| Claiton | |
| Fullname: | Claiton Machado dos Santos |
| Birth Date: | 7 September 1984 |
| Birth Place: | Santa Helena de Goiás, Brazil |
| Position: | Centre back |
| Youthclubs1: | Campo Grande[1] |
| Youthclubs2: | Bologna |
| Years1: | 2001–2002 |
| Caps1: | 1 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Clubs1: | Bologna |
| Years2: | 2002–2006 |
| Caps2: | 0 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Clubs2: | Milan |
| Years3: | 2004–2005 |
| Caps3: | 1 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Clubs3: | → Prato (loan) |
| Years4: | 2005–2006 |
| Caps4: | 7 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Clubs4: | → Lecco (loan) |
| Years5: | 2006–2011 |
| Caps5: | 131 |
| Goals5: | 8 |
| Clubs5: | Varese |
| Years6: | 2011–2013 |
| Caps6: | 64 |
| Goals6: | 6 |
| Clubs6: | Bari |
| Years7: | 2013–2014 |
| Caps7: | 8 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Years8: | 2014–2017 |
| Caps8: | 84 |
| Goals8: | 3 |
| Clubs8: | Crotone |
| Years9: | 2017–2020 |
| Caps9: | 75 |
| Goals9: | 7 |
| Clubs9: | Cremonese |
| Years10: | 2020–2022 |
| Caps10: | 37 |
| Goals10: | 2 |
| Clubs10: | Catania |
| Club-Update: | 2 May 2022 |
Claiton Machado dos Santos (born 7 September 1984) is a Brazilian-Italian[2] former footballer who played as a defender.
Claiton started his professional football career at Bologna and played once in Serie A, on 17 June 2001.[3] Bologna lost to Internazionale 1−2. In January 2002, he was signed by A.C. Milan and played for their Primavera team. On 18 December 2002, he made his debut for the club, coming in as a substitute for Alessandro Costacurta in the Coppa Italia 1/8 finals against Ancona.[4] He was also featured as an unused bench for Milan in Serie A on 24 May 2003, the game right before the 2003 UEFA Champions League Final and 2003 Coppa Italia Final, in which Carlo Ancelotti used 4 youth team players in the starting lineup and another 7 players on the bench.[5] In 2003-04 season, he remain the member of U20 youth team.[6]
In the summer of 2004, he left for Prato on loan, but in January 2005 returned to Milan. In the 2005-06 season, he was loaned out again, this time to Lecco.
In the summer of 2006, he joined Serie C2 side Varese in a co-ownership deal for €500.[7] 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 starter in 25 league appearances. Varese promotion to Serie B in 2010.
On 8 July 2011, Claiton was signed by Serie B club Bari on a free transfer and put pen to paper on a three-year deal.[8] However, due to the financial crisis of Bari, he left the club in summer 2013.
On 14 August 2013, Claiton was signed by Serie A club Chievo. Bari also signed half of the registration rights of Marco Calderoni for €90,000 on the same day.[9] [10]
On 29 July 2014, Claiton was signed by Serie B club Crotone on a free transfer.[11] At the end of the 2015–16 season he was initially released by Crotone, but on 14 July 2016 he signed a new two-year contract with the club.[12]
On 21 July 2017 he was signed by Cremonese.[13]
On 16 September 2020 Claiton signed a 2-year contract with Catania.[14] On 9 April 2022, he was released together with all of his Catania teammates following the club's exclusion from Italian football due to its inability to overcome a number of financial issues.[15]
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