[3] Aderlan scored his first senior goal on 20 September 2009, netting the game's only through a penalty in an away success over Queimadense [pt], for the year's Copa Paraíba; in that competition, the club used a "B-team".
[8] A regular starter, he was loaned to CSA for the 2013 Série D,[9] but only featured in one match before having his federative rights assigned to Santa Rita, after the club merged with Corinthians for the 2014 season.
Aderlan moved abroad for the first time in his career on 4 June 2014, after agreeing to a two-year loan deal with Portuguese Primeira Liga side Académica de Coimbra.
[10] He made his debut abroad on 14 September, starting in a 1–0 away loss against Boavista FC,[11] and scored his first goal on 2 November in a 1–1 home draw against SC Braga.
[21] A regular starter during the 2024 Campeonato Paulista, Aderlan subsequently lost his starting spot to youth graduate JP Chermont before suffering a knee injury in July which sidelined him for the remainder of the year.