Adriano (footballer, born 1984)

For the Portuguese musician, see Adriano Correia de Oliveira. For other uses, see Adriano.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Correia and the second or paternal family name is Claro.

Adriano

File:Adriano Correia 2012.jpg Adriano playing for Barcelona in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Adriano Correia Claros
Date of birth	(1984-10-26) 26 October 1984
Place of birth	Curitiba, Brazil
Height
Position(s)	Full back / Midfielder
Team information
Current team	FC BARCELONA
Number	21
Youth career
1997–2002	Coritiba
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2005	Coritiba	81	(2)
2005–2010	Sevilla	157	(11)
2010–	Barcelona	111	(9)
International career
2003	Brazil U20	4	(0)
2003–2013	Brazil	17	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 January 2016

Adriano Correia Claro (born 26 October 1984), known simply as Adriano, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Spanish club FC Barcelona. One of few players in professional football who are genuinely ambidextrous, he is capable of playing as a defender or midfielder, on both sides of the pitch.

After starting his career with Coritiba, he moved to Spain in 2005, going on to spend several seasons in La Liga with Sevilla and Barcelona and win several major titles with both clubs, including the treble with the latter in 2015.

A Brazilian international for ten years, Adriano represented his country in two Copa América tournaments, winning the 2004 edition.

Club career

Early years / Sevilla

File:FC Barcelona - Bayer 04 Leverkusen, 7 mar 2012 (35).jpg

Adriano (middle, #21) as a Barcelona player in 2012

Born in Curitiba, Paraná, Adriano started professionally for his hometown club Coritiba Foot Ball Club, making his first-team debuts at not yet 18. In January 2005 he joined Spain's Sevilla FC in a four-and-a-half-year deal, his La Liga debut arriving on the 29th in a 0–4 home loss against eventual champions FC Barcelona; the Andalusians, however, did finish sixth and qualified for the UEFA Cup.

In the following seasons, Adriano continued to feature in several positions for Sevilla with equal success as they won back-to-back UEFA Cups, with the player contributing with 25 games and four goals in both editions combined. In the final of the latter edition, he opened the score against RCD Espanyol in an eventual penalty shootout win; previously, in late September 2006, he had added a further five years to his link.

After three years residing in the country, Adriano was granted Spanish citizenship. He struggled with some injuries during the 2009–10 campaign, but still contributed with 27 matches (no goals) as Sevilla finished fourth and returned to the UEFA Champions League.

Barcelona

Adriano (center) and Barcelona team-mates posing with the 2015 UEFA Super Cup.

On 16 July 2010 Adriano signed a 4+1 contract with Barcelona, for €9.5 million plus a conditional fee of €4 million – it also included a buyout clause of €90 million. He was awarded the No. 21 shirt vacated by Dmytro Chygrynskiy who departed after just one season back to Shakhtar Donetsk, and made his debut in a pre-season friendly against Vålerenga Fotball, coming on as a second-half substitute; on 14 August he first appeared officially, in the first leg of Supercopa de España, a 1–3 loss at former side Sevilla.

Adriano spent the vast majority of his first season with Barça as a substitute. On 2 February 2011, in a rare start, he scored his first goal for the Catalans, netting in a 3–0 semi-final away win against UD Almería for the Copa del Rey (8–0 on aggregate); due to the illness of first-choice left-back Éric Abidal he became a regular starter from March onwards, although the Frenchman recovered in time to start in the 2011 UEFA Champions League Final.

In 2011–12, Adriano was again mostly a reserve for the Pep Guardiola-led side. On 15 December 2011, however, in the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup, he scored the first two goals in a 4–0 semi-final win over Sadd Sports Club, the first coming after a mistake by the Qatari team's defense to open the score in the 25th minute.

Early into the 2012–13 season, Adriano played the role of hero and villain in a matter of days: in the Spanish Supercup second leg he was sent off midway through the first half of an eventual 1–2 away loss against Real Madrid (4–4 aggregate defeat on the away goals rule), for bringing down Cristiano Ronaldo as the last man; On 2 September 2012, he scored the game's only goal at home against Valencia CF, through a spectacular right-foot curl.

On 28 May 2013 Adriano signed a new contract with Barcelona, keeping him at the club until 2017. During the 2014 pre-season, after being diagnosed with an irregular heartbeat, he was sidelined for several weeks, but eventually recovered fully.

Adriano scored his first goal of the 2015–16 campaign on 24 November 2015, hitting home following a missed penalty from Neymar and closing the score at 6–1 against A.S. Roma for the Champions League group stage. He had replaced Sergi Roberto for the last 26 minutes of the match.

International career

Shortly after helping the Brazilian under-20s win the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship, Adriano made his full team debut also in that year. In 2004, he was part of the squad that won the Copa América in Peru.

Statistics

Club

As of 24 May 2015

Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sevilla	2004–05	16	2	-	-	4	1	—		20	3
	2005–06	32	3	0	0	13	3	—		45	6
	2006–07	26	2	3	0	12	1	—		41	3
	2007–08	27	1	-	-	6	0	0	0	33	1
	2008–09	29	3	6	1	5	1	—		40	5
	2009–10	27	0	4	0	4	1	—		35	1
	Total	157	11	13	1	44	7	—		214	19
Barcelona	2010–11	15	0	8	1	6	0	2	0	31	1
	2011–12	26	1	3	0	8	0	3	2	40	3
	2012–13	23	5	3	1	6	0	2	0	34	6
	2013–14	26	3	7	1	5	0	0	0	38	4
	2014–15	16	0	4	2	7	0	—		27	2
	Total	106	9	25	5	32	0	7	2	170	16
Career Total		263	20	38	6	76	7	7	2	384	35

International

As of 6 February 2013

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Brazil	2003	5	0
	2004	1	0
	2005	0	0
	2006	2	0
	2007	0	0
	2008	0	0
	2009	0	0
	2010	1	0
	2011	4	0
	2012	3	0
	2013	1	0
Total		17	0

Honours

Club

Coritiba

• Campeonato Paranaense: 2003, 2004

Sevilla

• Copa del Rey: 2006–07, 2009–10
• Supercopa de España: 2007
• UEFA Cup: 2005–06, 2006–07
• UEFA Super Cup: 2006

Barcelona

• La Liga: 2010–11, 2012–13, 2014–2015
• Copa del Rey: 2011–12, 2014–15
• Supercopa de España: 2010, 2011, 2013
• UEFA Champions League: 2010–11, 2014–15
• UEFA Super Cup: 2011, 2015
• FIFA Club World Cup: 2011, 2015

International

• FIFA U-20 World Cup: 2003
• Copa América: 2004
• CONCACAF Gold Cup: Silver 2003

External links

• FC Barcelona official profile
• Adriano profile at BDFutbol
• Adriano at National-Football-Teams.com
• Adriano – FIFA competition record
• Adriano – UEFA competition record