Clayson Henrique da Silva Vieira

Clayson stands 166 centimetres tall and has built a career largely away from Brazil's biggest stages. He began at União São João before Ituano gave him his first taste of silverware, the 2014 Campeonato Paulista. A loan to Ponte Preta, later made permanent, kept his progress going, and in May 2017 Corinthians paid roughly R$ 3.5 million plus two players to bring him in.

That move paid off. Clayson won the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A in his first season at Corinthians and was named the Brasileirão's Revelation of the Year in 2017, adding the Best Young Player award in the Campeonato Paulista before also lifting the state title in 2018 and 2019. He made 143 appearances for the club.

Bahia signed him in January 2020, acquiring 40% of his economic rights, and he won the Campeonato Baiano that year. What followed was a spell of near-constant movement: loans to Al-Faisaly in Saudi Arabia and V-Varen Nagasaki in Japan, interspersed with Cuiabá. He scored the winning goal in the 2024 Campeonato Mato-Grossense final, having already won the title with the club in 2021, and struck a key goal against Flamengo in 2023.

Mirassol brought him a Campeonato Brasileiro Série B title in 2025, after which he moved on: a free transfer to Coritiba in January 2026, followed almost immediately by a contract termination and a second free move, this time to Sport Recife. He has never been capped by the Brazilian national team.