Cleiton Silva

Cleiton Augusto Oliveira Silva (born 3 February 1987) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Indian Super League club Bengaluru. He is the second highest goal scorer in Thai League 1 history.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Oliveira and the second or paternal family name is Silva.
Cleiton Silva
Silva with Osotspa in 2011
Personal information
Full name Cleiton Augusto Oliveira Silva
Date of birth (1987-02-03) 3 February 1987
Place of birth São Geraldo da Piedade, Brazil
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Bengaluru
Number 23
Youth career
2007–2008 Madureira
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Madureira 37 (15)
2010–2011 Osotspa 27 (10)
2012–2013 BEC Tero Sasana 63 (42)
2013–2014 Delfines 10 (1)
2014–2017 Muangthong United 79 (57)
2017 Shanghai Shenxin 26 (17)
2018 Chiangrai United 17 (5)
2018 → Suphanburi (loan) 12 (9)
2019 Suphanburi 30 (11)
2020– Bengaluru 37 (16)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:30, 5 March 2022 (UTC)

Club career

BEC Tero Sasana

His career took off in the 2012 season when incoming Head Coach Andrew Ord signed him to BEC Tero Sasana on a 3-year deal. In his first season Cleiton won the Thai League T1 2012 Golden boot with 24 goals with Teerasil Dangda.

On 2013 he is winner Thai League T1 2013 Player of the month march and winner striker of the years award.

Muangthong United

After short unsuccessful spell with Delfines in Mexico, in late 2014 he signed for Muangthong United in Thai Premier League and scored 5 goals during the second leg of the 2014 Thai Premier League. With a hat-trick in a 3-0 win over in the 2016 season Silva became the first foreigner to score 100 league goals in Thailand.[1]

Shanghai Shenxin

Cleiton Silva transferred to China League One side Shanghai Shenxin.[2]

Bengaluru FC

In June 2020, Silva signed for Indian Super League club Bengaluru FC for one year deal, with an option to extend for another year.[3]

Club statistics
As of 14 February 2022[4]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoals AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Madureira 2008Série D----------
2009----------
Osotsapa 2010Thai League T1157------157
20112310------2310
BEC Tero Sasana 2012 3324------3324
20133020------3020
Delfines 2013-2014 Ascenso MX 81------81
Muangthong United 2014 Thai League T1 144------144
2015 33256621--4132
2016 28273333203633
Shanghai Shenxin 2017 China League One 261753----3120
Chiangrai United 2018 Thai League T1 20----2040
Suphanburi 2018129--------
2019 30110000--3011
Bengaluru 2020–21 Indian Super League 18700005[lower-alpha 1]32310
2021–22 157000000157
Career total 22714214125493255161
  1. Appearances in the 2021 AFC Cup

Honours
Muangthong United
Chiangrai United
Individual

References
  1. "Toyota Thai League Round 10: Bangkok Glass's fortress finally conquered". Football Channel Asia. 9 May 2016. Archived from the original on 29 June 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  2. "申鑫官宣前泰超金靴加盟 曾是蒙通联进亚冠功臣". Sina. 18 February 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  3. @bengalurufc (20 June 2020). "We've got him! The Thai League's all-time leading goalscorer is now Blue all through! Brazilian attacker Cleiton Silva has put pen to paper on a one-year deal with Bengaluru FC, with the option to extend by another year, the club can confirm. #NewBlue" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. Cleiton Silva at Soccerway
  5. เคลตันควงย็อคก้าคว้านักเตะ–โค้ชยอดเยี่ยมโตโยต้าไทยพรีเมียร์เดือนมีนาคม. goal.com (in Thai). 4 April 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
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