José Cláyton Menezes Ribeiro (born 21 March 1974), known as José Clayton or just Clayton, is a former professional football who played as a

left-back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...

. Although Clayton was born in Brazil, he spent a large part of his club career in Tunisia playing for

Espérance Sportive de Tunis (; ar, الترجي الرياضي التونسي, Attarajī ar-Riyāḍi Attūnisī, link=yes), also known as ''ES Tunis'' and , is a Tunisian sports club based in Bab Souika neighbourhood of Tunis, Tunisia. The club was founded in 1919, thu ...

, and became a naturalized citizen in time for the 1998 World Cup. He played for

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twice in that tournament, as well as one match in 2002. He had a brief spell with

Sakaryaspor Sakaryaspor Kulübü Derneği is a Turkish professional football club, formed in 1965 after the merger of ''Adapazarı Gençlerbirliği'', ''Adapazarı İdman Yurdu'', ''Güneşspor'' and ''Ada Gençlik''. The club is better known as Sakaryaspor ...

in the Turkish Super Lig. He also spent time with Qatari-based side

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. He won the Q-League title in 2006. In 2006, he left Al Sadd for Turkish club

. He has 38 caps (2 goals) for

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He was an over-age player on the Tunisian

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football team that exited in the first round, finishing third in Group C, behind group and gold medal winners

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and runners-up Australia. He was part of the squad that won the

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International goals

Honours

Tunisia * Africa Cup of Nations: 2004

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Clayton, Jose 1974 births Living people Footballers from São Luís, Maranhão Tunisian men's footballers Tunisia men's international footballers Men's association football defenders Brazilian men's footballers Brazilian emigrants to Tunisia Naturalized citizens of Tunisia Naturalised association football players Tunisian people of Brazilian descent Tunisian expatriate men's footballers Olympic footballers for Tunisia Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics 1998 FIFA World Cup players 2002 FIFA World Cup players 2004 African Cup of Nations players 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup players 2006 Africa Cup of Nations players Étoile Sportive du Sahel players Espérance Sportive de Tunis players SC Bastia players Stade Tunisien players Sakaryaspor footballers Al Sadd SC players Stade Gabèsien players Ligue 1 players Expatriate men's footballers in France Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Qatar Stars League players