Born in Belém, Pará, Hadson began playing football in Corinthians' youth system.

He resumed playing in Brazil enjoying spells with Paysandu and Pinheirense before joining Brasil de Pelotas in 2010.

[5] In May 2021, Hadson was hired to be head coach of Grêmio Barueri, a former national topflight team, currently at the 4th division in the state of São Paulo,[6] but left the club in August, after alleging that "promises were not fulfilled".

[7] In 2022, he agreed to take over Santos-AP, but preferred to participate in the reality show Power Couple Brasil 6 with his wife Eliza Fagundes, being the eighth eliminated from the program with 18.17% of the public vote to save against Adryana Ribeiro & Albert Bressan (29.24%) and Brenda Paixão & Matheus Sampaio (52.59%).

[10] He later moved to Andorra after taking over FC Pas de la Casa, and led the club to the final of the 2024 Copa Constitució.