Cláudio Pitbull

Pitbull
Personal information
Full name Cláudio Mejolaro
Date of birth (1982-01-08) 8 January 1982
Place of birth Porto Alegre, Brazil
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Forward
Youth career
1997–1999 Grêmio
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2004 Grêmio 84 (22)
2002 → Juventude (loan) 20 (6)
2005–2010 Porto 5 (0)
2005–2006 → Ittihad (loan)
2005 → Santos (loan) 11 (2)
2006 → Fluminense (loan) 23 (2)
2006–2007 → Académica (loan) 9 (1)
2007–2008 → Vitória Setúbal (loan) 25 (7)
2008–2009 → Rapid Bucureşti (loan) 18 (1)
2009–2010 → Marítimo (loan) 15 (1)
2010–2012 Vitória Setúbal 38 (9)
2012 Manisaspor 4 (0)
2012 Bahia 7 (1)
2013–2014 Gil Vicente 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 June 2014.

Cláudio Mejolaro (born 8 January 1982 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul), commonly known as Pitbull, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward.

Football career

After fine displays at Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense, Pitbull was acquired by Portugal's FC Porto in the January 2005 transfer window.[1] Unable to settle with the club, he was loaned several times for the duration of his contract, mainly in that country.

On 4 February 2007, Pitbull played his first Primeira Liga match with Académica de Coimbra, against Associação Naval 1º de Maio.[2] For the 2007–08 season he was loaned again, this time to Vitória de Setúbal, where he was the team's top scorer as they overachieved despite facing serious financial problems; in March 2008, he helped the Sadinos to win the newly created League Cup in a penalty shootout against Sporting Clube de Portugal, also being named the tournament's best player.

In July 2008, alongside teammate João Paulo Andrade, Pitbull was loaned to Romanian side FC Rapid Bucureşti, on a season-long move. After that sole Liga I campaign he returned to Portugal, being loaned for the seventh time by Porto, to C.S. Marítimo.

Pitbull returned to Setúbal for a second spell in 2010–11,[3] scoring nine goals in 26 games to help the team again avoid relegation. In late January 2012 he switched clubs and countries again, joining Manisaspor in the Turkish Süper Lig.

Honours

Grêmio
Setúbal

References

  1. ↑ Porto look to Brazil once more; UEFA.com, 17 January 2005
  2. ↑ "Tactical Formation". Football-Lineups. Retrieved 8 February 2007.
  3. ↑ "Pitbull comes back home". PortuGOAL. 27 August 2010. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
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