Adaílton (footballer, born 1977)

For other Brazilian men's footballers named Adaílton, see Adaílton.

Adaílton
Adaílton with Genoa in 2007
Personal information
Full name Adaílton Martins Bolzan
Date of birth (1977-01-24) 24 January 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Santiago, Brazil
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1987–1995 Juventude
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1996 Juventude 35 (1)
1997 Guarani 8 (5)
1997–1999 Parma 13 (2)
1998–1999 → PSG (loan) 19 (2)
1999–2006 Hellas Verona 163 (50)
2006–2007 Genoa 26 (11)
2007–2010 Bologna 87 (20)
2010–2012 Vaslui 59 (17)
2013 Juventude 7 (0)
Total 417 (108)
International career
1996–1998 Brazil U20 19 (24)
Managerial career
2017–2019 Virtus Verona (assistant)
2019 Vigor Carpaneto
2021 Gama (assistant)
2021 Gama
2022– Juventude (assistant)
2023 Juventude (interim)
2023 Juventude (interim)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Adaílton Martins Bolzan (born 24 January 1977), best known as Adaílton, is a Brazilian football coach and a former player who played as a striker. He is the current assistant coach of Juventude.

Adaílton holds Italian nationality, thus he was not restricted by labour law for non-European Union citizen.

Club career

Adaílton was born in Santiago, Brazil. He began his career in 1994 with Juventude before moving to Guarani.

In 1997, he joined Parma but failed to impress and as the club already had Enrico Chiesa and Hernán Crespo, it was rumored that he would leave in January 1998,[1] after having then played only three times in Serie A, including his debut on 21 September 1997 against Piacenza Calcio when he was substituted for Crespo in the 74th minute. He started his first game on 9 November and scored the opening goal in a 2–0 win against Empoli. Following the win he did not start again until 1 February 1998 when he appeared against Bari. He started twice more in nine more league appearances following the transfer of Faustino Asprilla to the Gialloblu.

In the next season he left for Paris Saint Germain before returning in the summer of 1999 to join Serie A newcomer Hellas Verona in a co-ownership deal and was closely followed at the club by the arrival of Robert Špehar.[2] Under Cesare Prandelli, he started to play more regularly.

Verona acquired the full rights to the player in June 2004.[3]

In the summer of 2006, Adaílton joined Serie B side Genoa along with Giuseppe Sculli, Luciano Figueroa and Ilyos Zeytulayev as part of the club's push for promotion. In January 2007 the club also signed Marco Di Vaio, Julio César de León and Mirco Gasparetto. Adaílton was paired with Di Vaio as the club's strike force in January, and helped Genoa to finish third and promotion to Serie A. For the following season Genoa signed Marco Borriello and Adaílton was sold to Serie B side Bologna on 31 August 2007.[4] where he won promotion to Serie A again.

For the 2008–09 season, Bologna signed Di Vaio, and paired him with Adaílton again, with Di Vaio ending the season as the team's top scorer and helping the club avoid relegation to Serie B.

Vaslui

2010–2011

On 3 August 2010, Adaílton signed a two-year contract with Liga I club FC Vaslui.[5] He made his competitive debut for Vaslui on 14 August, in a 2–1 home win against FC Brașov.[6] On 13 September, he scored his first Vaslui goals, netting twice in the emphatic 4–0 home league win over Oţelul Galaţi.[7] On 25 September, he scored his first three-points goal, netting the winning goal against Gloria Bistriţa.[8] On 15 October, Adaílton scored two more goals, in a 5–3 home victory over CFR Cluj[9] Adaílton had worn the number 14 during the first half of the season, but switched during the winter break to the number 10 shirt.[10] On 7 March 2011, he scored his sixth league goal for Vaslui, in a 2–0 home victory against Universitatea Cluj.[11] On 19 March, he scored the equalizer from a 16-yard free kick, in a 1–1 draw against Steaua București.[12] The next round, he repeated the performance, in a 2–0 home victory against Unirea Urziceni, scoring from a 20-yard free kick.[13] At the end of the season, the 11 goals scored and the 11 assists provided for his teammates were enough for Adaílton to be awarded the Vaslui Player of the Year award.[14]

2011–2012

At the beginning of the 2011–12 season, due to the major squad problems, Adaílton began playing as a right winger.[15] His new role helped him to provide three assists for his teammates in the 3–0 victory against Concordia Chiajna.[16] However, one day later Viorel Hizo announced that Adaílton will not play in the UEFA Europa League play-off against Sparta Prague, due to an injury suffered with Concordia.[17] On 11 September, he provided two more assists in the 3–1 home league win against Dinamo București.[18] Four days later, he assisted Wesley's equalizer in the first match from the group stages of the UEFA Europa League against Lazio; the game ended in a 2–2 draw.[19] On 3 October, he scored twice against CS Mioveni, ending a twelve Liga I matches goalless strike.[20] Following Gabriel Cânu's long-term injury, and Wesley's red card received for hitting an opponent, Adaílton became captain for the Europa League matches.[21] On 22 December, Adaílton finished second on the vote for Gazeta Sporturilor's Liga I Foreign Footballer of the Year Award, behind teammate Wesley.[22]

