Australia NewsCristiano Signs For Adelaide |
EXCLUSIVE: Adelaide United have strengthened their attacking options with the capture of Willem II’s Brazilian striker Cristiano for the next two seasons.
The 26-year-old put pen to paper a two year deal with the club late on Friday night and is set to form a strike partnership with the Reds' marquee signing Paul Agostino.The exit of Bruce Djite earlier this week paved the way for the forward to land in Australia.
Cristiano dos Santos Rodrigues is a Rio-born forward who’s played 20 times for the Eredivisie club over the last two seasons where he's scored six times.
This stint included a loan spell at Swiss club Basle, where he played twice in the UEFA Cup scoring twice. He also turned out five times in the Swiss Super League for the club.
The Brazilian has a good record in Dutch football over the last seven seasons. After scoring nine times in 18 games for NAC Breda in 2001/02 he transferred to Roda JC where he played 61 games over the ensuring four seasons scoring 33 times. He moved to Willem in 2006.
Aurelio Vidmar however is still looking at Daniel McBreen, who arrived a couple of days ago from Scotland. The former St Johnstone, Falkirk and Newcastle United NSL striker last played in Australia six years.
The Cristiano deal was brokered by Elite Sports Properties’ Richie Hinton.
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