Cristiano (footballer, born 1981)

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Cristiano
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Cristiano with Adelaide United in 2008
Personal information
Full name Cristiano dos Santos Rodrigues
Date of birth (1981-06-03) 3 June 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [1]
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1998–2002 NAC 70 (18)
2002–2006 Roda JC 99 (34)
2006–2007 Basel 7 (1)
2007 → Willem II (loan) 12 (5)
2007–2008 Willem II 13 (1)
2008–2010 Adelaide United 49 (11)
2010–2011 Tarxien Rainbows 27 (8)
2011–2012 White City 7 (4)
2013 Olimpia 0 (0)
Total284(82)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Cristiano dos Santos Rodrigues (born 3 June 1981), commonly known as Cristiano, is a retired Brazilian footballer.

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Biography

Early career

Cristiano began his club career with Dutch club NAC Breda. He signed his first professional contract with Breda at age 16. Cristiano was impressive, without being a prolific goal scorer and spent four years with Breda before moving to fellow Dutch side Roda JC.

Cristiano's performances with Breda impressed Roda manager Wiljan Vloet who was desperate to bring the Brazilian to the club. Cristiano averaged 0.34 goals a game in his four-year stint with Roda.

FC Basel

After eight seasons in the Netherlands, Cristiano sought a new challenge in a foreign country and jumped at the opportunity to join Swiss giants FC Basel for their 2006–07 season under head coach Christian Gross. He played his team debut on 26 August 2006 in the Swiss Cup third round match against local club FC Liestal. Cristiano scored three goals for his new club, during the first 27 minutes of the game, as Basel advanced with the end score 6–1 to the next round. [2] After playing in a test game, in which he also scored twice, Cristiano played his domestic league debut for the club in the home game in the St. Jakob-Park on 10 September as Basel won 2–1 against Zürich. [3] He played his next match four days later on 14 September in the 2006–07 UEFA Cup first round first leg game against Rabotnički. In this match he also scored two goals as Basel won 6–2. [4]

Despite this very good start with his new club, Cristiano struggled to command a regular starting spot in the team. After the winter break, he went on loan back to the Netherlands and joined Willem II of Tilburg. His loan spell with Willem II was very successful, scoring 5 goals in 12 appearances. Willem II made Cristiano's move permanent at the end of the 2006–07 season. During his time with Basel Cristiano played a total of 20 games for the team scoring a total of 11 goals. Seven of these games were in the Swiss Super League, one in the Swiss Cup, six in the 2006–07 UEFA Cup and six were friendly games. He scored one goal in the domestic league, three in the domestic cup, two in the UEFA Cup and the other five were scored during the test games. [5]

Willem II

Cristiano was unable to capture his form from his loan spell the previous season. Despite being well known in the Netherlands, he received tentative interest from other Dutch clubs due to his non-EU status requiring a high minimum salary, and began seeking options of regular football elsewhere.

Adelaide United

Cristiano moved to Australia to join A-League side Adelaide United at the start of the 2008–09 season. Adelaide had lost Nathan Burns and Bruce Djite in the off-season and were in desperate need for a permanent striker. After scoring on his debut in a pre-season match, Cristiano made his A-League debut in a 1–0 victory over Perth Glory. Cristiano was impressive in his debut, setting up the winning goal scored by Travis Dodd. [6]

Cristiano scored his first competitive goal for Adelaide United in Round three against Wellington Phoenix at Hindmarsh Stadium. Cristiano finished with a brace in a 3–0 victory. [7] After helping Adelaide United become the first Australian side to reach the semi-finals of the AFC Champions League, he scored a brace days later to help the Reds to a 2–0 victory over reigning premiers Newcastle Jets. [8]

Cristiano scored his fifth goal in seven A-League matches by getting on the score sheet in a 3–3 draw against Central Coast. [9] He scored the only goal of the Club World Cup fifth place play off against Egyptian club Al Ahly the impressive twenty yard strike was awarded 'goal of the tournament'. [10] [11]

In the 2008–09 Grand Final against Melbourne Victory, Cristiano was controversially red carded in the 10th minute. [12] [13] However, this red card was rescinded from his record.

He was released from Adelaide after their 2010 Asian Champions League campaign after they were knocked out of the round of 16.

Tarxien Rainbows

During the 2010–11 summer transfer window he signed a two-year contract until 2011–12, with Maltese Premier League club Tarxien Rainbows.

White City

It was announced on 7 June 2011 that Cristiano would move back to Adelaide and sign with South Australian Premier League side White City FC with an aim to further his career in coaching and to aim for re-signing with his former A-League club, Adelaide United. [14]

Cristiano made his debut for White City FC in a 3–2 loss to Enfield City. He also scored from a header and was later sent off. [15]

Olimpia

On 15 August 2013, Cristiano arrived in Honduran club Olimpia as a last-minute reinforcement on a free transfer. He failed to make his debut under then head coach Danilo Tosello and in early-2014 his contract was terminated. [16]

Personal life

Following his retirement from playing, Cristiano settled in Australia and is employed by Football South Australia. [17] His son Raphael Borges Rodrigues is also a professional footballer. [18]

Career statistics

(Correct as of 1 January 2009)

ClubSeasonLeague1CupInternational2Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
NAC Breda 1998–99 41100051
1999–00 1332100154
2000–01 2450000245
2001–02 29931003210
Total701862007620
Roda JC 2002–03 2562000276
2003–04 28922003011
2004–05 1661000176
2005–06 301331003314
Total9934830010737
FC Basel 2006–07 71113082
Total711130112
Willem II Tilburg 2006–07 1250000125
2007–08 1312000151
Total2562000276
Adelaide United 2008–09 25832923712
2009–10 243--00243
Total491132926115
Total2507020812228281

1 – includes A-League final series statistics
2 – includes FIFA Club World Cup statistics; AFC Champions League statistics are included in season commencing after group stages (i.e. 2008 ACL in 2008–09 A-League season etc.)

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  1. ↑ "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008 Presented By TOYOTA — List Of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 5 December 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 December 2008.
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  4. ↑ "Basel 6–2 Rabotnički – Overview". UEFA. 14 September 2006. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
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