Claiton Machado dos Santos (born 7 September 1984) is a Brazilian-Italian[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(s) | 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, correct as of 2 May 2022 | |||
Career
editBologna, Milan and loans
editClaiton 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
editIn 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
editOn 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
editOn 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
editOn 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
editOn 21 July 2017 he was signed by Cremonese.[13]
Catania
editOn 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
editReferences
edit- ^ "Jogadores (pagina 2)" (in Portuguese). Pedrinho VRP. Archived from the original on 12 July 2015.
- ^ Crotone profile (in Italian)
- ^ "Articolo - foto e articoli da Sport.it". Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
- ^ "La Gazzetta dello Sport - Coppa Italia 2002/2003".
- ^ "Match Report". Archived from the original on 23 October 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ^ "Seconda Squadra 2003/2004". AC Milan (in Italian). Archived from the original on 9 October 2003.
- ^ "AC Milan Group 2006 annual report" (PDF). AC Milan (in Italian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2011.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Colpo Claiton per la difesa" (in Italian). FC Crotone. 29 July 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ^ "Crotone, ufficiale il rinnovo di Claiton" (in Italian). RadioGoal24. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
- ^ "Calciomercato Crotone, ufficiale: Claiton passa alla Cremonese". Corriere dello Sport (in Italian). 21 July 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Delibera del Presidente federale: revocata l'affiliazione al Calcio Catania" (in Italian). FIGC.it. 9 April 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
External links
edit- Profile at AIC.Football.it (in Italian)
- Lega Serie B profile (in Italian)
- Claiton at Soccerway