Airton (footballer, born February 1990)

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Airton
Personal information
Full name Airton Ribeiro Santos
Date of birth (1990-02-21) 21 February 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Al-Kahrabaa
Number 14
Youth career
2003–2008 Nova Iguaçu
2007 → Mesquita (loan)
2008 → Flamengo (loan)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007–2008 Nova Iguaçu 0 (0)
2007 → Mesquita (loan) 0 (0)
2008 → Flamengo (loan) 16 (0)
2009 Flamengo 30 (0)
2010–2015 Benfica 19 (0)
2011–2012 → Flamengo (loan) 31 (1)
2013 → Internacional (loan) 13 (0)
2014–2015 → Botafogo (loan) 25 (0)
2015–2017 Botafogo 24 (0)
2018–2019 Fluminense 19 (0)
2020 Ermis Aradippou 2 (0)
2020–2021 Erbil SC
2021– Al-Kahrabaa
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Airton Ribeiro Santos (born 21 February 1990), simply known as Airton, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Al-Kahrabaa FC.

Contents

Club career

Early career

Airton started his career at Nova Iguaçu at the age of 13. At the end of 2007, Flamengo's youth coach Adílio asked for his loan. Airton also spent four months on loan at Mesquita in 2007, playing on the youth team.

Flamengo

Airton arrived at Flamengo, on loan, on 7 January 2008 to play for the club's youth team. His rights belonged to, at the time, Nova Iguaçu, which had him under contract until 2010. He would play for Flamengo until the end of 2008, but in 2008, Flamengo officially signed him, acquiring part of his rights — Nova Iguaçu and Traffic, an investors group, shared the other parts of his rights. [1] [2]

His first match in the first-team was in a 1–1 draw against Vasco da Gama on 6 April 2008, and his debut in the Brazilian Série A was at Mineirão Stadium, coming off the bench in a 1–1 draw against Atlético Mineiro on 9 July. [3]

Benfica

In December 2009, after much speculation, Benfica signed Airton to a five-year contract. [4] [5] Flamengo received a sum around €1.1 million for 15% of his rights. In Portugal, he acted mainly as a back-up for starter Javi García for the second part of the 2009-10 season. After struggling to perform on the same level in the following season, Airton was loaned to Flamengo. [6]

Return to Brazil

Airton returned to Flamengo from Benfica almost a year and a half after his original loan deal to Flamengo ended, penning a season-long loan deal on 10 June 2011. [7] In May 2012, it was extended until June 2013, [8] but was eventually cut short as he moved teams. In February 2013, Internacional, signed Airton on loan until December 2013, for a reported €300,000 fee. [9] [10]

In January 2014, Airton moved to Botafogo until June 2014, [11] with the loan deal being later extended until 30 June 2015, effectively meaning Airton will not return to Benfica. [12] [13] On 10 September 2014, Airton was sent off in a match against São Paulo after deliberately stepping on Alexandre Pato's head, and was suspended for two matches. [14] He also faced a two-year suspension for refusing to take an anti-doping test, which he was later acquitted of. [15]

On 10 September 2015, after his contract with Benfica ended, Airton signed a one-season deal with Botafogo. [16]

Club statistics

As of 24 December 2014 [17] [18]
ClubSeasonLeagueCupRegional LeagueContinentalOther [nb 1] Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Flamengo 2008 160—1000—170
2009 3006014020—520
Total4606015020—690
Benfica 2009–10 40——101060
2010–11 15040—4040270
Total19040—5050330
Flamengo 2011 180——20—200
2012 131—3020—181
Total311—3040—381
Internacional 2013 1305091——271
Total1305091——271
Botafogo 2014 240—8010—330
Total240008010—330
Career total1331150351120502002

Honours

Flamengo

Benfica

Internacional

Individual

Notes

  1. ↑ Includes other competitive competitions, including the Supertaça and Taça da Liga

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References

  1. ↑ "Em 11 jogos, Aírton pega o vasco pela terceira vez". maumauexterminador.blogspot.pt. 18 October 2008.
  2. ↑ "Clube da Espanha procura Aírton, mas Fla tem prioridade para mantê-lo". Globoesporte. 7 August 2008. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "No primeiro 'Clássico dos Milhões' da era Dinamite, Vasco duela com o líder Fla". Globoesporte. 12 July 2008. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
  4. ↑ Volante Airton fecha com o Benfica, afirma jornal português (Portuguese)
  5. ↑ Águia assegura negócio de Airton Archived 24 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine (Portuguese)
  6. ↑ "OFICIAL: Flamengo anuncia Airton". Maisfutebol.com. 10 June 2011.
  7. ↑ Mais experiente, Airton quer conquistar novamente o Brasileirão (Portuguese)
  8. ↑ "Benfica: Flamengo já pagou e Airton fica mais um ano". Maisfutebol.com. 2 July 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
  9. ↑ "Volante Airton será apresentado neste sábado". Internacional official website.
  10. ↑ "Airton rende ao Benfica 300 mil euros". Desporto.sapo.pt. 24 February 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
  11. ↑ "Airton emprestado ao Botafogo". Record. 8 January 2014. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
  12. ↑ "Airton continua no Botafogo". Record. 4 June 2014. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
  13. ↑ "Botafogo renova com Aírton e está perto de anunciar atacante Rogério". globoesporte. 7 July 2014.
  14. ↑ "Airton julgado por agressão e controlo anti-doping irregular". relvado.sapo.pt. 30 September 2014. Archived from the original on 7 October 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  15. ↑ "Airton é absolvido por unanimidade no STJD em denúncia ligada a doping". Lancenent.br. 1 October 2014. Archived from the original on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  16. ↑ "Airton assina pelo Botafogo".
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