also played for Espérance Sportive de Tunis. Although Clayton was born in Brazil, he spent a large part of his club career in Tunisia, and became a naturalized citizen in time for the 1998 World Cup. He played for Tunisia in that tournament, as well as the one in 2002.

He was an over-age player on the Tunisian 2004 Olympic football team that exited in the first round, finishing third in Group C, behind group and gold medal winners Argentina and runners-up Australia.

v • d • e Tunisia squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup 1 El Ouaer • 2 Ben Younes • 3 S. Trabelsi • 4 Boukadida • 5 H. Trabelsi • 6 Chouchane • 7 Thabet • 8 Baya • 9 Jelassi • 10 Ghodhbane • 11 Sellimi • 12 Melki • 13 Bouazizi • 14 Chiri • 15 Souayah • 16 Salhi • 17 Clayton • 18 Ben Slimane • 19 Ben Ahmed • 20 Jaballah • 21 Badra • 22 Boumnijel • Coach: Kasperczak (Selmi)

v • d • e Tunisia squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup 1 Boumnijel • 2 Badra • 3 Baya • 4 Mkacher • 5 Jaziri • 6 Trabelsi • 7 Mhedhebi • 8 Gabsi • 9 Jelassi • 10 Ghodhbane • 11 Sellimi • 12 Bouzaiene • 13 Bouazizi • 14 Marzouki • 15 Jaïdi • 16 Bejaoui • 17 Thabet • 18 Ben Achour • 19 Mkademi • 20 Zitouni • 21 Melki • 22 Jaouachi • 23 Clayton • Coach: Souayah

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