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However, Adriano was one of the two players dropped from the final 23-men squad by coach Dunga, [49] [50] along with Carlos Eduardo (who had replaced an injured Elano against Ireland). The backup of injured Luís Fabiano on the Ireland game, Grafite, instead occupied Adriano's place. [51] Adriano was also left out of the backup player list. [52]
Adriano Correia Claro (born 26 October 1984), known simply as Adriano, is a Brazilian former professional footballer. One of few players in professional football who are genuinely ambidextrous , he was capable of playing as a full-back or midfielder on both sides of the pitch.
Adriano was valued €500,000 at that time. [1] Atalanta bought all the rights on 1 June 2007, but sold him to AS Monaco FC on last day of the transfer window. On 12 July 2013, Monaco announced that Adriano had left the club after six years. [2]
Adriano was born in Jacarepaguá, a neighbourhood in the city of Rio de Janeiro, to former Brazilian international footballer, also named Adriano.He was born while his father was competing with Brazil at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, and so his father first saw him in the form of a photograph sent while he was travelling with the squad.
Adriano played for many Brazilian sides; Ceará, América, Bahia, and Palmeiras. Espescilly, when he was in America-RJ, he played with his role model Romário. Romário came on during the 68th minute of the match between América and Artsul, replacing Adriano. [3] In Palmeiras, he was a top scorer of the 2011 Copa do Brasil. [citation needed]
Luiz Adriano de Souza da Silva [2] (born 12 April 1987), or simply Luiz Adriano (Brazilian Portuguese: [luˈiz ˌadɾiˈɐnu]), [3] is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Vitória. [4] Born in Porto Alegre, he began his career at hometown club Internacional before joining Shakhtar Donetsk in 2007 for €3 million.
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.
Adriano Samaniego ended his career in 1998 playing for Club Guaraní. He will always be remembered for his speed and his characteristic tremendous left foot shots.