Cláudio Adalberto Adão, or simply Cláudio Adão (born in
Volta Redonda
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, 2 July 1955), is a former
Brazil
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ian
football
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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
Santos FC
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, where he arrived in 1972. When
Pelé
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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.
Physicians
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believed Adão's career to be prematurely ended when
Flamengo
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's
coach,
Cláudio Coutinho (who was himself a
physical fitness
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expert) asked his club to sign Adão.
Santos let Adão go and, at Flamengo, he underwent intensive
physical therapy
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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
Botafogo
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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
FK Austria Wien
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,
Al Ain FC
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,
Benfica and
Sport Boys.
Adão further represented Brazil in the
1989
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edition of the
World Cup of Masters
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, scoring a hat trick in the final against Uruguay.
After retirement, he managed several clubs,
CSA,
Ceará
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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.
See also
*
Felipe Adão his son
References
{{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