Cristiano (footballer, born 1981)

On 15 August 2013, Cristiano arrived in Honduran club Olimpia as a last-minute reinforcement on a free transfer. He failed to make his debut under then head coach Danilo Tosello and in early-2014 his contract was terminated.

It was announced on 7 June 2011 that Cristiano would move back to Adelaide and sign with South Australian Premier League side White City FC with an aim to further his career in coaching and to aim for re-signing with his former A-League club, Adelaide United.

He was released from Adelaide after their 2010 Asian Champions League campaign after they were knocked out of the round of 16.

During the 2010–11 summer transfer window he signed a two-year contract until 2011–12, with Maltese Premier League club Tarxien Rainbows.

Cristiano moved to Australia to join A-League side Adelaide United at the start of the 2008–09 season. Adelaide had lost Nathan Burns and Bruce Djite in the off-season and were in desperate need for a permanent striker. After scoring on his debut in a pre-season match, Cristiano made his A-League debut in a 1–0 victory over Perth Glory. Cristiano was impressive in his debut, setting up the winning goal scored by Travis Dodd.

In the 2008–09 Grand Final against Melbourne Victory, Cristiano was controversially red carded in the 10th minute. However, this red card was rescinded from his record.

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After eight seasons in the Netherlands, Cristiano sought a new challenge in a foreign country and jumped at the opportunity to join Swiss giants FC Basel for their 2006–07 season under head coach Christian Gross. He played his team debut on 26 August 2006 in the Swiss Cup third round match against local club FC Liestal. Cristiano scored three goals for his new club, during the first 27 minutes of the game, as Basel advanced with the end score 6–1 to the next round. After playing in a test game, in which he also scored twice, Cristiano played his domestic league debut for the club in the home game in the St. Jakob-Park on 10 September as Basel won 2–1 against Zürich. He played his next match four days later on 14 September in the 2006–07 UEFA Cup first round first leg game against Rabotnički. In this match he also scored two goals as Basel won 6–2.

Despite this very good start with his new club, Cristiano struggled to command a regular starting spot in the team. After the winter break, he went on loan back to the Netherlands and joined Willem II of Tilburg. His loan spell with Willem II was very successful, scoring 5 goals in 12 appearances. Willem II made Cristiano's move permanent at the end of the 2006–07 season. During his time with Basel Cristiano played a total of 20 games for the team scoring a total of 11 goals. Seven of these games were in the Swiss Super League, one in the Swiss Cup, six in the 2006–07 UEFA Cup and six were friendly games. He scored one goal in the domestic league, three in the domestic cup, two in the UEFA Cup and the other five were scored during the test games.

Cristiano dos Santos Rodrigues (born 3 June 1981), commonly known as Cristiano, is a retired Brazilian footballer.