Claudio Maldonado

Claudio Andrés del Tránsito Maldonado Rivera (born 3 January 1980) is a former Chilean footballer who played as a defensive midfielder for clubs as Colo-Colo, São Paulo, Cruzeiro, Santos, Fenerbahçe, Flamengo and Corinthians. He currently works as Red Bull Bragantino assistant manager.

For the Argentinean musician, see Claudio Maldonado (musician).
Claudio Maldonado
Personal information
Full name Claudio Andrés del Tránsito
Maldonado Rivera
Date of birth (1980-01-03) 3 January 1980
Place of birth Curicó, Chile
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Red Bull Bragantino (assistant)
Youth career
1997–1998 Colo-Colo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2000 Colo-Colo 29 (2)
2000–2003 São Paulo 36 (0)
2003–2005 Cruzeiro 92 (4)
2006–2007 Santos 34 (0)
2008–2009 Fenerbahçe 17 (0)
2009–2012 Flamengo 38 (1)
2013 Corinthians 7 (0)
2014–2015 Colo-Colo 21 (0)
Total 274 (7)
National team‡
1997 Chile U17
2000 Chile U23
2000–2010 Chile 44 (1)
Teams managed
2020– Red Bull Bragantino (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 September 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2012
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Maldonado and the second or maternal family name is Rivera.

Club career

São Paulo

He spent three seasons with São Paulo making 36 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A appearances with the team.

Cruzeiro

In May 2003, Vanderlei Luxemburgo, then coach of Cruzeiro, bought the services of Maldonado. At the time of the purchase, Maldonado's then girlfriend was Luxemburgo's daughter. Nevertheless, while with Cruzeiro, Maldonado experienced the most success of his career. In 2003, he played for the first team in the history of Brazilian football to win the triple crown.

Santos

For the 2006 season, Maldonado was reunited with former Cruzeiro's coach Luxemburgo at Santos for a fee of $4.5 million. However at the end of the Brazilian season was scheduled to have ankle surgery which caused him to miss up to two months. After recuperating Maldonado continued playing for Santos reaching the semi-finals of the 2007 Copa Libertadores. Currently Santos has completed the 2007 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A in second place and are eligible to compete in the upcoming Copa Libertadores 2008. He was being tracked by Fenerbahçe, Milan, Real Madrid and Ajax but no firm offers better than Fenerbahçe have been made. At 28 he was at the peak of his potential and European teams wanted to capitalise on this, but they were probably put off by the 8 red cards that he had received in the previous 3 years at club level.

Fenerbahçe

On the beginning of 2008 Maldonado signed with Fenerbahçe in 1½ year contract, at that time managed by Zico. The transaction was via C.A. Rentistas, which the proxy club paid Santos R$2,225,040.[1] He struggled with injuries and spend a little more than a year in the Turkish club.

Flamengo

On August 27, 2009, Flamengo signed a 1-year contract with Maldonado.[2] His debut for his new club was as a substitute in a 3-0 win against Santo André,[3] but since his second match became a first team player. In his first ten matches Flamengo did not suffered any goal, nine of those playing alongside with Álvaro which signed with Flamengo at the same time, proving his was back at his high level. He scored his first goal for Flamengo after just few matches on November 8 against Atlético Mineiro.[4] His good moment made Chile national team coach Marcelo Bielsa call him up to national team after a period absent.[5] But his return to national team, on November 17 against Slovakia, wasn't as expected, Maldonado played well as a starter, although in the second half he suffered a serious injury in his left knee ligaments leaving out of the fields for four months.[6][7][8][9] Maldonado signed a new 6-month contract in August 2010 and a 2-year contract in January 2011.

Career statistics
As of 6 September 2020.
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
São Paulo 2000 Série A 11061––171
2001 10020––120
2002 15060––210
2003 –20––20
Total 3601610000521
Cruzeiro 2003 Série A 280–1[lower-alpha 1]0–290
2004 333–11[lower-alpha 2]013[lower-alpha 3]0573
2005 31170–11[lower-alpha 3]0491
Total 924701202401314
Santos 2006 Série A 19030–18[lower-alpha 4]0400
2007 150–12[lower-alpha 5]117[lower-alpha 4]0441
Total 34030121350841
Fenerbahçe 2007-08 Süper Lig 80002[lower-alpha 6]0–100
2008-09 90107[lower-alpha 6]0–170
Total 170109000270
Flamengo 2009 Série A 131–––131
2010 170--6[lower-alpha 5]05[lower-alpha 7]0280
2011 80302[lower-alpha 1]012[lower-alpha 7]0250
2012 00001[lower-alpha 5]08[lower-alpha 7]090
Total 3813090250751
Corinthians 2013 Série A 7010––80
Colo-Colo 2014–15 Primera División 21010––220
Career total 24553214218404067
  1. Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana.
  2. Seven appearances in Copa Libertadores, four appearances in Copa Sudamericana.
  3. Appearance(s) in Campeonato Mineiro.
  4. Appearance(s) in Campeonato Paulista.
  5. Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores.
  6. Appearance(s) in Campeonato Carioca.
  7. Appearance(s) in Campeonato Carioca.

International

Maldonado was selected to represent his country, Chile, at the 2000 Summer Olympics as a part of the Under-23 team that went on to win the bronze medal. Maldonado made his international debut on February 12, 2000, in a match versus Bulgaria. Since then Maldonado has appeared in 41 games with the adult squad and has netted one goal. For 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification, Maldonado was a regular with the first team and has since gained the captaincy of the national team. As of recent Maldonado has been called up to serve on the Chilean national team that is managed by Marcelo Bielsa.

International goals
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.9 February 2005Viña del Mar, Chile Ecuador3–0WinFriendly

Honours

Club
Colo-Colo
São Paulo
Cruzeiro
Santos
Flamengo
Corinthians

International

Chile

References
  1. "Relatório da Administração 2008" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Santos FC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
  2. Fla apresenta os experientes Álavaro e Maldonado, reforços para a defesa (in Portuguese)
  3. Dupla de 'plebeus' brilha, e Flamengo vence o Santo André no Maracanã (in Portuguese)
  4. Em 'revival' de emoção dos anos 80, Fla bate o Galo por 3 a 1 e pula para 3º lugar (in Portuguese)
  5. Maldonado e Fierro devem ser titulares do Chile contra a Eslováquia (in Portuguese)
  6. Maldonado se destaca em vitória do Chile, mas sai machucado e preocupa Fla (in Portuguese)
  7. Maldonado lamenta lesão: 'Sei que vai ser uma recuperação longa' (in Portuguese)
  8. Maldonado desembarca no Rio mancando e com dores Archived 2009-11-22 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese)
  9. Maldonado só volta ao Flamengo daqui a pelo menos quatro meses Archived 2009-11-22 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese)
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