Maycon Cleiton de Paula Azevedo (born 8 November 1998), known as Maycon Cleiton or simply Maycon, is a 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 le ...

who plays as a

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for

Ceará Sporting club Ceará Sporting Club, or Ceará, as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football team from the city of Fortaleza, capital city of the Brazilian state of Ceará, founded on June 2, 1914, by Luís Esteves and Pedro Freire. Ceará is one of ...

, on loan from

Red Bull Bragantino Red Bull Bragantino, commonly known as Bragantino, is a Brazilian football club based in Bragança Paulista, São Paulo. It competes in the Série A, the top tier of the Brazilian football league system, as well as in the Campeonato Paulista S ...

Club career

Born in

Cuiabá Cuiabá () is the capital city of the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso. It is located near the geographical centre of South America. Also, it forms the metropolitan area of Mato Grosso, along with the neighbouring town of Várzea Grande. The city' ...

Mato Grosso Mato Grosso ( – lit. "Thick Bush") is one of the states of Brazil, the third largest by area, located in the Central-West region. The state has 1.66% of the Brazilian population and is responsible for 1.9% of the Brazilian GDP. Neighboring ...

, Maycon Cleiton joined Santa Cruz's youth setup in June 2018, after representing Guarani, Jacuipense, Vitória,

Bahia Bahia ( , , ; meaning "bay") is one of the 26 Federative units of Brazil, states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo (sta ...

and

Atlético Goianiense Atlético, Spanish for ''athletics'', or Athletico in English, may refer to: Sports Teams Athletico * Athletico SC (Lebanon), a Lebanese football academy * Athletic Bilbao, or Atletico Bilbao, Basque students athletic club (also forming Athletic ...

. Promoted to the main squad for the 2020 season, he made his senior debut on 18 January, starting in a 3–0

Campeonato Pernambucano The Campeonato Pernambucano de Futebol (Pernambucan Football Championship, in English) is the football championship of Pernambuco state, Brazil, and is organized by the FPF. The first edition of the Campeonato Pernambucano was played in 1915, a ...

home win against

Petrolina Petrolina is a municipality located in the southernmost point of the state of Pernambuco, in Northeast Brazil, in the valley of the São Francisco River. The population was 354,317 in 2020, and the total area is km², making it the largest m ...

. On 3 March 2020, already established as a starter, Maycon Cleiton renewed his contract until 2023. He finished the season with 45 appearances overall, as his club narrowly missed out promotion. On 12 February 2021, Maycon Cleiton signed a contract with Série A side

until December 2025. He spent his first season as a third-choice behind Cleiton and Júlio César.

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Santa Cruz FC profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cleiton, Maycon 1998 births Living people Footballers from Cuiabá Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players Santa Cruz Futebol Clube players Red Bull Bragantino players Esporte Clube Vitória players