Cláudio Pitbull
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cláudio Mejolaro | ||
| Date of birth | 8 January 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Porto Alegre, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | None | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–1999 | Grêmio | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2004 | Grêmio | 84 | (22) |
| 2002 | → Juventude (loan) | 20 | (6) |
| 2005–2010 | Porto | 5 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | → Ittihad FC (loan) | ||
| 2005 | → Santos (loan) | 11 | (2) |
| 2006 | → Fluminense (loan) | 23 | (2) |
| 2006–2007 | → Académica (loan) | 9 | (1) |
| 2007–2008 | → Vitória Setúbal (loan) | 25 | (7) |
| 2008–2009 | → Rapid Bucureşti (loan) | 18 | (1) |
| 2009–2010 | → Marítimo (loan) | 15 | (1) |
| 2010–2012 | Vitória Setúbal | 38 | (9) |
| 2012 | Manisaspor | 4 | (0) |
| 2012 | Bahia | 7 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | Gil Vicente | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2014 | |||
Cláudio Mejolaro (born 8 January 1982 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul), commonly known as Pitbull, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward.
Football career
After fine displays at Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense, Pitbull was acquired by Portugal's FC Porto in the January 2005 transfer window.[1] Unable to settle with the club he was loaned several times for the duration of his contract, mainly in that country.
On 4 February 2007 Pitbull played his first top division match with Académica de Coimbra, against Associação Naval 1º de Maio.[2] For the 2007–08 season he was loaned again, this time to Vitória de Setúbal, where he was the team's top scorer as it overachieved despite facing serious financial problems; in March 2008, he helped the Sadinos win the newly created League Cup in a penalty shootout against Sporting Clube de Portugal, also being named the tournament's best player.
In July 2008, alongside teammate João Paulo Andrade, Pitbull was loaned to Romanian side FC Rapid Bucureşti, on a season-long link. After that sole Liga I campaign he returned to Portugal, being loaned for the seventh time by Porto, to C.S. Marítimo.
Pitbull returned to Setúbal for a second spell in 2010–11,[3] scoring nine goals in 26 games to help the club again avoid relegation. In late January 2012 he switched teams and countries again, joining Manisaspor in the Turkish Süper Lig.
Honours
- Grêmio
- Brazilian Cup: 2001
- Setúbal
- Portuguese League Cup: 2007–08
References
- ^ Porto look to Brazil once more; UEFA.com, 17 January 2005
- ^ "Tactical Formation". Football-Lineups. Retrieved 8 February 2007.
- ^ "Pitbull comes back home". PortuGOAL. 27 August 2010. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
External links
- SambaFoot profile
- Template:Zerozero profile
- Cláudio Pitbull at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Cláudio Pitbull at Soccerway
- Use dmy dates from July 2013
- 1982 births
- Living people
- Brazilian footballers
- Association football forwards
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
- Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense players
- Esporte Clube Juventude players
- Santos Futebol Clube players
- Fluminense Football Club players
- Esporte Clube Bahia players
- Primeira Liga players
- FC Porto players
- Associação Académica de Coimbra – O.A.F. players
- Vitória F.C. players
- C.S. Marítimo players
- Gil Vicente F.C. players
- Ittihad FC players
- Liga I players
- FC Rapid București players
- Süper Lig players
- Manisaspor footballers
- Brazilian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Portugal
- Expatriate footballers in Saudi Arabia
- Expatriate footballers in Romania
- Expatriate footballers in Turkey
- Brazilian expatriates in Portugal