Adriano Pereira da Silva (born 3 April 1982), known as Adriano, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a defender.
Adriano was born in Salvador, Bahia. He was signed by Palermo from Grêmio in summer 2004, but just played one league match. 50% of Adriano's registration rights was sold to Atalanta in summer 2005 after a successful 6 months loan. Along with Igor Budan they cost Atalanta â¬1.5 million as part of Stephen Makinwa's deal. Adriano was valued â¬500,000 at that time.
Atalanta bought all the rights on 1 June 2007, but sold him to Monaco on last day of the transfer window. On 12 July 2013, Monaco announced that Adriano had left the club after six years.