Alexandre Silva Cleyton

Cleyton Alexandre Henrique Silva (born 8 March 1983) is a Brazilian-Greek footballer who plays as Attacking midfielder.

Cleyton

Personal information
Full name	Cleyton Alexandre Henrique Silva
Date of birth	(1983-03-08) March 8, 1983
Place of birth	Jacareí, São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Youth career
	Fluminense
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2003	Messiniakos	15	(7)
2003–2006	Apollon Kalamarias	81	(33)
2006–2008	AEL	54	(9)
2008–2012	Panathinaikos	64	(12)
2010	→ Metalurh Donetsk (loan)	9	(1)
2012–2014	Kayserispor	43	(5)
2014	Dinamo Zagreb	6	(1)
2014–2015	Skoda Xanthi	25	(10)
2015–2016	Elazığspor	14	(2)
2016	Göztepe	11	(2)
2016–2017	Omonia	33	(8)
2017–2018	Ümraniyespor	32	(1)
2018–2019	Iraklis	23	(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 June 2019

Career

Cleyton is one of few footballers in Greece to have a dual passport, one of Brazilian and one of Greek which he received on 13 November 2009, after spending 7 years in Greece, making him eligible to gain Greek citizenship. On 19 September 2004 he made his debut in the Superleague Greece in a 1-0 home of his club (Apollon Kalamarias) win against OFI Crete.

AEL

In the 2006–07 season he helped AEL reach the Greek cup final and win it. He was the club's top scorer in European competitions in the 2007/08 season, including goals against Blackburn Rovers and Everton.

Panathinaikos

Cleyton signed for Panathinaikos[1] in the summer of 2008 for a fee of €1,700,000. Since then he has scored 5 goals for the greens, one being a fantastic overhead kick against his former club AEL. Cleyton Start the 2011-2012 season well, by scoring very important goals for the greens such as a direct free kick against PAOK and a fantastic overhead kick against Levadiakos.

Dinamo Zagreb

On 22 January 2014, Cleyton signed for Dinamo Zagreb after his former Kayserispor manager Robert Prosinecki recommended him to the club.[2] On 28 March 2014, it was reported by the club that the two parties had mutually agreed to terminate the player's contract as a result of misconduct not tolerated by the club.[3] Croatian media reported that Cleyton provoked and engaged in a fight at a Zagreb night club in the early morning hours of 27 March 2014 while heavily under the influence of alcohol.[4]

Skoda Xanthi

On 2 September 2014, Cleyton signs a year contract for Xanthi for an undisclosed fee.[5] On 20 September 2014, he made his debut with the club in a 2-0 home win against Levadiakos.

On April 29, 2015 Xanthi succeeded to reach the Greek Cup final for the first time in its history after a 0-0 draw with Iraklis. Cleyton Silva has twice won the Greek Cup, one with AEL in 2007 and one with Panathinaikos in 2010, but by his words seemed to have the same mood for the title. "The feeling is always wonderful, but it is more difficult when a small team from the province, succeeds to reach a final. It is by far a greater success. Panathinaikos, is rather usual to go to the final and win the Cup, but for clubs like AEL and Skoda Xanthi, is something different." Concluding he stated also "And in 2007 when I played for AEL, Panathinaikos was the favorite. The same scenario is in front of us with Olympiakos. This is a fight. We're going to give everything, to play first of all for ourselves and our families and will see what happens. Frankly speaking, the mood in the club is not easily found either in Greece or abroad. That's the main reason for our success."[6]

On 3 May 2015 in a 0-0 home draw against Asteras Tripoli where he lost a penalty Cleyton reached 200 appearances in Greek Super League.[7]

Elazığspor & Göztepe

On 7 August 2015, despite numerous offer from Greek clubs, Cleyton decided to continue his career in Turkey signing a two years' contract for TFF First League club Elazığspor for an undisclosed fee.[8] Due to financial problems, and after the first half of the season, Cleyton decided to return to Greece to play for Iraklis, that seemed to be the proper club to continue his career.

