Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kléber Giacomazzi de Souza Freitas | ||
Date of birth | 12 August 1983 | ||
Place of birth | Osasco, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Playing position | Forward / Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Coritiba | ||
Number | 83 | ||
Youth career | |||
1994–2002 | São Paulo | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2003 | São Paulo | 45 | (10) |
2004–2009 | Dynamo Kyiv | 104 | (37) |
2008 | → Palmeiras (loan) | 30 | (8) |
2009–2010 | Cruzeiro | 19 | (9) |
2010–2011 | Palmeiras | 41 | (11) |
2011–2015 | Grêmio | 62 | (11) |
2014 | → Vasco da Gama (loan) | 14 | (4) |
2015– | Coritiba | 37 | (10) |
National team | |||
2003 | Brazil U20 | 7 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 November 2016. |
Kléber Giacomazzi de Souza Freitas (born 12 August 1983), known simply as Kléber, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward and striker for Coritiba.
Kléber started his career playing for São Paulo, in 2003. The young forward – he was 20 years old – shined in 2003 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, when tricolor paulista finished in a 3rd place, and in 2003 Copa Sudamericana, competition that the club was eliminated in semifinals, against Argentinian side River Plate. In December, Kléber also won the 2003 FIFA U-20 World Cup, along with others future Brazilian soccer stars, such as Nilmar, Dagoberto, Daniel Alves and Jefferson.
In 2004, Kléber was sold to Ukrainian side Dynamo Kyiv for US$2 million. On 14 January, the player was presented in his new club.
In 2008, after four years playing in Europe, he came back to Brazil, being loaned out to Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras from FC Dynamo Kyiv.
He was part of the transfer of Guilherme to Dynamo which sent Kléber in the opposite direction to Cruzeiro in February 2009 arriving from Palmeiras. He signed a contract until February 2014.