Creedence Clearwater Couto

Creedence

Personal information
Full name	Creedence Clearwater Couto
Date of birth	6 March 1979 (1979-03-06) (age 32)
Place of birth	Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Taubaté
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2002–2005	Iraty	3	(5)
2002–2003	→ Guarany (loan)	23	(6)
2004	→ Brasiliense (loan)	9	(9)
2005–2009	Tombense	15	(14)
2005	→ Figueirense (loan)	7	(1)
2005	→ Lierse (loan)[1]	12	(0)
2006	→ Marília (loan)	16	(21)
2006	→ Volta Redonda (loan)	25	(14)
2007	→ Santa Cruz (loan)	7	(4)
2008	→ Madureira (loan)	22	(22)
2008	→ Comercial (São Paulo) (loan)	4	(5)
2009	→ Sertãozinho (loan)	17	(4)
2009–2010	Sertãozinho	19	(8)
2011–	Taubaté	7	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 November 2010. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 November 2010

Creedence Clearwater Couto (March 6, 1979) is a Brazilian association footballer who plays as a striker for Brazilian club Taubaté of the Campeonato Paulista Série A3.^[2]

He has spent the majority of his career in the lower reaches of Brazilian football, apart from one loan spell at Lierse of Belgium's Pro League in 2005.^[3] He also had an unsuccessful trial at Stabæk of Norway in 2006.^[4]

Name

He is perhaps best known for his unusual name, which has featured in many articles on extravagant sporting birth names. His parents were big fans of the American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival and decided to adopt this name for their son.^[5][6]

"People often think that it's a nickname, but it's not. It's my real name, and it's on my birth certificate. It's difficult to write, even harder for Brazilians to pronounce, so they sometimes revert to calling me Paulista because it's easier. And most youngsters today have never heard of the group, so I often have to repeat my name several times. The only thing that I regret is that some people are more interested in me because of my name than because of my qualities as a footballers."

–Creedence Clearwater Couto^[7]

References

1. ^ Clearwater - Performance data - transfermarkt.de
2. ^ Esporte Clube Taubaté - Site oficial
3. ^ Clearwater - Player changes, player transfers - transfermarkt.de
4. ^ Stabæk Fotball > frontpage
5. ^ The most unusual footballer names ever - Guardian Unlimited Football
6. ^ Midfield Dynamo Football Site
7. ^ "I see a bad name rising, I see Creedence Clearwater Couto on the way". Scotsman.com. 2003-09-28. http://sport.scotsman.com/sport/I-see-a-bad-name.2465482.jp. Retrieved 2011-03-01. 

Persondata
Name	Couto, Creedence Clearwater
Alternative names	Creedence, Clearwater
Short description	Brazilian professional footballer
Date of birth	March 6, 1979
Place of birth	Brazil
Date of death
Place of death