Cleiton Xavier

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Template:Short description Template:Portuguese name Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football biography Cleiton Ribeiro Xavier (Template:Langx; born 23 March 1983) is a Brazilian former professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder. He is known by his powerful and accurate free kicks, dribbling skills and passes.

Club career

In his early career, Cleiton Xavier played for CSA and Internacional, and was loaned out various times.

Palmeiras

In early 2009, Palmeiras signed Cleiton from the relegated Figueirense. Cleiton Xavier proved he had good talent in Palmeiras's first matches in the Libertadores Cup and in the São Paulo State Championship. On 29 April 2009 Cleiton Xavier scored an 87th minute away-goal against Colo-Colo in the Libertadores Cup that secured Palmeiras' progression to the knockout stages of the tournament, it was a very long-range shot inside the goalkeeper's left angle.[1]

Later in the Série A alongside teammate Diego Souza, Cleiton Xavier made an outstanding season with Palmeiras, leading the competition for 19 rounds, however Palmeiras finished 5th due to losses in the final matches and did not qualify for the Libertadores Cup. Cleiton Xavier was elected the 3rd best player of the season, even though he had an injury. In 2010, Cleiton Xavier remained with Palmeiras and also started well the year. He participated in Palmeiras's first ten goals in the São Paulo State Championship.

Metalist Kharkiv

On 14 July 2010, Cleiton Xavier transferred to FC Metalist Kharkiv for €4.5 million.[2] In 2013, he became popular for scoring a fastest equalizing goal from the starting line after the restart of the match against local league rival, Chornomorets. He then inspired them to a 3 – 1 victory which boosted their chances to qualify for next season Champions League campaign in which the victory lift them above another local rival who competing for the same spot, Dynamo Kyiv.[3]

Club statistics

As of 28 January 2017Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Club Season League Cup Continental State League Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Internacional 2002 20 3 0 0 — 0 0 20 3
2003 25 1 0 0 — 0 0 25 1
2004 23 1 0 0 — 0 0 23 1
Total 68 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 68 5
Brasiliense 2005 1 0 0 0 — 0 0 1 0
Total 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Figueirense 2007 28 0 0 0 — 0 0 28 0
2008 33 12 0 0 — 0 0 33 12
Total 61 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 61 12
Palmeiras 2009 32 3 — 12 3 17 3 61 9
2010 7 1 4 1 0 0 16 5 27 7
Total 39 4 4 1 12 3 33 8 88 16
Metalist Kharkiv 2010–11 26 6 — 9 3 — 35 9
2011–12 25 10 — 12 2 — 37 12
2012–13 29 15 — 9 5 — 38 20
2013–14 20 7 1 0 0 0 — 21 7
2014–15 9 8 2 2 5 1 — 16 11
Total 109 46 3 2 35 11 — 147 59
Palmeiras 2015 10 0 3 1 — 4 0 17 1
Total 10 0 3 1 0 0 4 0 17 1
Vitória 2017 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career Total 267 53 7 2 42 13 37 8 353 76

Honours

Internacional
Figueirense
Palmeiras
Vitória

References

<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />

  1. ↑ Golazo – Cleiton Xavier vs Colo=Colo
  2. ↑ Cleiton Xavier é negociado com time da Ucrânia. (in Portuguese). Palmeiras official site. 14 July 2010. Retrieved 14 July 2010 .
  3. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

External links

Retrieved from "http://debianws.lexgopc.com/wiki143/index.php?title=Cleiton_Xavier&oldid=5479871"