Claiton (footballer, born 1984)

Claiton Machado dos Santos (born 7 September 1984) is a Brazilian-Italian^[2] former footballer who played as a defender.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Machado and the second or paternal family name is dos Santos.

Claiton

Personal information
Full name	Claiton Machado dos Santos
Date of birth	(1984-09-07) 7 September 1984 (age 40)
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

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

On 21 July 2017 he was signed by Cremonese.^[13]

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]

Honours

• Lega Pro Seconda Divisione: 2009

References

1. "Jogadores (pagina 2)" (in Portuguese). Pedrinho VRP. Archived from the original on 12 July 2015.
2. Crotone profile (in Italian)
3. "Articolo - foto e articoli da Sport.it". Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
4. "La Gazzetta dello Sport - Coppa Italia 2002/2003".
5. "Match Report". Archived from the original on 23 October 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
6. "Seconda Squadra 2003/2004". AC Milan (in Italian). Archived from the original on 9 October 2003.
7. "AC Milan Group 2006 annual report" (PDF). AC Milan (in Italian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2011.
8. "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.
9. "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.
10. "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.
11. "Colpo Claiton per la difesa" (in Italian). FC Crotone. 29 July 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
12. "Crotone, ufficiale il rinnovo di Claiton" (in Italian). RadioGoal24. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
13. "Calciomercato Crotone, ufficiale: Claiton passa alla Cremonese". Corriere dello Sport (in Italian). 21 July 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
14. "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.
15. "Delibera del Presidente federale: revocata l'affiliazione al Calcio Catania" (in Italian). FIGC.it. 9 April 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2022.

External links

• Profile at AIC.Football.it (in Italian)
• Lega Serie B profile (in Italian)
• Claiton at Soccerway