Claiton (footballer, born 1984)

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Claiton
Personal information
Full name Claiton Machado dos Santos
Date of birth (1984-09-07) 7 September 1984 (age 39)
Place of birth Santa Helena de Goiás, Brazil
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
Campo Grande [1]
Bologna
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2001–2002 Bologna 1 (0)
2002–2006 Milan 0 (0)
2004–2005 → Prato (loan) 1 (0)
2005–2006 → Lecco (loan) 7 (0)
2006–2011 Varese 131 (8)
2011–2013 Bari 64 (6)
2013–2014 Chievo 8 (0)
2014–2017 Crotone 84 (3)
2017–2020 Cremonese 75 (7)
2020–2022 Catania 37 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 May 2022

Claiton Machado dos Santos (born 7 September 1984) is a Brazilian-Italian [2] former footballer who played as a defender.

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Career

Bologna, Milan and loans

Claiton started his professional football career at Bologna and played once in Serie A, on 17 June 2001. [3] Bologna lost to Internazionale 1−2. In January 2002, he was signed by A.C. Milan and played for their Primavera team. On 18 December 2002, he made his debut for the club, coming in as a substitute for Alessandro Costacurta in the Coppa Italia 1/8 finals against Ancona. [4] He was also featured as an unused bench for Milan in Serie A on 24 May 2003, the game right before the 2003 UEFA Champions League Final and 2003 Coppa Italia Final, in which Carlo Ancelotti used 4 youth team players in the starting lineup and another 7 players on the bench. [5] In 2003-04 season, he remain the member of U20 youth team. [6]

In the summer of 2004, he left for Prato on loan, but in January 2005 returned to Milan. In the 2005-06 season, he was loaned out again, this time to Lecco.

Varese

In the summer of 2006, he joined Serie C2 side Varese in a co-ownership deal for €500. [7] He was not the absolute starter of the team, but also played 28 league matches at the champions winning 2008-09 season. In 2009–10 season, he played 20 league matches as starter in 25 league appearances. Varese promotion to Serie B in 2010.

Bari

On 8 July 2011, Claiton was signed by Serie B club Bari on a free transfer and put pen to paper on a three-year deal. [8] However, due to the financial crisis of Bari, he left the club in summer 2013.

Chievo

On 14 August 2013, Claiton was signed by Serie A club Chievo. Bari also signed half of the registration rights of Marco Calderoni for €90,000 on the same day. [9] [10]

Crotone

On 29 July 2014, Claiton was signed by Serie B club Crotone on a free transfer. [11] At the end of the 2015–16 season he was initially released by Crotone, but on 14 July 2016 he signed a new two-year contract with the club. [12]

Cremonese

On 21 July 2017 he was signed by Cremonese. [13]

Catania

On 16 September 2020 Claiton signed a 2-year contract with Catania. [14] On 9 April 2022, he was released together with all of his Catania teammates following the club's exclusion from Italian football due to its inability to overcome a number of financial issues. [15]

Honours

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References

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  2. ↑ Crotone profile (in Italian)
  3. ↑ "Articolo - foto e articoli da Sport.it". Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
  4. ↑ "La Gazzetta dello Sport - Coppa Italia 2002/2003".
  5. ↑ "Match Report". Archived from the original on 23 October 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  6. ↑ "Seconda Squadra 2003/2004". AC Milan (in Italian). Archived from the original on 9 October 2003.
  7. ↑ "AC Milan Group 2006 annual report" (PDF). AC Milan (in Italian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2011.
  8. ↑ "Mercato, il Bari prende il difensore Macedo Dos Santos" [Market: Bari takes defender Machado dos Santos]. AS Bari (in Italian). 8 July 2011. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
  9. ↑ "Valutazione ramo di azienda sportiva A.S. BARI S.p.A" (PDF) (in Italian). Tribunale di Bari (Re-published by Corriere del Mezzogiorno). 28 March 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  10. ↑ "Chievo, ufficiale: Claiton in gialloblù" (in Italian). AC Chievo Verona. 14 August 2013. Archived from the original on 17 August 2013. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  11. ↑ "Colpo Claiton per la difesa" (in Italian). FC Crotone. 29 July 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  12. ↑ "Crotone, ufficiale il rinnovo di Claiton" (in Italian). RadioGoal24. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  13. ↑ "Calciomercato Crotone, ufficiale: Claiton passa alla Cremonese". Corriere dello Sport (in Italian). 21 July 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  14. ↑ "Claiton dos Santos Machado al Catania: il difensore si lega al nostro club fino al 30 giugno 2022" (Press release) (in Italian). Catania. 16 September 2020.
  15. ↑ "Delibera del Presidente federale: revocata l'affiliazione al Calcio Catania" (in Italian). FIGC.it. 9 April 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
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