Itaqui (footballer, born 1973)

(Redirected from Jesus Cleiton Pereira da Silva) Brazilian footballer

Itaqui
Personal information
Full name	Jesus Cleiton Pereira da Silva
Date of birth	(1973-01-20) 20 January 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth	Itaqui, Brazil
Position(s)	Right back
Youth career
1990–1992	Juventude
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1992–1997	Juventude
1998–2001	Grêmio	189	(15)
2002	Juventude
2003–2005	Vila Nova
2006	Novo Hamburgo
2006	Ulbra
2007	Glória
2009	Ypiranga-RS
2010–2011	Garibaldi
Managerial career
2016	Marau
2017–2019	Juventude (U17)
2019–2020	Caçador
2022–	Grêmio (U17)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 May 2024

Jesus Cleiton Pereira da Silva (born 20 January 1973), better known as Itaqui, is a Brazilian former professional footballer and manager, who played as a right back.

Career

Revealed by the youth sectors of Juventude, a team for which he has enormous identification, he was champion of Série B in 1994, the first title of the Parmalat era. In 1997 he was hired by Grêmio to replace Francisco Arce, and also played improvised as a midfielder, standing out even against the young Ronaldinho. He also had a successful spell at Vila Nova, where he won the state championship in 2005, and ended his career at Garibaldi in 2011.

Managerial career

Itaqui became a professional coach and managed the Marau and Caçador teams, in the smaller divisions. He also manages Juventude's under-17 teams, and currently leads Grêmio in this category.