José Clayton

José Cláyton Menezes Ribeiro (better known as Cláyton) (born 21 March 1974) is a Brazilian-Tunisian former professional football left-back.

Cláyton
Personal information
Full name José Cláyton Menezes Ribeiro
Date of birth (1974-03-21) 21 March 1974
Place of birth São Luís, Brazil
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position(s) Left-back, left midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1994 Moto Club[1]
1995–1998 Étoile du Sahel 86 (12)
1998–2001 Bastia 43 (1)
2001 Stade Tunisien 12 (2)
2001–2005 Espérance Sportive de Tunis 119 (16)
2005–2006 Al Sadd 22 (0)
2006–2007 Sakaryaspor 26 (0)
2007–2008 Stade Gabèsien
National team
1998–2006 Tunisia 39 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Although Clayton was born in Brazil, he spent a large part of his club career in Tunisia playing for Espérance Sportive de Tunis, and became a naturalized citizen in time for the 1998 World Cup. He played for Tunisia twice in that tournament, as well as one match in 2002.[2]

He had a brief spell with Sakaryaspor in the Turkish Super Lig.[3] He also spent time with Qatari-based side Al Sadd. He won the Q-League title in 2006. In 2006, he left Al Sadd for Turkish club Sakaryaspor. He has 38 caps (2 goals) for Tunisia

He was an over-age player on the Tunisian 2004 Olympic football team that exited in the first round, finishing third in Group C, behind group and gold medal winners Argentina and runners-up Australia.[4] He was part of the squad that won the 2004 African Cup of Nations.

International goals
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
15 June 2004Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès Botswana1–04–12006 FIFA World Cup qualification
226 March 2005Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès Malawi4–07–02006 FIFA World Cup qualification
311 June 2005Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès Guinea1–02–02006 FIFA World Cup qualification
48 October 2005Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès Morocco1–12–22006 FIFA World Cup qualification
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References
  1. http://www.ogol.com.br/jogador.php?id=16085&epoca_id=121
  2. Clayton – FIFA competition record
  3. "JOSE CLAYTON RIBEIRO MENEZES". TFF. Retrieved 23 May 2009.
  4. "José Clayton Ribeiro Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2009.


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