| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Claiton Machado dos Santos | ||
| Date of birth | 7 September 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Santa Helena de Goiás, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Central Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Crotone | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Campo Grande | |||
| Bologna | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2002 | Bologna | 1 | (0) |
| 2002–2006 | Milan | 0 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | → Prato (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | → Lecco (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2006–2011 | Varese | 131 | (8) |
| 2011–2013 | Bari | 64 | (6) |
| 2013–2014 | Chievo | 8 | (0) |
| 2014– | Crotone | 74 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:39, 19 July 2016 (UTC). |
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Claiton Machado dos Santos (born 7 September 1984) is a Brazilian-Italianfootballer who plays for Italian club Crotone in Serie A as a defender.
Claiton started his professional football career at Bologna and played once in Serie A, on 17 June 2001. Bologna lost to Internazionale 1−2. In January 2002, he was signed by A.C. Milan and played for their Primavera team. He also featured as an unused bench for Milan in Serie A on 24 May 2003, the 3rd last match of the season and the match before the 2003 UEFA Champions League Final and 2003 Coppa Italia Final. Milan used 4 Primavera Team player as starter and another 7 players at bench. In 2003-04 season, he remain the member of U20 youth team.
In summer 2004, he left for Prato on loan, but in January 2005 returned to Milan. In 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. 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 appearance. 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. 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.