Ailton Cesar Junior Alves da Silva (18 November 1994 – 28 November 2016), known as Ailton Canela or simply Canela, was a Brazilian footballer who played for Chapecoense. Canela was one of the 71 people who died in LaMia Airlines Flight 2933 accident, including 18 of his teammates.

Club career

Canela was born in

Matão Matão is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. As of 2020, the town had an estimated population of 83,626 and a population density of 146.3 persons per km2. The total area the city is . Matão sits at an elevation of . The municipal ...

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, and joined Internacional de Bebedouro through a youth programme held in his hometown, in 2010. He made his senior debut on 29 February 2012, coming on as a substitute in a 1–0

Campeonato Paulista Série A2 Campeonato Paulista Série A2 is the second tier of the professional state football league in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is run by the São Paulo State Football Federation (FPF). Clubs 2025 Série A2 List of champions There a ...

away win against Osvaldo Cruz. Canela signed for Vitória-ES ahead of the 2013 season. In the middle of the year, however, he moved to Monte Azul to play in the year's

Copa Paulista The Copa Paulista de Futebol, formerly known as Copa FPF, also sometimes called Copa Federação Paulista de Futebol or, in English, São Paulo State Cup, is a tournament organized by Federação Paulista de Futebol Company every second half of ...

. In July 2014, Canela was loaned to

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until the end of the year. Returning in the following January, he became a starter before joining

Botafogo-SP Botafogo Futebol Clube, commonly referred to as Botafogo-SP or Botafogo de Ribeirão Preto is a Brazilian association football club in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo. They currently play in the Série B, the second tier of Brazilian football, as ...

on 30 June 2015. Canela became a starter for ''Bota'' during the end of the campaign, scoring two goals as his side achieved promotion as champions. On 12 January 2016, after failing to agree new terms, he signed a pre-contract with Cianorte. On 9 June 2016, Canela was loaned to Série A club Chapecoense until December. He made his debut in the category on 4 August, replacing Hyoran in a 1–1 home draw against

Palmeiras The Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras (), commonly known as Palmeiras, is a Brazilian professional association football, football club based in the city of São Paulo, in the district of Perdizes (district of São Paulo), Perdizes. Palmeiras is ...

Death

On 28 November 2016, when Chapecoense were en route to the first leg of the 2016 Copa Sudamericana Finals to play against

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, Canela was among the fatalities of the LaMia Airlines Flight 2933 accident in the Colombian village of Cerro Gordo,

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Club statistics

Honours

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Campeonato Brasileiro Série D The Campeonato Brasileiro Série D (English: Brazilian Championship Serie D), commonly known as the Série D or the Brazilian Série D to distinguish it from the Italian Serie D, is the fourth division of the Brazilian football league system, and ...

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;Chapecoense *

Copa Sudamericana The CONMEBOL Sudamericana, also known as Copa Sudamericana (; ), is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL, the governing body of football in South America, since 2002. It is the second-most prestigious club com ...

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

(posthumously)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Canela, Ailton 1994 births 2016 deaths People from Matão Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série D players Associação Atlética Internacional (Bebedouro) players Atlético Monte Azul players Botafogo Futebol Clube (SP) players Associação Chapecoense de Futebol players Copa Sudamericana–winning players Footballers killed in the LaMia Flight 2933 crash Footballers from São Paulo (state) 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen