Claiton (footballer, born 1984)
Brazilian-Italian footballer
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Claiton Machado dos Santos (born 7 September 1984) is a Brazilian[2] former footballer who played as a defender.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Claiton Machado dos Santos | ||
| Date of birth | 7 September 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Santa Helena de Goiás, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Centre back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Campo Grande[1] | |||
| Bologna | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (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 as of 2 May 2022 | |||
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
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]