Adriano (footballer, born January 1982)

Adriano
Personal information
Full name Adriano Ferreira Martins
Date of birth (1982-01-21) 21 January 1982
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Striker
Youth career
1997–2001 Santa Cruz
2002 Osasco-SP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002 Itararé-SP
2002 ECO-SP
2003–2007 ADAP
2003 → Treze (loan)
2004 → Botafogo-PB (loan)
2005 → Arapongas (loan)
2007–2010 Internacional 49 (8)
2008 → Málaga (loan) 8 (0)
2009 → Vasco da Gama (loan) 24 (5)
2010 → Cerezo Osaka (loan) 27 (14)
2011 Gamba Osaka 8 (9)
2011–2013 El Jaish 41 (26)
2013–2014 Qatar SC 25 (13)
2014 Tokushima Vortis 10 (0)
2015 Ventforet Kofu 12 (1)
2015 Fortaleza 4 (0)
2016–2018 Nova Iguaçu 0 (0)
2017 → Volta Redonda (loan) 12 (1)
2018 Barra da Tijuca 0 (0)
2020 Portuguesa-RJ 26 (14)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Adriano Ferreira Martins (born 21 January 1982), or simply Adriano, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Career

Born in São Paulo (SP), Adriano started his career at Itararé-SP in 2002, after having played for the youth team's of Santa Cruz and Osasco-SP.[1] In the following year he was signed by ADAP, and was later loaned out to Treze (2003), Botafogo-PB (2004) and Arapongas (2005, where he began to gain prominence to be one of the top scorers of the Segunda Divisão Paranaense with 11 goals.[1]

In June 2011, Adriano left Gamba Osaka and joined Qatari club El Jaish, signing a three-year contract with the club.[2] In his first season with El Jaish, Adriano finished as the top scorer in the Qatar Stars League with 18 goals in 20 games.[3]

Adriano expressed interest in playing for the Qatar national team, however he would have to wait until 2014 to be naturalized.[4]

In June 2018, Adriano joined Barra da Tijuca.[5] However, a serious injury prevented him from playing any games for the club. He was then without club until December 2019, where he joined Portuguesa da Ilha.[6]

Career statistics

As of 25 April 2014[7]

Honours

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 Adriano Martins é o novo reforço do Fortaleza, boraleao.net, 31 August 2015
  2. ↑ "Adriano Completes Al Jaish Transfer". QFA. 25 June 2011. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  3. ↑ "Qatar Stars League 2011-2012". KoraMania.com. 15 April 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. ↑ (in Arabic)Adriano - "my dream is to play for Qatar" Archived 11 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ Barra da Tijuca contrata atacante experiente para a Série B1, radioesportemetropolitano.com, 30 May 2018
  6. ↑ Portuguesa apresenta o atacante Adriano, fferj.com.br, 12 December 2019
  7. ↑ "Adriano". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
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