In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Menezes and the second or paternal family name is Ribeiro.
José Cláyton Menezes Ribeiro (born 21 March 1974), known as José Clayton or just Clayton, is a former professional football who played as a left-back.
Although Clayton was born in Brazil, he spent a large part of his club career in Tunisia playing for Étoile du Sahel and Espérance 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.[2]
He had a brief spell with Sakaryaspor in the Turkish Super Lig.[3] He also spent time with Qatari-based side Al Sadd. He won the Q-League title in 2006. In 2006, he left Al Sadd for Turkish club Sakaryaspor. 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.[4] He was part of the squad that won the 2004 African Cup of Nations.
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