Cristian Martins Cabral

Cristian Martins Cabral (born 28 August 1979 in Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul), simply known as Cristian, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.

Cristian
Personal information
Full name Cristian Martins Cabral
Date of birth (1979-08-28) 28 August 1979
Place of birth Uruguaiana, Brazil
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2000 Velo Clube
2001 Guarani
2002–2003 Juventus
2004 Ituano
2004 Paraná 30 (7)
2005–2007 Palmeiras 52 (2)
2006 → Coritiba (loan) 27 (5)
2007 → Náutico (loan) 4 (1)
2007 → Fortaleza (loan) 16 (1)
2008 Paraná 14 (2)
2009 Vitória 0 (0)
2009 Fortaleza 20 (2)
2010 Ituano 0 (0)
2010 Khazar Lankaran 22 (1)
2011 Bragantino 0 (0)
2011–2012 Itumbiara 6 (1)
2012 Treze 14 (2)
2013 Cerâmica 12 (0)
2013 Treze 16 (3)
2014–2015 Ituano 9 (1)
2015 → Ponte Preta (loan) 13 (0)
2016 Ponte Preta 9 (0)
2016–2017 Paraná 5 (0)
2017 Velo Clube 0 (0)
2017 Mogi Mirim 6 (0)
2018 Aparecidense 0 (0)
2019 Santo André 0 (0)
2019 Ferroviária 5 (0)
2020 Ferroviária 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:43, 18 September 2020 (UTC)

Career

Early career

Cristian started his professional career on Velo Clube, a club from Rio Claro, São Paulo. During the period of 1999-2004 he got some highlight while playing the Campeonato Paulista, which lately earned him spells in other traditional clubs such as Guarani, Juventus and Ituano.

Playing for Ituano, where he played the Campeonato Brasileiro Serie B, he started to get the spotlights. In 2004, he was then sold to Paraná.

Paraná

Hired by the club, Cristian soon started to highlight himself in the team, where he played the Campeonato Paranaense, Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A and Copa Sudamericana of that year.

Besides of Paraná's only regular season in Serie A, it was in the club where his career was launched on national range. Due to his performance and regularity on that year, he was nominated for Bola de Prata (Silver Ball) award by Placar Magazine as best midfielder.[1]

His good plays soon drew attention of big Brazilian clubs and also from Europe, which disputed his hiring. Until finally in January 2005 he was hired by Palmeiras.[2]

Cristian would return to Paraná in 2008, where he played the Campeonato Paranaense and Campeonato Brasileiro Serie B of that year.

Palmeiras

On Palmeiras, Cristian arrived as a big promise due to his performance on last year. During his spell in the club, he played the Campeonato Paulista in 2005 and 2006; Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A and Copa Libertadores.

The player always had good presentations while playing for the club. However, due to the 1st team concurrence (specially with Juninho Paulista) he ended up not being much used and by the second half of 2006 he went to Coritiba on loan.

Coritiba

Cristian arrived on Coritiba with the mission to return the club to the Serie A of Campeonato Brasileiro, because the club was relegated to Serie B in 2005. The player was one of the most important players in the squad and was constantly criticized by Coritiba fans (sometimes in excess). However, on that year the club ended up in 6th and was not promoted to Serie A again. Cristian did not have his contract renewed and was then repassed on loan to Náutico.

Fortaleza

After a brief spell on Náutico, where he played the Copa do Brasil and was not much used on 1st team, Cristian was repassed on loan to Fortaleza. Just like in past clubs, he was one of the main players of the squad, also with the mission to return the club to the Serie A of Campeonato Brasileiro. Even with good presentations on Serie B, the club was not promoted to Serie A, ending on 5th place.

The player would return in 2009 to play the Serie B.[3] An injury messed up with his second spell on the club and the team had a bad season, ending on 18th place and being relegated to Serie C.

Khazar Lankaran

In 2010, Cristian had his first experience abroad playing for FK Khazar Lankaran[4] from Azerbaijan. At the club, which already had some Brazilian players on the squad, he played the 2009–10 Azerbaijan Premier League and the 2009–10 Azerbaijan Cup. In the Cup, FK Khazar Lankaran finished as runner-up, getting a slot to the 1st qualifying round of 2010–11 UEFA Europa League.

Itumbiara

After returning from Azerbaijan, Cristian had a brief spell on Bragantino, where he played the Campeonato Paulista in 2011. In the same year, he moved to Itumbiara. At the club, he played 3 important competitions for the team: the 2nd Division of Campeonato Goiano, where the club was the runner-up and thus reaching the main division; Campeonato Brasileiro Serie D in 2011, where the club reached the round of 16; and the 1st Division of Campeonato Goiano in 2012, where the club finished in 5th place.

Treze

Cristian arrived on Treze for the Campeonato Brasileiro Serie C of 2012. There he rapidly became the club's playmaker, creating the main plays and doing several assistances for goals. The club finished the competition in 5th place on group stage and did not reach playoffs, but stayed on Serie C for next year.

After a brief spell on Cerâmica, the player returned to the club for the Serie C of 2013. Captain and considered the best player on squad, Cristian led the team during the season which took the club to Quarter Finals, being beaten by Vila Nova and thus losing a slot to access Serie B in 2014.

Honours
Vitória
Ituano

References
  1. R$2 milhões para tirar Cristian do Paraná - Paraná Online (in Portuguese)
  2. Palmeiras acerta a contratação de Cristian - Terra Esportes (in Portuguese)
  3. Fortaleza apresenta meia Cristian - Jangadeiro Online (in Portuguese)
  4. Khazar-Lenkoran sign Brazilian forward Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine - News.Az
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