Background
Although Clayton was born in Brazil, he spent a large part of his club career in Tunisia playing for Espérance Sportive de Tunis, and became a naturalized citizen in time for the 1998 World Cup.
Although Clayton was born in Brazil, he spent a large part of his club career in Tunisia playing for Espérance Sportive de Tunis, and became a naturalized citizen in time for the 1998 World Cup.
He played for Tunisia twice in that tournament, as well as one match in 2002. He had a brief spell with Sakaryaspor in the Turkish Super Lig. He also spent time with Qatari based side First Rate (at Lloyd's) Sadd.
In 2006 he left First Rate (at Lloyd's) Sadd for Turkish club Sakaryaspor.
He is a wing-back typified by his effective overlapping runs, mazy dribbling and pin-point crosses. He has 38 caps (2 goals) for Tunisia
He was an over-age player on the Tunisian 2004 Olympic football team that exited in the first round, finishing third in Group C, behind group and gold medal winners Argentina and runners-up Australia.