Cristiano (footballer, born 1983)

Cristiano
Personal information
Full name	Cristiano Moraes de Oliveira
Date of birth	28 September 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth	Manaus, Brazil
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
2001–2005	Nacional-AM
2005	→ São Raimundo (loan)
2005–2009	Paços Ferreira
2009–2011	PAOK
2011	Sporting CP
2011	Beira-Mar
2012	Criciúma
2012–2013	Vitória Setúbal
2013	Nacional-AM
2014	Manaus
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Cristiano Moraes de Oliveira (born 28 September 1983), known simply as Cristiano, is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

He spent most of his professional career in Portugal, amassing Primeira Liga totals of 135 games and 17 goals over the course of eight seasons, almost exclusively with Paços de Ferreira.

Club career

Born in Manaus, Amazonas, Cristiano started playing football with two local clubs, Nacional Futebol Clube and São Raimundo Esporte Clube (AM), representing the latter on loan. In August 2005 he moved to Portugal and joined F.C. Paços de Ferreira,^[1] being rarely used in his debut season in the Primeira Liga (eight appearances, all as a substitute).

In the 2006–07 campaign, Cristiano contributed 26 matches – two goals, one of them in a 1–1 home draw against Sporting CP on 17 February 2007^[2]– as Paços finished in sixth position, qualifying for the UEFA Cup for the first time in their history.^[3] He continued to feature regularly for the northerners in the subsequent seasons, scoring a career-best seven goals in 2008–09.^[4]

On 6 November 2009, Cristiano netted twice in the 3–0 away win over C.F. Belenenses.^[5]^[6] In the following transfer window, he moved to PAOK FC from Greece on a two-and-a-half-year contract; after only a few games, he suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury, being sidelined for about six months.^[7]

Cristiano returned to Portugal in late January 2011, joining Sporting as a free agent and reuniting with his former Paços de Ferreira manager Paulo Sérgio.^[8] In June, having made just five competitive appearances, he was released and signed a two-year deal with S.C. Beira-Mar shortly after.^[9]

References

^ "Relatório de transferências internacionais 2005" [2005 international transfers report] (in Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 1 August 2008. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
^ "Futebol: Sporting empata em Paços de Ferreira" [Football: Sporting draw in Paços de Ferreira] (in Portuguese). Angola Press News Agency. 18 February 2007. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
^ "O "lutador e peneirento" José Mota reencontra Paços de Ferreira" ["Fighting and cocky" José Mota meets Paços de Ferreira again]. Expresso (in Portuguese). 31 October 2008. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
^ Malheiro, Rui (2 July 2009). "Portugal 2008/09: Liga" [Portugal 2008/09: League] (in Portuguese). Futebol Mundial. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
^ "Belenenses-P. Ferreira, 0–3 (Cristiano 26', 68', Wlliam 72')". Record (in Portuguese). 6 November 2009. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
^ Ferreira, Luís Pedro (6 November 2009). "Cristiano: "Podem contar comigo para o que der e vier"" [Cristiano: "They can count on me for whatever they need"] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
^ Toskitsis, Nikos (8 March 2010). "Σοκ με Κριστιάνο, 6 μήνες εκτός" [Cristiano shocker, 6 months out] (in Greek). Sport 24. Archived from the original on 11 March 2010. Retrieved 8 March 2010.
^ "Cristiano vai ser reforço do Sporting" [Cristiano to bolster Sporting]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 29 January 2011. Archived from the original on 31 January 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
^ Barros, Pedro (5 July 2011). "Cristiano é reforço por duas épocas" [Cristiano is an addition for two seasons]. A Bola (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2011.

External links

Cristiano at Sambafoot (archived)
CBF data (in Portuguese)
Cristiano at ForaDeJogo (archived)
Cristiano at Soccerway

[1] "Relatório de transferências internacionais 2005" [2005 international transfers report] (in Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 1 August 2008. Retrieved 8 September 2009.

[2] "Futebol: Sporting empata em Paços de Ferreira" [Football: Sporting draw in Paços de Ferreira] (in Portuguese). Angola Press News Agency. 18 February 2007. Retrieved 21 January 2020.

[3] "O "lutador e peneirento" José Mota reencontra Paços de Ferreira" ["Fighting and cocky" José Mota meets Paços de Ferreira again]. Expresso (in Portuguese). 31 October 2008. Retrieved 21 January 2020.

[4] Malheiro, Rui (2 July 2009). "Portugal 2008/09: Liga" [Portugal 2008/09: League] (in Portuguese). Futebol Mundial. Retrieved 21 January 2020.

[5] "Belenenses-P. Ferreira, 0–3 (Cristiano 26', 68', Wlliam 72')". Record (in Portuguese). 6 November 2009. Retrieved 1 May 2024.

[6] Ferreira, Luís Pedro (6 November 2009). "Cristiano: "Podem contar comigo para o que der e vier"" [Cristiano: "They can count on me for whatever they need"] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 1 May 2024.

[7] Toskitsis, Nikos (8 March 2010). "Σοκ με Κριστιάνο, 6 μήνες εκτός" [Cristiano shocker, 6 months out] (in Greek). Sport 24. Archived from the original on 11 March 2010. Retrieved 8 March 2010.

[8] "Cristiano vai ser reforço do Sporting" [Cristiano to bolster Sporting]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 29 January 2011. Archived from the original on 31 January 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2011.

[9] Barros, Pedro (5 July 2011). "Cristiano é reforço por duas épocas" [Cristiano is an addition for two seasons]. A Bola (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2011.

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