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Adriano Leite Ribeiro

Adriano
Adriano 2009.jpg
Adriano in 2009
Personal information
Full name Adriano Leite Ribeiro
Date of birth (1982-02-17) 17 February 1982 (age 34)
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
Miami United
Number 10
Youth career
1997–1999 Flamengo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2001 Flamengo 24 (10)
2001–2002 Inter Milan 8 (1)
2002 Fiorentina (loan) 15 (6)
2002–2004 Parma 37 (23)
2004–2009 Inter Milan 103 (44)
2008 São Paulo (loan) 28 (17)
2009–2010 Flamengo 32 (19)
2010–2011 Roma 5 (0)
2011–2012 Corinthians 4 (1)
2014 Atlético Paranaense 1 (0)
2016 Miami United 0 (0)
Total 241 (107)
National team
1999 Brazil U17 5 (0)
2001–2002 Brazil U20 9 (6)
2000–2010 Brazil 48 (27)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 December 2016.



* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 December 2016.

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.


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