On 16 June 2012, Adaílton decided to retire from professional football, in order to be with his family. He announced that he might return to Vaslui, not as a football player but as a member from the technical staff.[23]

International career

Adaílton was the top goalscorer and winner of the Golden Shoe with Brazil at the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship. His record of 6 goals in a single match stood until 2019, when it was beaten by Erling Haaland with 9.[24]

Coaching career

On 7 October 2019, he left Italian Serie D club Vigor Carpaneto by mutual consent.[25]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Juventude 1995 Série A 19 1 – – 19 1
1996 16 0 – – 16 0
Total 35 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 1
Guarani 1997 Série A 8 5 – – 8 5
Parma 1997–98 Serie A 13 2 6 1 – 2 1 – 21 4
Paris Saint-Germain 1998–99 Ligue 1 19 2 2 2 3 0 1 0 – 25 4
Hellas Verona 1999–00 Serie A 28 7 1 0 – – – 29 7
2000–01 18 4 2 1 – – 2[c] 0 22 5
2001–02 3 1 0 0 – – – 3 1
2002–03 Serie B 23 5 2 0 – – – 25 5
2003–04 23 9 1 0 – – – 24 9
2004–05 29 9 3 0 – – – 32 9
2005–06 39 15 2 1 – – – 41 16
Total 163 50 11 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 176 52
Genoa 2006–07 Serie B 26 11 4 2 – – – 30 13
Bologna 2007–08 Serie B 32 8 0 0 – – – 32 8
2008–09 Serie A 24 1 2 1 – – – 26 2
2009–10 31 11 1 0 – – – 32 11
Total 87 20 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 90 21
Vaslui 2010–11 Liga I 29 11 1 0 – 0 0 – 30 11
2011–12 30 6 4 2 – 8 0 – 42 8
Total 59 17 5 2 – 8 0 0 0 72 19
Career total 410 108 31 12 3 0 11 1 2 0 458 121
  1. ^ Includes Copa do Brasil, Coppa Italia, Coupe de France, Cupa României.
  2. ^ Includes Coupe de la Ligue.
  3. ^ Appearances in Serie A relegation play-off

Honours

Bologna

FC Vaslui

Juventude

Individual

References

  1. ^ Fabio Monti (16 January 1998). "Il Parma cambia tutto. Va via anche Adailton". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 8 April 2010.
  2. ^ Germano Mosconi (1 August 1999). "Adailton Spehar, il Verona va". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 8 April 2010.
  3. ^ "CALCIOMERCATO:MATTIA CASSANI E CRISTIAN AGNELLI IN GIALLOBLU' ANCHE NEL 2004/2005". Hellas Verona FC (in Italian). 23 June 2004. Archived from the original on 17 January 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
  4. ^ "Il Bologna ufficializza l'acquisto di Adailton". Genoa CFC (in Italian). 31 August 2007. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
  5. ^ "Adailton a semnat cu FC Vaslui" (in Romanian). ProSport. 3 August 2010.
  6. ^ "Pouga i-a salvat!" (in Romanian). ProSport. 14 August 2010.
  7. ^ "Victoria lui Lopez Caro" (in Romanian). ProSport. 13 September 2010.
  8. ^ "Salvati de Adailton" (in Romanian). ProSport. 25 September 2010.
  9. ^ "Thriller in Moldova" (in Romanian). ProSport. 15 October 2010.
  10. ^ "Ramane modest" (in Romanian). Obiectivul de Vaslui. 10 February 2011. Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  11. ^ "Provincia la putere" (in Romanian). ProSport. 7 March 2011.
  12. ^ "Punctul lui Adailton" (in Romanian). FC Vaslui. 22 March 2011. Archived from the original on 4 April 2011.
  13. ^ "Dans pe sarma" (in Romanian). ProSport. 1 April 2011.
  14. ^ "Meseriasul" (in Romanian). Vremea Noua. 26 May 2011.
  15. ^ "Adailton reprofilat" (in Romanian). Vremea Noua. 3 July 2011.
  16. ^ "S-au trezit fotbalistii" (in Romanian). Vremea Noua. 15 August 2011.
  17. ^ "Vasluiul l-a pierdut si pe Adailton" (in Romanian). Onlinesport. 16 August 2011. Archived from the original on 1 April 2012.
  18. ^ "Samba-killeri" (in Romanian). ProSport. 11 September 2011.
  19. ^ "Roma, orasul minunilor" (in Romanian). ProSport. 15 September 2011.
  20. ^ "Legea braziliana" (in Romanian). ProSport. 3 October 2011.
  21. ^ "Zmeii zmeilor" (in Romanian). Gazeta Sporturilor. 3 November 2011.
  22. ^ "Podium latin in ancheta GSP" (in Romanian). Gazeta Sporturilor. 22 December 2011.
  23. ^ "Ada se retrage" (in Romanian). Vremea Noua. 18 June 2012.
  24. ^ ESPN (30 May 2019). "espn: Norway U20 vs Honduras U20". Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  25. ^ "Serie D girone D, si separano le strade tra la Vigor Carpaneto 1922 e il tecnico Martins Adailton: torna Stefano Rossini" (Press release) (in Italian). Vigor Carpaneto. 7 October 2019.