Adriano (footballer, born 1982)
Adriano in 2009
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Adriano Leite Ribeiro | ||
| Date of birth | 17 February 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–1999 | Flamengo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2001 | Flamengo | 24 | (17) |
| 2001–2002 | Inter Milan | 16 | (10) |
| 2002 | → Fiorentina (loan) | 15 | (10) |
| 2002–2004 | Parma | 37 | (23) |
| 2004–2009 | Inter Milan | 115 | (47) |
| 2008 | → São Paulo (loan) | 21 | (11) |
| 2009–2010 | Flamengo | 32 | (19) |
| 2010–2011 | Roma | 12 | (15) |
| 2011–2012 | Corinthians | 27 | (18) |
| 2014 | Atlético Paranaense | 19 | (5) |
| 2016 | Miami United | 25 | (8) |
| Total | 241 | (107) | |
| National team | |||
| 1999 | Brazil U17 | 5 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Brazil U20 | 9 | (6) |
| 2000–2010 | Brazil | 50 | (29) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 January 2017. |
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Adriano Leite Ribeiro (born 17 February 1982), commonly known as simply Adriano, is a former Brazilian professional footballer who last played for Miami United. A talented and powerful striker, Adriano's career has however been marked by inconsistency. His main titles are four Scudetti for Inter Milan, two Brasileirão for Flamengo and for Corinthians and a FIFA Confederations Cup and Copa América for Brazil. During his time in Italy, he earned the nickname L'Imperatore (the Emperor).
Adriano started his career in 1999 on Flamengo's youth squad and earned promotion to the senior squad one year later. He made his team debut on February 2, 2000, a Torneio Rio-São Paulo match against Botafogo. He scored a goal against São Paulo in the same competition 4 days later.
Despite signing a two-year contract with Flamengo in June 2000, he secured a move to Inter Milan for the 2001–02 season. Inter sold another half of Vampeta to PSG (ultimately to Flamengo from PSG for undisclosed fee) for €9.757 million in exchange for Adriano who was valued €13.189 million.
Adriano scored his first goal with the club against Real Madrid in a friendly match as a substitute.
Adriano was loaned to Fiorentina for the 2001–02 season, after which a two-year co-ownership deal with Parma was agreed, for €8.8 million, in order to acquire Fabio Cannavaro which also included another half of Matteo Ferrari for €5.7 million He formed an impressive striking duo with Adrian Mutu, scoring 22 goals in 36 appearances. He missed the month of November 2003 due to injury.
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