Cleiton de Oliveira Velasques (born 9 December 1986), commonly known as Cleiton, is a former Brazilian professional

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who played as a

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Club career

On 15 July 2018, it was announced that Cleiton had joined

Hong Kong Premier League The Hong Kong Premier League () is a Hong Kong professional football league organised by the Football Association of Hong Kong, China. It is currently sponsored by BOC Life and officially known as BOC Life Hong Kong Premier League (). The inau ...

club

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. On 3 July 2019, Cleiton joined another HKPL club

Kitchee Kitchee Sports Club (; ; ) is a Hong Kong professional Association football, football club based in Kowloon. It was founded in 1931 and currently competes in the Hong Kong Premier League. The club has won 12 List of Hong Kong football champion ...

Honours

Club

CaxiasASSÉDIO : CLEITON DISCUTE FUTURO
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Campeonato Gaúcho Série A2 The Campeonato Gaúcho Série A2 (Gaucho Championship Series A2) is the second tier of the professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande do Sul (, ; ; "Great River of the South") is a Federativ ...

: 2016 Kitchee *

: 2019–20,

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Hong Kong Sapling Cup Hong Kong Sapling Cup (), currently known as JC Sapling Cup () for sponsorship reasons, is a Hong Kong domestic football (soccer), football competition contested by the Hong Kong Premier League teams. The objective of the Cup is to provide more p ...

: 2019–20 *

Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield The Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield (), known commonly as the Senior Shield, is the Association football, football Single-elimination tournament, knockout inter-club competition held in Hong Kong and the List of oldest football competitions, fo ...

, 2023–24 *

Hong Kong FA Cup Hong Kong FA Cup () is a knockout cup competition in Hong Kong football, run by and named after The Hong Kong Football Association. The first edition of the competition was held in 1975, before then the cup was known as the Golden Jubilee Cup. T ...

HKPLC Cup The Hong Kong Premier League Committee Cup () was a football competition contested by clubs in the top-tier Hong Kong domestic football league. The cup was launched for the 2023–24 season during the time when the Hong Kong national football tea ...

: 2023–24

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1986 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players Campeonato Brasileiro Série D players Hong Kong Premier League players Grêmio Esportivo Brasil players Sociedade Esportiva e Recreativa Caxias do Sul players Barra Futebol Clube (SC) players Sport Club São Paulo players Clube Esportivo Bento Gonçalves players Esporte Clube São Luiz players Clube Esportivo Aimoré players Concórdia Atlético Clube players Yuen Long FC players Kitchee SC players Expatriate men's footballers in Hong Kong Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong People from Uruguaiana 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen {{Brazil-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub