Cleber Oliveira

Cleber Antonio de Oliveira is a professional Brazilian football player who plays as a defender. Cleber began playing at the youth level with Santos FC. He couldn’t make the cut when it came to playing with the first team and was, instead, signed up, in 2003, by Saocarlense, a local team playing in the lower divisions.

In 2004, he moved to Caldense but his time in the lime-light would only come when he would sign up with Sao Carlos Futebol Clube, in his hometown. Between 2005 and 2009, Cleber would play over 60 games for the team, amidst three separate loan spells to Guangzhou Pharmaceutical, Mirassol and Uniao Sao Joao in 2007, 2008 and 2008-09 respectively. He would, however, win the 2005 Campeonato Paulista Segunda Divisao title as well as the 2007 China League One title in that time.

After 2009, Cleber signed up with C.D. Nacional of Portugal, but only managed 7 league starts throughout 2009-10. He returned to Brazil, early in 2010, and signed with Sao Bento, in the lower divisions. After 14 games, Cleber moved again, this time back to Sao Carlos but was immediately sent out on loan to America Futebol Clube.

Finally, in 2011, after 20 games on his loan spell, Cleber signed with Ceara Sporting Clube to play in the top flight of Brazilian football. With 20 games and a goal under his belt, Cleber is always a top contender for a starting spot at Ceara.