Adriano (footballer, born January 1982)

Adriano Ferreira Martins or simply Adriano (born January 21, 1982), is a Brazilian football striker for Portuguesa-RJ.

Adriano
Personal information
Full name Adriano Ferreira Martins
Date of birth (1982-01-21) January 21, 1982
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Portuguesa-RJ
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 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:04, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

Club 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]

Honours

Club statistics
As of 25 April 2014[7]

References
  1. Adriano Martins é o novo reforço do Fortaleza, boraleao.net, 31 August 2015
  2. "Adriano Completes Al Jaish Transfer". QFA. June 25, 2011. Archived from the original on March 7, 2012. Retrieved April 15, 2012.
  3. "Qatar Stars League 2011-2012". KoraMania.com. April 15, 2012. Archived from the original on July 10, 2012. Retrieved April 15, 2012.
  4. (in Arabic)Adriano - "my dream is to play for Qatar" Archived 2016-10-11 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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