Jesus Cleiton Pereira da Silva (born 20 January 1973), better known as Itaqui, is a Brazilian former professional footballer and manager, who played as a right back.
Revealed by the youth sectors of Juventude, a team for which he has enormous identification, he was champion of Série B in 1994, the first title of the Parmalat era.
In 1997 he was hired by Grêmio to replace Francisco Arce, and also played improvised as a midfielder, standing out even against the young Ronaldinho.
[1][2] He also had a successful spell at Vila Nova, where he won the state championship in 2005, and ended his career at Garibaldi in 2011.
Itaqui became a professional coach and managed the Marau and Caçador teams, in the smaller divisions.