José Clayton

José Clayton
Personal information
Full name	José Cláyton Menezes Ribeiro
Date of birth	21 March 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth	São Luís, Brazil
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Left-back, left midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1992–1994	Moto Club
1995–1998	Étoile du Sahel
1998–2001	Bastia
2001	Stade Tunisien
2001–2005	Espérance de Tunis
2005–2006	Al Sadd
2006–2007	Sakaryaspor
2007–2008	Stade Gabèsien
International career
1998–2006	Tunisia
Managerial career
2023–2024	Espérance de Tunis (assistant)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Tunisia
Africa Cup of Nations
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	5 June 2004	Stade Olympique de Radès, Tunis	Botswana	1–0	4–1	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	26 March 2005	Stade Olympique de Radès, Tunis	Malawi	4–0	7–0
3	11 June 2005	Stade Olympique de Radès, Tunis	Guinea	1–0	2–0
4	8 October 2005	Stade Olympique de Radès, Tunis	Morocco	1–1	2–2