Claiton Machado dos Santos

Claiton

Personal information
Full name	Claiton Machado dos Santos
Date of birth	7 September 1984 (1984-09-07) (age 27)
Place of birth	Santa Helena de Goiás[citation needed], Brazil
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Bari
Number	3
Youth career
	Campo Grande[1]
2001–2002	Bologna
2002–2004	A.C. Milan
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2001–2002	Bologna	1	(0)
2004–	A.C. Milan	0	(0)
2004–2005	→ Prato (loan)	1	(0)
2005–2006	→ Lecco (loan)	7	(0)
2006–2011	Varese	91	(3)
2011–	Bari	9	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Claiton Machado dos Santos (born 7 September 1984) is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Italian club A.S. Bari. He choose Claiton as his shirt name in 2010–11 Serie B season but Italian media often refer him as Dos Santos.

Biography

Bologna, Milan and loans

Claiton started his Italy career at Bologna and played once at Serie A, on 17 June 2001. The match his substituted Alessandro Gamberini in the 59th minutes.^[2] Bologna lost to Internazionale in 1-2. In January 2002, he was signed by A.C. Milan and played at their Primavera team. He also played as unused bench for Milan at Serie A on 24 May 2003, the 3rd last match of the season and the match before the 2003 UEFA Champions League Final and 2003 Coppa Italia Final. Milan used 4 Primavera Team player as starter and another 7 players at bench.^[3] In 2003-04 season, he remain the member of U20 youth team.^[4]

In summer 2004, he left for Prato on loan, but in January 2005 returned to Milan. In 2005-06 season, he played another unsuccessful loan at Lecco.

Varese

In summer of 2006, he joined Serie C2 side Varese in co-ownership deal. 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 stater in 25 league appearance.

Honours

• Lega Pro Seconda Divisione: 2009

References

1. ^ "Jogadores" (in Portuguese). Pedrinho VRP. http://www.pedrinhovrp.com.br/listagem-jogadores.asp?pagina=2. Retrieved 30 October 2010. 
2. ^ http://www.sport.it/articolo/inter-bologna-34-giornata/131481
3. ^ "Milan youngsters tested". forzamilan.com. 2003-05-24. http://www.forzamilan.com/may2003.htm. Retrieved 2010-03-05. 
4. ^ "Seconda Squadra 2003/2004" (in Italian). AC Milan. Archived from the original on 2003-10-09. http://web.archive.org/web/20031009220401/www.acmilan.com/MostraInfo.asp?id_info=18938. 

External links

• Profile at AIC.Football.it (Italian)
• Profile at Soccerway
• Profile at Soccerway

Persondata
Name	Santos, Claiton Machado
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Short description
Date of birth	7 September 1984
Place of birth	Santa Helena de Goiás, Brazil
Date of death
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