Demerson Bruno Costa (born 16 March 1986), simply known as Demerson, is a Brazilian former

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who played as a

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. In 2011, while playing for

Coritiba Foot Ball Club Coritiba Foot Ball Club, commonly known as Coritiba and colloquially referred to as heCoxa, is a List of football clubs in Brazil, Brazilian football club from Curitiba, capital city of the States of Brazil, Brazilian state of Paraná s ...

, Demerson won the Most Uninterrupted Winning Matches of the World award on

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2013 Edition. Demerson is also remembered for being part of the

Associação Chapecoense de Futebol Associação Chapecoense de Futebol, commonly known as Chapecoense, is a Brazilian Association football, football club, based in the city of Chapecó in the state of Santa Catarina (state), Santa Catarina. The club was founded in 1973 with the ...

in 2016, the team that suffered the most tragic air crash in FootBall History

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. Despite being part of the squad Demerson did not board the flight for the 2016

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final. Demerson's current club is Sarawak United in the

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Club career

After representing hometown clubs

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and

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as a youth, Demerson made his senior debut with Corinthians Alagoano in 2004. After a loan stint at

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and a short spell at

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, he signed for Série A club Cruzeiro in 2008. Demerson being loaned out to Goytacaz and Cabofriense. On 19 May 2009 he signed for

Coritiba Coritiba Foot Ball Club, commonly known as Coritiba and colloquially referred to as heCoxa, is a Brazilian football club from Curitiba, capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná. Founded in 1909 by German immigrants, it is the olde ...

. Demerson made his top tier debut on 24 May 2009, in

he achieved national recognition in football. Where he captured two State League titles in

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(2010,2012) and National Title of

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in 2010. And he reached the incredible

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record "World's Most Victorious Team" in 2011 totaling twenty-four consecutive wins. On 22 January 2013, Demerson signed a two-year contract with

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. He was an undisputed starter for the club during the 2014 season, he was elected the best defender of the

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in 2014 season, he captured one State League title in

On 19 February 2015 Demerson moved abroad, after agreeing to a contract with

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side Jiangxi Liansheng F.C. where he was captain in 2015 season and played in thirty-one matches. On 29 February of the following year he returned to his home country, signing for

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, but left the club on 4 May 2016 after being hired by

. On 12 May 2016, Demerson joined Chapecoense. Demerson did not board

LaMia Airlines Flight 2933 LaMia Flight 2933 was a Air charter, charter flight of an Avro RJ85, operated by LaMia, that on 28 November 2016 crashed near Medellín, Colombia, killing 71 of the 77 people on board. The aircraft was transporting the first-team squad of Brazili ...

for the 2016 Copa Sudamericana Finals, which crashed and killed 19 of his teammates. Chapecoense named

winners after plane crash. As a result, Demerson left Brazil and signing with

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for the

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and

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, he returned to

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as a new signing for Sarawak United in the

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Post retirement

After retiring in April 2022, Demerson was appointed chief scout at Borneo Samarinda in July.

Career statistics

Source:

Honours

;Coritiba *Winner of

: 2010 and 2012 *Winner of

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*Co Winner of

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: 2011 and 2012 ;Bahia *Winner of

: 2014 *Individual Award of Best Central Defender in

: 2014 ;Chapecoense *Winner of internacional

: 2016 ;Bali United * Co Winner of

Indonesia President's Cup The Piala Presiden () is an annual pre-season association football tournament held in Indonesia and organized by the Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI). Liga 1 clubs are entitled to participate. The inaugural tournament was held in 2015 to ...

: 2018

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Demerson 1986 births Living people Footballers from Belo Horizonte Men's association football central defenders Brazilian men's footballers Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Sport Club Corinthians Alagoano players Associação Atlética Luziânia players Cruzeiro EC players Goytacaz Futebol Clube players Associação Desportiva Cabofriense players Coritiba Foot Ball Club players Botafogo Futebol Clube (SP) players Esporte Clube Bahia players Paraná Clube players Associação Chapecoense de Futebol players Jiangxi Lushan F.C. players Sarawak FA State Football Team players Bali United F.C. players Persela Lamongan players Sarawak United FC players China League One players Malaysia Super League players Malaysia Premier League players Liga 1 (Indonesia) players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in China Expatriate men's footballers in China Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia Expatriate men's footballers in Malaysia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia Expatriate men's footballers in Indonesia 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen