Cláudio Maradona

Cláudio Maradona
Personal information
Full name	Cláudio Oliveira de Souza
Date of birth	July 15, 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth	Duque de Caxias-RJ, Brazil
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Dibba Al-Hisn
Number	9
Youth career
2013–2014	Ferroviário
Senior career*
Years	Team
2014	Itabaiana
2014–2016	Alcanenense
2016–2023	São José
2017	→ Macaé (loan)
2017–2018	→ Sampaio Corrêa (loan)
2018	→ Boavista (loan)
2018	→ Americano (loan)
2019	→ Madureira (loan)
2020	→ Americano (loan)
2022	→ Al-Dahab (loan)
2022–	→ Newroz (loan)
2023–	Dibba Al-Hisn
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 April 2023

Cláudio Oliveira de Souza or simply Cláudio Maradona (born July 25, 1994), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for UAE First Division League club Dibba Al-Hisn.^[1]

Club career[edit]

Maradona started playing football in Ferroviário and Itabaiana, and also played for the Portuguese club Alcanenense, and in July 2016 he moved to São José, and he was with the Copa Metropolitana winning team in 2016, and part of the team when it won the 2018 Copa do Nordeste and was the third scorer. After that, he played on loan to several Brazilian clubs: Macaé,^[2]^[3] Sampaio Corrêa, Boavista, Americano,^[4]^[5] and Madureira. He then returned to play for his club in Série C.^[6]

In August 2022, Maradona moved to play in the Iraqi Premier League, where he signed a one-year contract with Newroz.^[7]^[8]^[9] After only fourteen league matches, Maradona scored eight goals and became the interim top scorer of the league.^[10]

Honours[edit]

São José

Copa Metropolitana: 2016
Copa FGF: 2017

Sampaio Corrêa

Copa do Nordeste: 2018

Americano

Copa Rio: 2018

References[edit]

^ Cláudio Maradona at Zerozero
^ "Maradona indica saída do Macaé e projeta futuro: "Queria jogar no Real Madrid"". ge.globo.com.
^ "ESPORTE Cláudio Maradona pede "algo a mais" para o Macaé nos jogos decisivos". cliquediario.com.br.
^ "¿Diego? Claudio, el Maradona brasileño que sorprende a Río de Janeiro". lanacion.com.ar.
^ "Festejo gallina y campeonato para Maradona". ole.com.ar.
^ Maradona voltou para vencer outra vez (in Portuguese). saojosefutebol.com. April 1, 2019.
^ نوروز يضم البرازيلي مارادونا (in Arabic). kooora.com. August 17, 2022.
^ مارادونا يلعب في الدوري العراقي الممتاز الموسم المقبل (in Arabic). mawazin.net. August 17, 2022.
^ نوروز العراقي يتعاقد مع مارادونا (in Arabic). alkhaleej.ae. August 18, 2022.
^ مارادونا يحتل عرش هدافي الدوري العراقي (in Arabic). kooora.com. February 2, 2023.

External links[edit]

Cláudio Maradona at Soccerway
Cláudio Maradona at playmakerstats.com (English version of ogol.com.br)
Cláudio Maradona at BeSoccer

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[1] Cláudio Maradona at Zerozero

[2] "Maradona indica saída do Macaé e projeta futuro: "Queria jogar no Real Madrid"". ge.globo.com.

[3] "ESPORTE Cláudio Maradona pede "algo a mais" para o Macaé nos jogos decisivos". cliquediario.com.br.

[4] "¿Diego? Claudio, el Maradona brasileño que sorprende a Río de Janeiro". lanacion.com.ar.

[5] "Festejo gallina y campeonato para Maradona". ole.com.ar.

[6] Maradona voltou para vencer outra vez (in Portuguese). saojosefutebol.com. April 1, 2019.

[7] نوروز يضم البرازيلي مارادونا (in Arabic). kooora.com. August 17, 2022.

[8] مارادونا يلعب في الدوري العراقي الممتاز الموسم المقبل (in Arabic). mawazin.net. August 17, 2022.

[9] نوروز العراقي يتعاقد مع مارادونا (in Arabic). alkhaleej.ae. August 18, 2022.

[10] مارادونا يحتل عرش هدافي الدوري العراقي (in Arabic). kooora.com. February 2, 2023.

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