Adilson (footballer, born 1976)

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Adilson
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Personal information
Full name Adilson dos Santos
Date of birth (1976-05-12) 12 May 1976 (age 47)
Place of birth Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Left wing-back, center-back,
defensive midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1997 Apucarana
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)
Managerial career
2014– FC Seoul (assistant manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 December 2013

Adilson dos Santos, shortly Adi or Adilson (born 12 May 1976), is a former Brazilian footballer, who last played as a left-back for South Korean K League Classic side FC Seoul. His good impression in Seoul was such that after retiring, he stayed as assistant manager at the club.

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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

Statistics accurate as of 3 December 2013

ClubSeason K League Classic KFA Cup League Cup Continental Total
AppsGoalsAssistsAppsGoalsAssistsAppsGoalsAssistsAppsGoalsAssistsAppsGoalsAssists
FC Seoul 2006 251000902N/AN/AN/A3412
2007 2410301211N/AN/AN/A3921
2008 283110600N/AN/AN/A3531
2009 242110410903831
2010 244020711N/AN/AN/A3351
2011 300131000904111
2012 381310N/AN/AN/A3913
2013 3332101114542
FC Seoul
Career Total
22615812138342913052012

Honours

Player

Paraná Clube
Red Star Belgrade
Dalian Shide
FC Seoul

Individual

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