José Clayton

Cláyton
Personal information
Full name	José Cláyton Menezes Ribeiro
Date of birth	21 March 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth	São Luís, Brazil
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Left-back, left midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1992–1994	Moto Club
1995–1998	Étoile du Sahel
1998–2001	Bastia
2001	Stade Tunisien
2001–2005	Espérance Sportive de Tunis
2005–2006	Al Sadd
2006–2007	Sakaryaspor
2007–2008	Stade Gabèsien
International career
1998–2006	Tunisia
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Tunisia
Africa Cup of Nations
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

José Cláyton Menezes Ribeiro (better known as Cláyton) (born 21 March 1974) is a Brazilian-Tunisian former professional football left-back.

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 twice in that tournament, as well as one match in 2002.^[2]

He had a brief spell with Sakaryaspor in the Turkish Super Lig.^[3] 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 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.^[4] He was part of the squad that won the 2004 African Cup of Nations.

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	5 June 2004	Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès	Botswana	1–0	4–1	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	26 March 2005	Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès	Malawi	4–0	7–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
3	11 June 2005	Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès	Guinea	1–0	2–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
4	8 October 2005	Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès	Morocco	1–1	2–2	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification

References

^ http://www.ogol.com.br/jogador.php?id=16085&epoca_id=121
^ Clayton – FIFA competition record (archived)
^ "JOSE CLAYTON RIBEIRO MENEZES". TFF. Retrieved 23 May 2009.
^ "José Clayton Ribeiro Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2009.

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[1] ttp://www.ogol.com.br/jogador.php?id=16085&epoca_id=121

[2] Clayton – FIFA competition record (archived)

[3] "JOSE CLAYTON RIBEIRO MENEZES". TFF. Retrieved 23 May 2009.

[4] "José Clayton Ribeiro Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2009.

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