Claiton Machado dos Santos

Claiton
Personal information
Full nameClaiton Machado dos Santos
Date of birth7 September 1984
Place of birthSanta Helena de Goiás, Brazil
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing positionCentral defender
Club information
Current team
Crotone
Number3
Youth career
1999–2000Campo Grande[1]
2000–2002Bologna
2002–2004Milan
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2000–2002Bologna1(0)
2004–2006Milan0(0)
2004–2005→ Prato (loan)1(0)
2005–2006→ Lecco (loan)8(0)
2006–2011Varese131(8)
2011–2013Bari64(6)
2013–2014Chievo8(0)
2014–Crotone28(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 March 2015.
† Appearances (Goals).

Claiton Machado dos Santos (born 7 September 1984) is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Italian Serie B club Crotone. He choose Claiton as his shirt name but Italian media often refer him as Dos Santos.

Biography

Bologna, Milan and loans

Claiton started his Italy career at Bologna and played once at Serie A, on 17 June 2001. The match his substituted Alessandro Gamberini in the 59th minutes.[2] Bologna lost to Internazionale in 1-2. In January 2002, he was signed by A.C. Milan and played at their Primavera team. He also played as unused bench for Milan at Serie A on 24 May 2003, the 3rd last match of the season and the match before the 2003 UEFA Champions League Final and 2003 Coppa Italia Final. Milan used 4 Primavera Team player as starter and another 7 players at bench.[3] In 2003-04 season, he remain the member of U20 youth team.[4]

In summer 2004, he left for Prato on loan, but in January 2005 returned to Milan. In 2005-06 season, he played another unsuccessful loan at Lecco.

Varese

In summer of 2006, he joined Serie C2 side Varese in co-ownership deal for €500.[5] He was not the absolute starter of the team, but also played 28 league matches at the champions winning 2008-09 season. In 2009–10 season, he played 20 league matches as stater in 25 league appearance. Varese promotion to Serie B in 2010.

Bari

On 8 July 2011 Santos was signed by Serie B club Bari on free transfer in 3-year contract.[6] However due to the financial crisis of Bari, he left the club in summer 2013.

Chievo

On 14 August 2013, Santos was signed by Serie A club Chievo. Bari also signed half of the registration rights of Marco Calderoni for €90,000 on the same day.[7][8]

Crotone

On 29 July 2014 Santos was signed by Serie B club F.C. Crotone on free transfer.[9]

Honours

References

  1. ↑ "Jogadores". Pedrinho VRP (in Portuguese). Retrieved 30 October 2010.
  2. ↑ http://www.sport.it/articolo/inter-bologna-34-giornata/131481
  3. ↑ "Milan youngsters tested". forzamilan.com. 2003-05-24. Retrieved 2010-03-05.
  4. ↑ "Seconda Squadra 2003/2004". AC Milan (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2003-10-09.
  5. ↑ "AC Milan Group 2006 annual report". AC Milan (in Italian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2011.
  6. ↑ "Mercato, il Bari prende il difensore Macedo Dos Santos" [Market: Bari takes defender Machado dos Santos]. AS Bari (in Italian). 8 July 2011. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
  7. ↑ "Valutazione ramo di azienda sportiva A.S. BARI S.p.A" (PDF) (in Italian). Tribunale di Bari (Re-published by Corriere del Mezzogiorno). 28 March 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  8. ↑ "Chievo, ufficiale: Claiton in gialloblù" (in Italian). AC Chievo Verona. 14 August 2013. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  9. ↑ "Colpo Claiton per la difesa" (in Italian). FC Crotone. 29 July 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2015.

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