Adilson dos Santos
Adilson dos Santos, shortly Adi or Adilson (born 12 May 1976), is a former Brazilian footballer, who last played as a left-back for South Korean K League Classic side FC Seoul.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Adilson dos Santos | ||
| Date of birth | 12 May 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position(s) |
Left wing-back, center-back, defensive midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997 | Apucarana Atlético Clube | ||
| 1997–1998 | Paraná Clube | ||
| 1998–1999 | Red Star Belgrade | 12 | (0) |
| 2000 | Real Betis | 0 | (0) |
| 2000 | Sevilla | 0 | (0) |
| 2000 | → Dalian Shide (loan) | 25 | (4) |
| 2001–2005 | Dalian Shide | 119 | (4) |
| 2006–2013 | FC Seoul | 226 | (15) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2014– | FC Seoul (assistant manager) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 December 2013 | |||
Club career
Adilson started his senior career playing with Apucarana Atlético Clube, and by 1998 he was estimated the best defender in Paraná State championship.
Next year, he moved to Serbian Red Star Belgrade where he played 11 matches in the First League of FR Yugoslavia during the 1998–99 season.
In 1999, he moved to Real Betis. but he did not make debut and moved to Sevilla FC. However, Sevilla did not have enough money to pay the transfer fee, so Real Betis lodged a complaint against Sevilla FC 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. He had succeeded in this club. He became the champion of Asia once and China 4 times also twice of Chinese FA Cup.
In March 2006, he moved to FC Seoul of K League Classic of South Korea [1]
He was winner of K-League Best XI in 2007, 2008 and 2010. He is now considered the best defender of the K-League after a collection of outstanding performances.
On 29 January 2014, he retired at FC Seoul and appointed as coach.[2][3]
Career statistics
Club
Statistics accurate as of 3 December 2013
| Club | Season | K League Classic | KFA Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | ||
| FC Seoul | 2006 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 9 | 0 | 2 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 34 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 12 | 1 | 1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 39 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 35 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | – | 38 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 7 | 1 | 1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 33 | 5 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | – | 41 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 38 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | – | – | N/A | N/A | N/A | 39 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 2013 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 1 | – | 45 | 4 | 2 | |||
| FC Seoul Career Total |
226 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 1 | – | 38 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 1 | – | 305 | 20 | 12 | |
Honours
Player
- Campeonato Paranaense Winners : 1997
- Dalian Shide
- Chinese Jia-A League Winners (3) : 2000, 2001, 2002
- Chinese Super League Winners (1) : 2005[4]
- Chinese FA Cup Winners (2) : 2001, 2005[4]
- Chinese Football Super Cup Winners (2) : 2000, 2002
- Asian Cup Winners' Cup Runners-up: 2000–01
- K League Winners (2) : 2010, 2012
- K League Runners-up (1) : 2008
- League Cup Winners (2) : 2006, 2010
- League Cup Runners-up (1) : 2007
- AFC Champions League Runners-up (1) : 2013
References
- "FC 서울, 브라질 MF '아디'영입" (in Korean). FC Seoul.com. 7 March 2006.
- "FC서울 레전드 아디, 코치로서 제2의 인생" (in Korean). Sports Chosun. 29 January 2014.
- "코치 아디, "영원한 FC서울의 남자로 남고 싶었다"" (in Korean). MK Sports. 12 February 2014.
- "足协杯-实德1-0绝杀鲁能 历史第二次成为双冠王" (in Chinese). sports.sina.com.cn. 2005-11-20. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
External links
- Adilson dos Santos – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)
- Adilson at ogol.com.br (in Portuguese)