Cristiano (footballer, born 1983)

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Cristiano
Personal information
Full name Cristiano Moraes de Oliveira
Date of birth (1983-09-28) 28 September 1983 (age 40)
Place of birth Manaus, Brazil
Height1.74 m (5 ft 8+12 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2001–2005 Nacional-AM
2005São Raimundo (loan)
2005–2009 Paços Ferreira 98 (13)
2009–2011 PAOK 15 (0)
2011 Sporting CP 4 (0)
2011 Beira-Mar 10 (2)
2012 Criciúma 5 (1)
2012–2013 Vitória Setúbal 23 (2)
2013 Nacional-AM 2 (0)
2014 Manaus
Total157(18)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Cristiano Moraes de Oliveira (born 28 September 1983), known simply as Cristiano, is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

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He spent most of his professional career in Portugal, amassing Primeira Liga totals of 135 games and 17 goals over the course of eight seasons, almost exclusively with Paços de Ferreira.

Club career

Born in Manaus, Amazonas, Cristiano started playing football with two local clubs, Nacional Futebol Clube and São Raimundo Esporte Clube (AM), representing the latter on loan. In August 2005 he moved to Portugal and joined F.C. Paços de Ferreira, [1] being rarely used in his debut season in the Primeira Liga (eight appearances, all as a substitute).

In the 2006–07 campaign, Cristiano contributed 26 matches – two goals, one of them in a 1–1 home draw against Sporting CP on 17 February 2007 [2] – as Paços finished in sixth position, qualifying for the UEFA Cup for the first time in their history. [3] He continued to feature regularly for the northerners in the subsequent seasons, scoring a career-best seven goals in 2008–09. [4]

On 6 November 2009, Cristiano netted twice in the 3–0 away win over C.F. Belenenses. [5] [6] In the following transfer window, he moved to PAOK FC from Greece on a two-and-a-half-year contract; after only a few games, he suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury, being sidelined for about six months. [7]

Cristiano returned to Portugal in late January 2011, joining Sporting as a free agent and reuniting with his former Paços de Ferreira manager Paulo Sérgio. [8] In June, having made just five competitive appearances, he was released and signed a two-year deal with S.C. Beira-Mar shortly after. [9]

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