 During a turbulent period for the club, Cléo managed to score 12 goals in 24 appearances (league and cup) that season.He eventually left Red Star after the club was not able to pay a transfer fee of €800,000.On 19 June 2009, Cléo signed a four-year contract with Partizan, becoming the first player to join the club from arch-rivals Red Star in more than 20 years (the last was Goran Milojević in 1988).