Adilson dos Santos, shortly Adi or Adilson (born 12 May 1976), is a former Brazilian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

, who last played as a

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for

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K League Classic The K League 1 (Hangul: K리그1) is the men's top professional football division of the South Korean football league system. The league is contested by twelve clubs. History The South Korean professional football league was founded in 1 ...

side FC Seoul. His good impression in Seoul was such that after retiring, he stayed as assistant manager at the club.

Club career

Adilson started his senior career playing with

Apucarana Atlético Clube Apucarana Atlético Clube, usually known simply as Apucarana, is a Brazilian football team from the city of Apucarana, Paraná state Paraná, Paranã or Parana may refer to: Geology *Paraná Basin, a sedimentary basin in South America Plac ...

, and by 1998 he was estimated the best defender in

Paraná State Paraná, Paranã or Parana may refer to: Geology *Paraná Basin, a sedimentary basin in South America Places In Argentina * Paraná, Entre Ríos, a city * Paraná Department, a part of Entre Ríos Province * Paraná, Buenos Aires, a settlemen ...

championship. Next year, he moved to Serbian

Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional football club based in Bel ...

where he played 11 matches in the

First League of FR Yugoslavia The First League of Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Прва савезна лига / Prva savezna liga) was the top football league of Serbia and Montenegro, before the country's dissolution in 2006. The league was formed following the breakup of Yu ...

during the 1998–99 season. In 1999, he moved to

Real Betis Real Betis Balompié, known as Real Betis () or just Betis, is a Spanish professional football club based in Seville in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1907, it plays in La Liga. It holds home games at the Estadio Benito Vill ...

. but he did not make debut and moved to

Sevilla FC Sevilla Fútbol Club () is a Spanish professional football club based in Seville, the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. It plays in Spanish football's top flight, La Liga. Sevilla have won the UEFA E ...

. However, Sevilla did not have enough money to pay the transfer fee, so

lodged a complaint against

and he was not allowed to play for Sevilla FC. After the issue of the fee was resolved, he still did not play because he was deemed too young a player and the club was in the danger of regulation. He ended up playing on their B team. In 2001, he moved to the giant club of China,

Dalian Shide Dalian Shide was a professional Chinese football club based in Dalian, Liaoning province, China who played in China's football league system between 1955 and 2012. Their home stadiums were the 55,843 capacity Dalian People's Stadium and then late ...

. He had succeeded in this club. He became the champion of Asia once and China 4 times also twice of

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. In March 2006, he moved to FC Seoul of

of South Korea He was winner of K-League Best XI in 2007, 2008 and 2010. He is now considered the best defender of the

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after a collection of outstanding performances. On 29 January 2014, he retired at FC Seoul and appointed as coach.

Career statistics

Club

''Statistics accurate as of 3 December 2013''

Honours

Player

;

Paraná Clube Paraná Clube, commonly referred to as Paraná, is a Brazilian professional club based in Curitiba, Paraná founded on 19 December 1989. It competes in the Campeonato Paranaense Série Prata, the second tier of the Paraná state football leag ...

* Campeonato Paranaense Winners : 1997 ;

* FR Yugoslav Cup Winners : 1998–99 ;

Chinese Jia-A League The National Football Jia A League ( simplified Chinese, commonly known as Jia-A, was the highest tier of professional football in the People's Republic of China, during 1994 through 2003, operating under the auspices of the Chinese Football Asso ...

Winners (3) : 2000, 2001, 2002 *

Chinese Super League The Chinese Football Association Super League, commonly known as Chinese Super League or CSL, currently known as the China Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League for sponsorship reasons, is the highest tier of professional association ...

Winners (1) : 2005 *

Winners (2) : 2001, 2005 *

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Winners (2) :

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, 2002 *

Asian Cup Winners' Cup The Asian Cup Winners' Cup was an association football competition run by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The competition was started in 1991 as a tournament for all the domestic cup winners from countries affiliated to the AFC. The winne ...

Runners-up: 2000–01 ; FC Seoul * K League Winners (2) : 2010, 2012 * K League Runners-up (1) : 2008 *

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Winners (2) : 2006, 2010 *

Runners-up (1) : 2007 * AFC Champions League Runners-up (1) : 2013

Individual

K League Best XI The K League Best XI is an award for the best eleven players in a K League season. K League 1 award (1983–present) Winners Players marked bold won the Most Valuable Player award in that respective year. Appearances by player Appearanc ...

(5) : 2007,

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, 2010,

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References

External links

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at playmakerstats.com (English version of ogol.com.br) {{DEFAULTSORT:Adilson 1976 births Living people Association football defenders Association football midfielders Brazilian footballers Brazilian expatriate footballers Paraná Clube players Red Star Belgrade footballers Real Betis players Sevilla FC players Dalian Shide F.C. players FC Seoul players Chinese Super League players K League 1 players FC Seoul non-playing staff Expatriate footballers in Serbia and Montenegro Expatriate footballers in Spain Expatriate footballers in China Expatriate footballers in South Korea People from Aracaju Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in China Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in South Korea Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia and Montenegro Sportspeople from Sergipe