- Aílton Gonçalves da Silva
Infobox Football biography
playername = Aílton
fullname = Aílton Gonçalves da Silva
height = Height|m=1.77
nickname = Toni, Kugelblitz
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1973|7|19
cityofbirth =Mogeiro
countryofbirth =Brazil
currentclub =SC Rheindorf Altach
clubnumber = 10
position =Striker
years = 1993–1994 1994–1995 1994–1995 1995–1996 1996–1997 1997–1998 1998–2004 2004–2005 2005–2006 2006 2006–2007 2007 2007–2008 2008
2008–
clubs = Ypiranga Internacional → Mogi Mirim (loan) Santa CruzGuarani FC UANL Tigres Werder Bremen Schalke 04 Beşiktas →Hamburger SV (loan)Red Star Belgrade → Grasshopper (loan)MSV Duisburg FC Metalurh Donetsk SC Rheindorf Altach
caps(goals) = 012 00(2) 021 00(4) 028 00(8) 021 00(7) 043 0(20) 023 00(5) 169 0(88) 029 0(14) 014 00(5) 013 00(3) 013 00(4) 013 00(8) 007 00(1) 002 00(1) 004 00(1)
pcupdate =7 October 2007 :"For other Brazilian footballers named Ailton, seeAilton ".Aílton Gonçalves da Silva (born
19 July 1973 inMogeiro ,Paraíba ,Brazil ), usually known simply as Aílton, is a football player, currently playing forSC Rheindorf Altach . A journeyman, Ailton has previously played for Beşiktaş inIstanbul ,UANL Tigres inMexico , and for the German clubsWerder Bremen ,FC Schalke 04 ,Hamburger SV ,MSV Duisburg as well as serving small stints withRed Star Belgrade andGrasshoppers Zürich . AfterGiovane Elber (133) andStéphane Chapuisat (106), he is only the third foreign player to have scored more than 100 goals in the German Bundesliga.Ailton's career began in Brazil, and he played in his homeland with Mogi Mirim EC, Santa Cruz FC and Guarani FC. He then moved to
UANL Tigres in Mexico, which made way to a 1998-99 move toWerder Bremen in Germany.He had some difficulties in his first season, managing only two league goals, but developed into a strong service provider. Werder Bremen won the DFB-Pokal in 1999. However, Ailton did not take part in the final, which was won on penalties against
Bayern Munich . In 1999-00 he scored twelve goals, 13 in 2000-01, 16 in 2001-02 and 2002-03, the following season bringing with it 28 goals. He won the Bundesliga and the German Cup with Werder Bremen. Due to his achievements at Bremen, he was selected in 2004 as the first foreigner to win theGerman Footballer of the Year award. The 2004-05 season saw a lucrative move toSchalke 04 .Ailton has been known as an "
enfant terrible ", giving emotional interviews full ofmelodrama when at both Bremen and Schalke.In July 2005,
Rıza Çalımbay brought him to Beşiktaş for €3.5 million, but he failed to show his full potential. Beşiktaş management brought him to the team with high hopes but his lack of scoring touch turned the fans against him and they wanted him replaced with another quality striker as soon as possible. Having failed to find himself a club in January 2006, Ailton had undertaken an escape attempt toward Brazil, but was stopped at the airport by Beşiktaş interim managerMehmet Eksi . However, because he had not found a new club during the winter, he returned to Istanbul and faced his old team Werder Bremen in theEfes Cup scoring a hat trick for Beşiktaş.He returned to Germany on loan to
Hamburger SV in January 2006, but broke his jaw in only his second appearance for the club - an away game againstHannover 96 - and missed most of the remaining season. He scored three times upon his return. As a result, Hamburger did not decide to buy Ailton for a previously agreed sum of € 1,75 million.Ailton had to return to Beşiktaş where he was still out of favour. As a result he was transferred to
Serbia n sideRed Star Belgrade where he signed onAugust 31 ,2006 . [cite web | url = http://www.sportin.ba/tekst.aspx?id=2238 | title = Ailton novi igrač Crvene Zvezde | publisher = sportin.ba | date =2006-08-31 | accessdate = 2008-07-08] In the winter break of the 2006/07 season Ailton was loaned out toGrasshopper Club Zürich . He managed to score eight goals during his spell inSwitzerland . Grasshopper announced not to renew Ailton's contract [cite web | url = http://www.transfermarkt.de/de/news/15998/2007_05_11/news/anzeigen.html | title = Aderlass bei Grasshoppers | accessdate = 2008-02-15 | date =2007-05-11 | language = German | publisher = transfermarkt.de] and he was signed by newly promoted Bundesliga side MSV Duisburg in July 2007 on a one year contract. Unfortunately, he didn't meet the expectation in his new club. He even showed unprofessional conduct by arriving late from winter break. The contract was canceled end of February 2008. [cite web | url = http://www.msv-duisburg.de/main.asp?reiter=aktuelles_p&bgi=yes&mode=aktuell&aid=1205 | title = Trennung am Wochenende vollzogen | accessdate = 2008-02-15 | date =2008-02-25 | language = German | publisher = msv-duisburg.de]He is married to wife Rosalie, with two children.
Honours
*German Champion: 2004
*German Champion Runner-up: 2005
*German Cup : 1999, 2004
*German Cup Finalist: 2000, 2005
*German Leage Cup Runner-up: 1999
*Bundesliga Top Scorer: 2003/04
*German Footballer of the year: 2004
*Serbian Champion: 2007References
This article draws heavily on the corresponding article on the German-language Wikipedia, accessed on
3 June ,2007 .External links
* [http://www.sambafoot.com/en/players/745_Ailton.html Ailton at Samba]
* [http://www.transfermarkt.de/de/spieler/516/ailton/profil.html Ailton at Transfermarkt.de]
* [http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/ailton/ Ailton at Fussballdaten.de]
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