Cláudio Adalberto Adão, or simply Cláudio Adão (born in

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, 2 July 1955), is a former

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ian

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player. A gifted forward, Adão was the top-scorer of almost every championship he's played. His first professional club was

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, where he arrived in 1972. When

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left Santos in 1974, the club predicted a brilliant future ahead for Adão as Pelé's natural replacement. But they couldn't predict Adão would suffer a serious injury that would leave him off of the pitch for several months.

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believed Adão's career to be prematurely ended when

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's coach, Cláudio Coutinho (who was himself a

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expert) asked his club to sign Adão. Santos let Adão go and, at Flamengo, he underwent intensive

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. The results were fantastic and Adão quickly became an idol. Not only at Flamengo, but in every other club he has played for until he retired, hundreds of goals later, at almost 40 years old. In Brazil, Adão played for

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, Vasco, Fluminense, Portuguesa-SP, Corinthians, Bangu, EC Bahia, Cruzeiro, Portuguesa-RJ, Campo Grande-RJ, Ceará SC, Santa Cruz, Volta Redonda FC, Rio Branco-RJ and Desportiva-ES. His international career included

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, Benfica and Sport Boys. Adão further represented Brazil in the

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edition of the

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, scoring a hat trick in the final against Uruguay. After retirement, he managed several clubs, CSA,

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, Rio Branco-ES, and Volta Redonda FC, his current club. As Rio Branco-ES manager, they won the 2001 Campeonato Capixaba.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Adao, Claudio 1955 births Living people Footballers from Volta Redonda Brazilian men's footballers Brazilian football managers Men's association football forwards São Paulo state football team players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Peruvian Primera División players Santos FC players CR Flamengo footballers FK Austria Wien players S.L. Benfica footballers Fluminense FC players CR Vasco da Gama players Al Ain FC players Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas players Bangu Atlético Clube players Esporte Clube Bahia players Cruzeiro Esporte Clube players Associação Portuguesa de Desportos players Sport Club Corinthians Paulista players Sport Boys footballers Campo Grande Atlético Clube players Ceará Sporting Club players Santa Cruz Futebol Clube players Volta Redonda FC players Rio Branco Atlético Clube players Sport Boys managers UAE Pro League players Centro Sportivo Alagoano managers Volta Redonda FC managers Legião Futebol Clube managers Clube Atlético Metropolitano managers Mixto Esporte Clube managers Brazilian beach soccer players Pan American Games gold medalists in football Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Footballers at the 1975 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen

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