José Clayton

Cláyton

Personal information
Full name	José Cláyton Menezes Ribeiro
Date of birth	(1975-03-21) March 21, 1975
Place of birth	São Luís, Brazil
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1995–1998	Étoile du Sahel	86	(12)
1998–2001	SC Bastia	43	(1)
2001	Stade Tunisien	12	(2)
2001–2005	Espérance Sportive de Tunis	119	(16)
2005–2006	Al Sadd	22	(0)
2006–2007	Sakaryaspor	26	(0)
2007–2012	Stade Gabèsien	139	(11)
National team‡
1998–2006	Tunisia	38	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 October 2008. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 October 2008

José Cláyton Menezes Ribeiro (better known as Cláyton) (born 21 March 1974 in São Luís, Brazil) is a Brazilian-Tunisian football left-back. He plays for Stade Gabèsien.

Although Clayton was born in Brazil, he spent a large part of his club career in Tunisia playing for Espérance Sportive de Tunis, and became a naturalized citizen in time for the 1998 World Cup. He played for Tunisia in that tournament, as well as the one in 2002.

He had a brief spell with Sakaryaspor in the Turkish Super Lig. He also spent time with Qatari based side Al Sadd. He won the Q-League title in 2006. In 2006 he left Al Sadd for Turkish club Sakaryaspor. He is a wing-back typified by his effective overlapping runs, mazy dribbling and pin-point crosses. He has 38 caps (2 goals) for Tunisia

He was an over-age player on the Tunisian 2004 Olympic football team that exited in the first round, finishing third in Group C, behind group and gold medal winners Argentina and runners-up Australia.