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| Full name | Airton Ribeiro Santos | ||
| Date of birth | February 21, 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Flamengo (on loan from Benfica) |
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| Number | 55 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003–2008 | Nova Iguaçu | ||
| 2007 | → Mesquita (loan) | ||
| 2008 | → Flamengo (loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2007–2008 | Nova Iguaçu | 0 | (0) |
| 2007 | → Mesquita (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Flamengo (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2009 | Flamengo | 31 | (0) |
| 2010– | Benfica | 19 | (0) |
| 2011– | → Flamengo (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Airton Ribeiro Santos (born February 21, 1990 in Rio de Janeiro), commonly known as simply Airton, is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays as a defensive midfielder for Flamengo on loan from Sport Lisboa e Benfica in the Portuguese first division.
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Airton started his career at Nova Iguaçu at the age of 13. At the end of 2007, Flamengo's youth coach Adílio asked for his loan. Airton also spent four months on loan at Mesquita in 2007, playing on the youth team.
Airton arrived at Flamengo, on loan, on 7 January 2008 to play for the club's youth team. His rights belonged to, at the time, Nova Iguaçu, which had him under contract until 2010. He would play for Flamengo until the end of 2008, but in 2008, Flamengo officially signed him, acquiring part of his rights — Nova Iguaçu and Traffic, an investors group, shared the other parts of his rights.
His first match in the first-team was in a 1–1 draw against Vasco da Gama on 6 April 2008, and his debut in the Brazilian Série A was at Mineirão Stadium, coming off the bench in a 1–1 draw against Atlético Mineiro on 9 July.
| Club | Season | Carioca League | Brazilian Série A | Copa do Brasil | Continental | Total | ||||||||||
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| Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | ||
| Flamengo | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2011 | - | - | - | 17 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 15 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 0 | 2 | |
In December 2009, after much speculation, Benfica signed Airton to a five-year contract.[1][2][3] Flamengo received a sum around €1.1 million for 15% of his rights.
| Club | Season | Liga Sagres | Taça de Portugal | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Benfica | 2009-10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2010-11 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Total | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 33 | 0 | |
Airton returned to Flamengo from Benfica almost a year and a half after his original loan deal to Flamengo ended, penning a season-long loan deal on 10 June 2011.[4]
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