Delson Ferreira (born 26 July 1980), known as Delson, is a Brazilian retired

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who played as

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. He also held a

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Football career

Born in

Uberaba Uberaba () is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is located in the Brazilian Highlands at an elevation of 823 metres (2,700 ft) above sea level on the Uberaba River, and is situated 418 kilometres (260 mi) from the state c ...

Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil, being the fourth largest state by area and the second largest in number of inhabitants with a population of 20,539,989 according to the 2022 Brazilian census, 2022 census. Located in ...

, Delson began playing with

Grêmio Esportivo Inhumense Grêmio Esportivo Inhumense, commonly known as Grêmio Inhumense, was a Brazilian football club based in Inhumas, Goiás state. It competed once in the Série C. History The club was founded on March 15, 1999. It competed in the Série C in 2 ...

, moving to

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it share ...

in 2001 to represent

S.C. Salgueiros Sport Comércio e Salgueiros (), commonly known as simply Salgueiros, is a Portuguese multi-sports club from the city of Porto, in the northern region of the country. Its most well-known department is its football department but the multi-sport ...

(by then in the

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (), also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Portugal and the highest level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga ...

). He made his debut in the competition on 16 September 2001, playing 90 minutes in a 1–0 home win against

S.C. Braga Sporting Clube de Braga (), commonly known as Sporting de Braga or just Braga, is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Braga. Best known for the men's professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese foo ...

. As the club from Paranhos folded after the 2003–04 season, Delson joined

Rio Ave FC Rio Ave Futebol Clube, commonly known as Rio Ave (), is a Portuguese professional football club based in Vila do Conde, that competes in the Primeira Liga. The club is named after the Ave River, which flows through the town and into the Atlant ...

, where he became an instant first-choice. After suffering relegation in

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, he contributed with 24 matches and two goals to the team's return to the top division after two years. In late June 2009, Delson signed with

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's Athlitiki Enosi Larissa FC. In January of the following year, however, he returned to Portugal, helping lowly

S.C. Olhanense Sporting Clube Olhanense (), commonly known as Olhanense, is a Portuguese sports club from Olhão, Algarve. Its Association football, football team was founded on 27 April 1912 and currently plays in the Algarve Football Association Portuguese Di ...

retain its top flight status and moving to the

Algarve The Algarve (, , ) is the southernmost NUTS statistical regions of Portugal, NUTS II region of continental Portugal. It has an area of with 467,495 permanent inhabitants and incorporates 16 municipalities (concelho, ''concelhos'' or ''município ...

side permanently at end of the campaign.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ferreira, Delson 1980 births Living people Footballers from Uberaba Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players S.C. Salgueiros players Rio Ave F.C. players S.C. Olhanense players Associação Naval 1º de Maio players Super League Greece players Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C. players Vitória FC (Riboque) players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in São Tomé and Príncipe Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in São Tomé and Príncipe 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen