José Clayton

Cláyton
Personal information
Full nameJosé Cláyton Menezes Ribeiro
Date of birthMarch 21, 1974
Place of birthSão Luís, Brazil
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing positionDefender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1992–1994Moto Club[1]
1995–1998Étoile du Sahel86(12)
1998–2001SC Bastia43(1)
2001Stade Tunisien12(2)
2001–2005Espérance Sportive de Tunis119(16)
2005–2006Al Sadd22(0)
2006–2007Sakaryaspor26(0)
2007–2008Stade Gabèsien
National team‡
1998–2006Tunisia38(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 October 2008.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 October 2008

José Cláyton Menezes Ribeiro (better known as Cláyton) (born 21 March 1974 in São Luís, Brazil) is a former Brazilian-Tunisian football left-back.

Although Clayton was born in Brazil, he spent a large part of his club career in Tunisia playing for Espérance Sportive de Tunis, 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.[2]

He had a brief spell with Sakaryaspor in the Turkish Super Lig.[3] He also spent time with 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 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.[4] He was part of the squad that won the 2004 African Cup of Nations.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.ogol.com.br/jogador.php?id=16085&epoca_id=121
  2. ↑ Clayton – FIFA competition record
  3. ↑ "JOSE CLAYTON RIBEIRO MENEZES". TFF. Retrieved 2009-05-23.
  4. ↑ "José Clayton Ribeiro Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Retrieved 2009-05-23.