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 Cláudio Adão | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cláudio Adalberto Adão | ||
| Date of birth | (1955-07-02)2 July 1955 (age 70) | ||
| Place of birth | Volta Redonda (RJ)Brazil | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1972–1976 | Santos | 134 | (51) |
| 1977–1980 | Flamengo | 147 | (82) |
| 1980 | Botafogo | ||
| 1980 | Austria Wien | ||
| 1980–1981 | Fluminense | ||
| 1982 | Vasco da Gama | ||
| 1982–1983 | Al Ain | 49 | (32) |
| 1983 | Benfica | ||
| 1983 | Flamengo | 0 | (0) |
| 1984 | Botafogo | ||
| 1984 | Bangu | ||
| 1985 | Vasco da Gama | ||
| 1985 | Bangu | ||
| 1986 | Bahia | ||
| 1987 | Cruzeiro | ||
| 1988 | Botafogo | ||
| 1988 | Portuguesa | ||
| 1989 | Corinthians | ||
| 1990 | Sport Boys | ||
| 1991 | Bahia | ||
| 1992–1993 | Campo Grande | ||
| 1993 | Ceará | ||
| 1993 | Santa Cruz | ||
| 1993 | Volta Redonda | ||
| 1994 | Deportivo Sipesa | ||
| 1994 | Rio Branco | ||
| 1995 | Volta Redonda | ||
| 1995 | Desportiva | ||
| 1996 | Volta Redonda | ||
| International career | |||
| 1975–1976 | Brazil | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1997 | Sport Boys | ||
| 2001 | CSA | ||
| 2006 | Volta Redonda | ||
| 2007 | Metropolitano | ||
| 2009 | Ferroviário-PE | ||
| 2010 | Duquecaxiense | ||
| 2012 | Legião | ||
| 2012 | Atlético Paranaense(Beach soccer) | ||
| 2013 | Mixto | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Cláudio Adalberto Adão, or simplyCláudio Adão (born inVolta Redonda, 2 July 1955), is a formerBrazilianfootball player. A giftedforward, Adão was the top-scorer of almost every championship he's played.
His first professional club wasSantos FC, where he arrived in 1972. WhenPelé left Santos in 1974, the club predicted a brilliant future ahead for Adão as Pelé's natural replacement. But they couldn't predict Adão would suffer a serious injury that would leave him off of the pitch for several months.
Physicians believed Adão's career to be prematurely ended whenFlamengo'scoach,Cláudio Coutinho (who was himself aphysical fitness expert) asked his club to sign Adão.
Santos let Adão go and, at Flamengo, he underwent intensivephysical therapy. The results were fantastic and Adão quickly became an idol. Not only at Flamengo, but in every other club he has played for until he retired, hundreds of goals later, at almost 40 years old.
In Brazil, Adão played forBotafogo,Vasco,Fluminense,Portuguesa-SP,Corinthians,Bangu,EC Bahia,Cruzeiro,Portuguesa-RJ,Campo Grande-RJ,Ceará SC,Santa Cruz,Volta Redonda FC,Rio Branco-RJ andDesportiva-ES.
His international career includedFK Austria Wien,Al Ain FC,Benfica andSport Boys.
Adão further represented Brazil in the1989 edition of theWorld Cup of Masters, scoring a hat trick in the final against Uruguay.
After retirement, he managed several clubs,CSA,Ceará,Rio Branco-ES, andVolta Redonda FC, his current club. As Rio Branco-ES manager, they won the 2001Campeonato Capixaba.[1]