Cleyton, who was a transfer target of Atromitos and Iraklis, chose to remain in Turkey and continue his career at Göztepe. The 33-year-old former player of Panathinaikos was then released by Elazigspor, but selected not to return in Greece, where he has spent the biggest part of his career.[9]

Omonia Nicosia

On 18 June 2016, he signed a contract with Cypriot club Omonia Nicosia.[10] He appeared in 41 games and scored 10 goals. On 26 May 2017 the club announced that Cleyton was released under a mutual agreement with the footballer.[11]

Return to Turkey

On 5 July 2017, he signed a year contract with TFF First League club Ümraniyespor for an undisclosed fee.[12]

Iraklis

On 7 September 2018, he joined Iraklis of the Football League on a free transfer.[13]

Career statistics

Club

As of 25 June 2019

Club	Season	League		Cup		Continental^[A]		Others^[B]		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Apollon Kalamarias	2003–04	24	15	0	0	-	-	0	0	24	15
	2004–05	28	9	6	0	-	-	0	0	34	9
	2005–06	29	9	3	0	-	-	0	0	32	9
	Total	81	33	9	0	0	0	0	0	90	33
AEL	2006–07	26	2	7	0	-	-	–	–	33	2
	2007–08	28	7	4	1	6	3	–	–	38	11
	Total	54	9	11	1	6	3	0	0	71	13
Panathinaikos	2008–09	22	6	4	1	5	0	-	-	31	7
	2009–10	4	0	3	2	0	0	-	-	7	2
	2010–11	6	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	6	0
	2011–12	31	6	0	0	2	0	-	-	33	6
	Total	63	12	7	3	7	0	0	0	77	15
Metalurh Donetsk (loan)	2010–11	9	1	1	0	-	-	–	–	10	1
	Total	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	1
Kayserispor	2012–13	32	5	1	1	-	-	–	–	33	6
	2013–14	11	0	3	1	-	-	–	–	14	1
	Total	43	5	4	2	0	0	0	0	47	7
Dinamo Zagreb	2013–14	6	1	2	0	-	-	–	–	8	1
	Total	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	1
Skoda Xanthi	2014–15	25	10	10	2	-	-	-	-	35	12
	Total	25	10	10	2	0	0	0	0	35	12
Elazığspor	2015–16	14	2	0	0	-	-	-	-	14	2
	Total	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	2
Göztepe	2015–16	11	2	0	0	-	-	-	-	11	2
	Total	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	2
Omonia	2016–17	33	8	4	1	4	1	-	-	41	10
	Total	33	8	4	1	4	1	0	0	41	10
Ümraniyespor	2017–18	32	1	0	0	-	-	-	-	32	1
	Total	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	1
Iraklis	2018–19	23	4	4	2	-	-	–	–	27	6
	Total	23	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	27	6
Career total		394	88	53	10	17	4	0	0	463	103

Honours

Club

AEL

• Greek Cup: 2006–07

Panathinaikos

• Super League Greece: 2009–10
• Greek Cup: 2009–10

Individual

• Super League Greece team of the Year: 2014–15

References

1. "Stats Centre: Cleyton Facts". Guardian.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2012-10-04. Retrieved 2009-08-17.
2. "Nova Modra Desetka" (in Croatian). Sportske Novosti. 21 January 2014.
3. "Dinamo i Cleyton raskinuli ugovor" (in Croatian). GNK Dinamo Zagreb. 28 March 2014.
4. "Pijanka U Centru" (in Croatian). Sportske Novosti. 28 March 2014. Archived from the original on 30 March 2014.
5. "Στη Ξάνθη ο Κλέιτον". sport24.gr. 2 September 2014.
6. "Δώστε μου την μπάλα κι εγώ θα σκοράρω κατά του Ολυμπιακού". contra.gr. 1 May 2015.
7. "Cleyton". soccerway.com.
8. "Κλέιτον: "Τα χρήματα και το πλάνο της Ελάζιγκσπορ έπαιξαν ρόλο"". www.gazzetta.gr.
9. "Göztepe announce Cleyton's capture". www.sdna.gr.
10. "Άρπαξε" Κλέιτον η Ομόνοια
11. "Κοινή συναινέσει λύση συνεργασίας με Σίλβα Κλέιτον". AC Omonia Nicosia. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
12. "Cleyton, Ümraniyespor ile anlasti". www.milliyet.com.tr. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
13. "Ο Ηρακλής ανακοίνωσε τον Κλέιτον με εξαιρετικό video". www.sport24.gr. 7 September 2018.

External links

• Alexandre Silva Cleyton at Soccerway
• ІСТОРІЯ ТА СТАТИСТИКА УКРАЇНСЬКОГО ФУТБОЛУ на ukr-football.org.ua