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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cleiton Ribeiro Xavier | ||
| Date of birth | (1983-03-23)23 March 1983 (age 42) | ||
| Place of birth | São José da Tapera, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| CSA | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2002 | CSA | 8 | (2) |
| 2002–2008 | Internacional | 68 | (5) |
| 2005 | →Sport Recife (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2005 | →Brasiliense (loan) | 5 | (1) |
| 2006 | →Gama (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2006 | →Marília (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | →Figueirense (loan) | 61 | (12) |
| 2009–2010 | Palmeiras | 90 | (16) |
| 2010–2015 | Metalist Kharkiv | 109 | (46) |
| 2015–2016 | Palmeiras | 62 | (5) |
| 2017–2018 | Vitória | 42 | (7) |
| International career | |||
| 2003 | Brazil U20 | 5 | (0) |
| 2009 | Brazil | 0 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 28 January 2017 | |||
Cleiton Ribeiro Xavier (Ukrainian:Клейтон Шав'єр; born 23 March 1983) is a Brazilian former professionalfootballer who plays as anattacking midfielder. He is known by his powerful and accurate free kicks, dribbling skills and passes.
In his early career, Cleiton Xavier played forCSA andInternacional, and was loaned out various times.
In early 2009,Palmeiras signed Cleiton from the relegatedFigueirense. Cleiton Xavier proved he had good talent in Palmeiras's first matches in theLibertadores Cup and in theSão Paulo State Championship. On 29 April 2009 Cleiton Xavier scored an 87th minute away-goal againstColo-Colo in theLibertadores 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 theSérie A alongside teammateDiego 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 theSão Paulo State Championship.
On 14 July 2010, Cleiton Xavier transferred toFC 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 seasonChampions League campaign in which the victory lift them above another local rival who competing for the same spot,Dynamo Kyiv.[3]
| 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 | |
