Ailton Canela

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Alves and the second or paternal family name is da Silva.

Ailton Cesar Junior Alves da Silva (18 November 1994 – 28 November 2016), known as Ailton Canela or simply Canela, was a Brazilian footballer who played for Chapecoense.

Ailton Canela

Personal information
Full name	Ailton Cesar Junior Alves da Silva
Date of birth	(1994-11-18)18 November 1994
Place of birth	Matão, Brazil
Date of death	28 November 2016(2016-11-28) (aged 22)
Place of death	La Unión, Colombia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
2010–2012	Inter de Bebedouro
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012	Inter de Bebedouro	1	(0)
2013	Vitória-ES	7	(0)
2013–2015	Monte Azul	23	(2)
2014	→ Olímpia (loan)	18	(2)
2015–2016	Botafogo-SP	9	(2)
2016	Cianorte	0	(0)
2016	→ Chapecoense (loan)	4	(0)
Total		62	(6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Canela was one of the 71 people who died in LaMia Airlines Flight 2933 accident, including 18 of his teammates.

Club career

Canela was born in Matão, São Paulo, and joined Internacional de Bebedouro through a youth programme held in his hometown, in 2010.^[1] He made his senior debut on 29 February 2012, coming on as a substitute in a 1–0 Campeonato Paulista Série A2 away win against Osvaldo Cruz.^[2]

Canela signed for Vitória-ES ahead of the 2013 season. In the middle of the year, however, he moved to Monte Azul to play in the year's Copa Paulista.

In July 2014, Canela was loaned to Olímpia until the end of the year. Returning in the following January,^[3] he became a starter before joining Botafogo-SP on 30 June 2015.^[4]

Canela became a starter for Bota during the end of the campaign, scoring two goals as his side achieved promotion as champions. On 12 January 2016, after failing to agree new terms, he signed a pre-contract with Cianorte.^[5]

On 9 June 2016, Canela was loaned to Série A club Chapecoense until December.^[6] He made his debut in the category on 4 August, replacing Hyoran in a 1–1 home draw against Palmeiras.^[7]

Death

On 28 November 2016, when Chapecoense were en route to the first leg of the 2016 Copa Sudamericana Finals to play against Atlético Nacional, Canela was among the fatalities of the LaMia Airlines Flight 2933 accident in the Colombian village of Cerro Gordo, La Unión, Antioquia.^[8]

Club statistics

As of 27 November 2016^[9]

Club	Season	League			State League		Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Inter de Bebedouro	2012	Paulista A3	—		1	0	—		—		—		1	0
Vitória-ES	2013	Capixaba	—		7	0	—		—		—		7	0
Monte Azul	2013	Paulista A2	—		—		—		—		9[a]	1	9	1
	2014		—		6	0	—		—		—		6	0
	2015		—		17	2	—		—		—		17	2
	Total		—		23	2	—		—		9	1	32	3
Olímpia (loan)	2014	Paulista 2ª Divisão	—		18	2	—		—		—		18	2
Botafogo-SP	2015	Série D	9	2	—		—		—		—		9	2
Chapecoense	2016	Série A	4	0	—		0	0	2[b]	0	—		6	0
Career total			13	2	49	4	0	0	2	0	9	1	73	7

1. Appearance(s) in Copa Paulista
2. Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana

Honours

Botafogo-SP

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série D: 2015

Chapecoense

• Copa Sudamericana: 2016 (posthumously)^[10]

References

1. "'Ele nasceu para jogar bola', diz pai de Ailton Canela, morto em queda de avião" ['He was born to play football', says Ailton Canela's father, dead in plane crash] (in Portuguese). CBN. 29 November 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
2. "Osvaldo Cruz 0 x 1 Inter de Bebedouro – Inter vence fora e entra no G8 da A3" [Osvaldo Cruz 0–1 Inter de Bebedouro – Inter win away from home and get inside G8 of the A3] (in Portuguese). Futebol Interior. 29 February 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
3. "Com retorno de "base" do Olímpia, Monte Azul tem meio time para A2" [With the return of Olímpia's "base", Monte Azul have a half team for the A2] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
4. "Botafogo apresenta oficialmente Rodrigo Thiesen e Canela" [Botafogo officially present Rodrigo Thiesen and Canela] (in Portuguese). Botafogo FC. 30 June 2015. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
5. "Paulistão: Canela deixa o Botafogo e acerta com o Cianorte-PR" [Paulistão: Canela leaves Botafogo and signs with Cianorte-PR] (in Portuguese). Futebol Interior. 12 January 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
6. "As jovens apostas do Verdão" [The young prospects of Verdão] (in Portuguese). Chapecoense. 9 June 2016. Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
7. "Com goleiros como protagonistas, Chapecoense e Palmeiras empatam em SC" [With goalkeepers as protagonists, Chapecoense and Palmeiras draw in SC] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
8. "Jogador de Matão estava em avião da Chapecoense que caiu na Colômbia" [Matão-born player was in Chapecoense's plane who crashed in Colombia] (in Portuguese). G1. 29 November 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
9. Ailton Canela at Soccerway. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
10. "CONMEBOL otorga el título de campeón de la Sudamericana 2016 a Chapecoense y reconoce a Atlético Nacional con el premio del centenario de la CONMEBOL al Fair Play" [CONMEBOL awards 2016 South American champion title to Chapecoense and bestows Atlético Nacional with CONMEBOL century Fair Play award] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 5 December 2016. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.

External links

• Ailton Canela at Soccerway