Adriano Ferreira Martins or simply Adriano (born January 21, 1982), is a Brazilian football striker for Portuguesa-RJ.

Club career

Born in São Paulo (SP), Adriano started his career at Itararé-SP in 2002, after having played for the youth team's of Santa Cruz and Osasco-SP.[1] In the following year he was signed by ADAP, and was later loaned out to Treze (2003), Botafogo-PB (2004) and Arapongas (2005, where he began to gain prominence to be one of the top scorers of the Segunda Divisão Paranaense with 11 goals.[1]

In June 2011, Adriano left Gamba Osaka and joined Qatari club El Jaish, signing a three-year contract with the club.[2] In his first season with El Jaish, Adriano finished as the top scorer in the Qatar Stars League with 18 goals in 20 games.[3]

Adriano expressed interest in playing for the Qatar national team, however he would have to wait until 2014 to be naturalized.[4]

In June 2018, Adriano joined Barra da Tijuca.[5] However, a serious injury prevented him from playing any games for the club. He was then without club until December 2019, where he joined Portuguesa da Ilha.[6]

Honours

Individual

Club statistics

As of 25 April 2014[7]

References

  1. ^ a b Adriano Martins é o novo reforço do Fortaleza, boraleao.net, 31 August 2015
  2. ^ "Adriano Completes Al Jaish Transfer". QFA. June 25, 2011. Archived from the original on March 7, 2012. Retrieved April 15, 2012.
  3. ^ "Qatar Stars League 2011-2012". KoraMania.com. April 15, 2012. Archived from the original on July 10, 2012. Retrieved April 15, 2012.
  4. ^ (in Arabic)Adriano - "my dream is to play for Qatar" Archived 2016-10-11 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Barra da Tijuca contrata atacante experiente para a Série B1, radioesportemetropolitano.com, 30 May 2018
  6. ^ Portuguesa apresenta o atacante Adriano, fferj.com.br, 12 December 2019
  7. ^ "Adriano". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adriano_Ferreira_Martins
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