| Gladestony | |
| Fullname: | Gladestony Estevão Paulino da Silva |
| Birth Date: | 5 August 1993 |
| Birth Place: | Bebedouro, Brazil |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Fidelis Andria |
| Youthyears1: | 2008 |
| Youthclubs1: | Santos |
| Youthyears2: | 2009–2012 |
| Youthclubs2: | Desportivo Brasil |
| Youthyears3: | 2011 |
| Youthclubs3: | → Icasa (loan) |
| Youthyears4: | 2011 |
| Youthclubs4: | → Manchester United (loan) |
| Youthyears5: | 2011–2012 |
| Youthclubs5: | → Twente (loan) |
| Youthyears6: | 2012 |
| Youthclubs6: | → São Paulo (loan) |
| Years1: | 2011–2014 |
| Clubs1: | Desportivo Brasil |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2011 |
| Clubs2: | → Icasa (loan) |
| Caps2: | 1 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2013 |
| Clubs3: | → São Paulo (loan) |
| Caps3: | 0 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2013–2014 |
| Clubs4: | → Estoril (loan) |
| Caps4: | 0 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2014 |
| Clubs5: | → Internacional (loan) |
| Caps5: | 1 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2015 |
| Clubs6: | Audax |
| Caps6: | 3 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2015–2017 |
| Clubs7: | Estoril |
| Caps7: | 0 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Years8: | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs8: | → Cartagena (loan) |
| Caps8: | 4 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Years9: | 2017 |
| Clubs9: | Catania |
| Caps9: | 7 |
| Goals9: | 1 |
| Years10: | 2017 |
| Clubs10: | → Messina (loan) |
| Caps10: | 14 |
| Goals10: | 3 |
| Years11: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs11: | Pro Vercelli |
| Caps11: | 18 |
| Goals11: | 2 |
| Years12: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs12: | Siena |
| Caps12: | 17 |
| Goals12: | 1 |
| Years13: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs13: | Seregno |
| Caps13: | 20 |
| Goals13: | 5 |
| Years14: | 2021–2024 |
| Clubs14: | Giugliano |
| Caps14: | 93 |
| Goals14: | 13 |
| Years15: | 2024– |
| Clubs15: | Fidelis Andria |
| Caps15: | 0 |
| Goals15: | 0 |
| Pcupdate: | 5 May 2024 |
Gladestony Estevão Paulino da Silva (born 5 August 1993), simply known as Gladestony, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Italian club Fidelis Andria.
Born in Bebedouro, São Paulo, Gladestony started his career at Santos in 2008, but moved to Desportivo Brasil in the following year, as a part of a partnership with Manchester United. After a year at Icasa, he moved to the English powerhouse, being subsequently loaned to FC Twente;[1] [2] he was also close friends with Paul Pogba during his spell at the Red Devils.[3]
On 21 September 2012, Gladestony joined São Paulo,[4] being promoted to the main squad in February the following year.[5] He left the club on 5 July 2013, after making no senior appearances, and signed for Estoril Praia.[6]
After being rarely used (only one UEFA Europa League and one Taça de Portugal match), Gladestony returned to his home country in December, and signed a one-year deal with Internacional.[7] He made his Série A debut on 27 April 2014, coming on as a second-half substitute for Alan Patrick in a 2–2 away draw against Botafogo.[8]
On 13 July 2015, Gladestony returned to Estoril, after agreeing to a two-year deal.[9] After being released by Catania on 17 November 2017,[10] he joined Pro Vercelli on 3 January 2018.[11]
On 13 July 2019, he signed a 2-year contract with Siena.[12]
On 11 August 2020 he joined Serie D club Seregno.[13]
On 5 August 2021, he moved to Giugliano, also in Serie D.[14] Giugliano was promoted to Serie C for the 2022–23 season.