Clayton Ferreira Cruz
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Clayton Ferreira Cruz | ||
Date of birth | 19 July 1975 | ||
Place of birth | São João do Paraíso, Brazil | ||
Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1994–1998 | Atlético Mineiro | 52 | (4) |
1998 | Guarani | 4 | (0) |
1998–1999 | América-RJ | 0 | (0) |
1999 | Santa Clara | 12 | (8) |
2000–2003 | Porto | 74 | (11) |
2003–2005 | Sporting CP | 8 | (0) |
2004–2005 | → Penafiel (loan) | 29 | (5) |
2005 | Vitória Guimarães | 6 | (0) |
2006 | Sport Recife | 2 | (0) |
2006–2007 | Penafiel | 21 | (2) |
2007–2008 | Alki Larnaca | 21 | (9) |
2008 | Omonia | 9 | (1) |
2009–2010 | AEL Limassol | 36 | (9) |
2010–2012 | Serrano-BA | 13 | (1) |
Total | 287 | (50) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Clayton Ferreira Cruz (born 19 July 1975), simply known as Clayton, is a Brazilian retired footballer. A forward or winger, he operated preferably on the left.
His 16-year professional career was spent, other than in his country, in Portugal – five teams represented, mainly Porto with which he won five major titles, including one league and one UEFA Cup – and Cyprus (three clubs).
Football career
Clayton was born in São João do Paraíso, Minas Gerais. After a solid career in native Brazil, mainly with Clube Atlético Mineiro, he moved to Portugal in 1999, joining Azores' C.D. Santa Clara; in January 2000 he signed for league club F.C. Porto, and went on to become an important offensive element.[1]
On 17 October 2001, in the season's UEFA Champions League, Clayton scored a brace against Celtic, in a 3–0 home triumph.[2] He was also a part of the side's UEFA Cup-winning team in 2002–03, although he did not play in the final against the same opponent.
For 2003–04 Clayton moved to Sporting Clube de Portugal[3] and, after appearing scarcely throughout the campaign, was loaned to lowly F.C. Penafiel and joined Vitoria de Guimarães in the following two years.[4]
After another Brazil spell with Sport Club do Recife, and another season at Penafiel (now in the Portuguese second level), Clayton moved to Cyprus. Starting 2007–08 with Alki Larnaca FC, he joined AC Omonia in the following January transfer window.
In January 2009 Clayton moved teams in the same country, signing with AEL Limassol. Aged 35 he returned to Brazil, playing the reminder of his career in amateur football.
Honours
- Porto
- Portuguese League: 2002–03
- Portuguese Cup: 1999–00, 2000–01, 2002–03
- Portuguese Supercup: 2001; Runner-up 2000
- UEFA Cup: 2002–03
- AEL
- Cypriot Cup: Runner-up 2008–09
References
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- ↑ Porto leapfrog Celtic, UEFA.com, 17 October 2001
- ↑ Surprise swap between rivals; UEFA.com, 14 July 2003
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- CBF data (Portuguese)
- SambaFoot profile
- Clayton at footballzz.co.uk
- Clayton profile at ForaDeJogo
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- No local image but image on Wikidata
- Articles with Portuguese-language external links
- 1975 births
- Living people
- Brazilian footballers
- Association football wingers
- Association football forwards
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players
- Clube Atlético Mineiro players
- Guarani Futebol Clube players
- America Football Club (RJ) players
- Sport Club do Recife players
- Primeira Liga players
- Segunda Liga players
- C.D. Santa Clara players
- FC Porto players
- Sporting Clube de Portugal footballers
- F.C. Penafiel players
- Vitória S.C. players
- Cypriot First Division players
- Alki Larnaca FC players
- AC Omonia players
- AEL FC players
- Brazilian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Portugal
- Expatriate footballers in Cyprus
- Brazilian expatriates in Portugal
- Brazilian expatriates in Cyprus