Ailton Canela

Ailton Cesar Junior Alves da Silva (18 November 1994 – 28 November 2016), known as Ailton Canela or simply Canela, was a Brazilian footballer who played for Chapecoense.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Alves and the second or paternal family name is da Silva.

Ailton Canela
Personal information
Full name Ailton Cesar Junior Alves da Silva
Date of birth (1994-11-18)18 November 1994
Place of birth Matão, Brazil
Date of death 28 November 2016(2016-11-28) (aged 22)
Place of death La Unión, Colombia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2010–2012 Inter de Bebedouro
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012 Inter de Bebedouro 1 (0)
2013 Vitória-ES 7 (0)
2013–2015 Monte Azul 23 (2)
2014 → Olímpia (loan) 18 (2)
2015–2016 Botafogo-SP 9 (2)
2016 Cianorte 0 (0)
2016 → Chapecoense (loan) 4 (0)
Total 62 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Canela was one of the 71 people who died in LaMia Airlines Flight 2933 accident, including 18 of his teammates.

Club career

Canela was born in Matão, São Paulo, and joined Internacional de Bebedouro through a youth programme held in his hometown, in 2010.[1] He made his senior debut on 29 February 2012, coming on as a substitute in a 1–0 Campeonato Paulista Série A2 away win against Osvaldo Cruz.[2]

Canela signed for Vitória-ES ahead of the 2013 season. In the middle of the year, however, he moved to Monte Azul to play in the year's Copa Paulista.

In July 2014, Canela was loaned to Olímpia until the end of the year. Returning in the following January,[3] he became a starter before joining Botafogo-SP on 30 June 2015.[4]

Canela became a starter for Bota during the end of the campaign, scoring two goals as his side achieved promotion as champions. On 12 January 2016, after failing to agree new terms, he signed a pre-contract with Cianorte.[5]

On 9 June 2016, Canela was loaned to Série A club Chapecoense until December.[6] He made his debut in the category on 4 August, replacing Hyoran in a 1–1 home draw against Palmeiras.[7]

Death

On 28 November 2016, when Chapecoense were en route to the first leg of the 2016 Copa Sudamericana Finals to play against Atlético Nacional, Canela was among the fatalities of the LaMia Airlines Flight 2933 accident in the Colombian village of Cerro Gordo, La Unión, Antioquia.[8]

Club statistics
As of 27 November 2016[9]
Club Season League State League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Inter de Bebedouro 2012 Paulista A3 —10———10
Vitória-ES 2013 Capixaba —70———70
Monte Azul 2013 Paulista A2 ————9[lower-alpha 1]191
2014 —60———60
2015 —172———172
Total —232——91323
Olímpia (loan) 2014 Paulista 2ª Divisão —182———182
Botafogo-SP 2015 Série D 92————92
Chapecoense 2016 Série A 40—002[lower-alpha 2]0—60
Career total 132494002091737
  1. Appearance(s) in Copa Paulista
  2. Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana

Honours
Botafogo-SP
Chapecoense

References
  1. "'Ele nasceu para jogar bola', diz pai de Ailton Canela, morto em queda de avião" ['He was born to play football', says Ailton Canela's father, dead in plane crash] (in Portuguese). CBN. 29 November 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  2. "Osvaldo Cruz 0 x 1 Inter de Bebedouro – Inter vence fora e entra no G8 da A3" [Osvaldo Cruz 0–1 Inter de Bebedouro – Inter win away from home and get inside G8 of the A3] (in Portuguese). Futebol Interior. 29 February 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  3. "Com retorno de "base" do Olímpia, Monte Azul tem meio time para A2" [With the return of Olímpia's "base", Monte Azul have a half team for the A2] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  4. "Botafogo apresenta oficialmente Rodrigo Thiesen e Canela" [Botafogo officially present Rodrigo Thiesen and Canela] (in Portuguese). Botafogo FC. 30 June 2015. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  5. "Paulistão: Canela deixa o Botafogo e acerta com o Cianorte-PR" [Paulistão: Canela leaves Botafogo and signs with Cianorte-PR] (in Portuguese). Futebol Interior. 12 January 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  6. "As jovens apostas do Verdão" [The young prospects of Verdão] (in Portuguese). Chapecoense. 9 June 2016. Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  7. "Com goleiros como protagonistas, Chapecoense e Palmeiras empatam em SC" [With goalkeepers as protagonists, Chapecoense and Palmeiras draw in SC] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  8. "Jogador de Matão estava em avião da Chapecoense que caiu na Colômbia" [Matão-born player was in Chapecoense's plane who crashed in Colombia] (in Portuguese). G1. 29 November 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  9. Ailton Canela at Soccerway. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  10. "CONMEBOL otorga el título de campeón de la Sudamericana 2016 a Chapecoense y reconoce a Atlético Nacional con el premio del centenario de la CONMEBOL al Fair Play" [CONMEBOL awards 2016 South American champion title to Chapecoense and bestows Atlético Nacional with CONMEBOL century Fair Play award] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 5 December 2016. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
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