Adilson dos Santos

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Personal information
Full name Adilson dos Santos
Date of birth (1976-05-12) 12 May 1976
Place of birth Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Left wing-back, center-back,
defensive midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997 Apucarana Atlético Clube
1997–1998 Paraná Clube
1998–1999 Red Star Belgrade 12 (0)
2000 Real Betis 0 (0)
2000 Sevilla 0 (0)
2000Dalian Shide (loan) 25 (4)
2001–2005 Dalian Shide 119 (4)
2006–2013 FC Seoul 226 (15)
Teams managed
2014– FC Seoul (assistant manager)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 December 2013.

Adilson dos Santos, shortly Adi or Adilson (born 12 May 1976 in Aracaju), is a former Brazilian footballer, who last played as a left-back for South Korean K League Classic side FC Seoul.

Club career

Adilson started his senior career playing with Apucarana Atlético Clube, and by 1998 he was estimated the best defender in Paraná State championship.

Next year, he moved to Serbian Red Star Belgrade where he played 11 matches in the First League of FR Yugoslavia during the 1998-99 season.

In 1999, he moved to Real Betis. but he did not make debut and moved to Sevilla FC. However, Sevilla did not have enough money to pay the transfer fee, so Real Betis lodged a complaint against Sevilla FC and he was not allowed to play for Sevilla FC. After the issue of the fee was resolved, he still did not play because he was deemed too young a player and the club was in the danger of regulation. He ended up playing on their B team.

In 2001, he moved to the giant club of China, Dalian Shide. He had succeeded in this club. He became the champion of Asia once and China 4 times also twice of Chinese FA Cup.

In March 2006, He moved to FC Seoul of K League Classic of South Korea [1]

He was winner of K-League Best XI in 2007, 2008 and 2010. He is now considered the best defender of the K-League after a collection of outstanding performances.

On 29 January 2014, he retired at FC Seoul and appointed as coach.[2][3]

Career statistics

Club career

Statistics accurate as of 3 December 2013

Club Season K League Classic KFA Cup League Cup Continental Total
Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists
FC Seoul 2006 251000902N/AN/AN/A 3412
2007 2410301211N/AN/AN/A 3921
2008 283110600N/AN/AN/A 3531
2009 24211041090 3831
2010 244020711N/AN/AN/A 3351
2011 30013100090 4111
2012 381310N/AN/AN/A 3913
2013 333210111 4542
FC Seoul
Career Total
22615812138342913052012

Honours

Club

Paraná Clube

Dalian Shide

FC Seoul

Individual

References

  1. "FC 서울, 브라질 MF ‘아디’영입" (in Korean). FC Seoul.com. 7 March 2006.
  2. "FC서울 레전드 아디, 코치로서 제2의 인생" (in Korean). Sports Chosun. 29 January 2014.
  3. "코치 아디, "영원한 FC서울의 남자로 남고 싶었다"" (in Korean). MK Sports. 12 February 2014.
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