José Clayton

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

Cláyton

Personal information
Full name	José Cláyton Menezes Ribeiro
Date of birth	(1974-03-21) 21 March 1974
Place of birth	São Luís, Brazil
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Left-back, left midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1992–1994	Moto Club[1]
1995–1998	Étoile du Sahel	86	(12)
1998–2001	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)
2007–2008	Stade Gabèsien
National team
1998–2006	Tunisia	39	(4)
Honours Men's football Representing  Tunisia Africa Cup of Nations Winner 2004 Tunisia
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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.