Jairo is a common Spanish name. Notable people with this name include:
People
Association football
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Francisco Jairo Silva Santos
Francisco Jairo Silva Santos (born 31 January 1988 in Picos, Piauí), commonly called as Jairo, is a Brazilian football player at the position of midfielder for Ríver on loan from Campinense.
Jairo played for Santa Cruz and Figueirense
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(born 1988), Brazilian footballer
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Jairo Aguirre
Jairo Aguirre Vargas (born 8 March 1956) is a Colombian former footballer who played as a striker.
Career
Aguirre played for Deportivo Pereira and Deportes Tolima.
He made two international appearances for Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), offic ...
(born 1956), Colombian footballer
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Jairo Álvarez Gutiérrez (born 1986), Spanish footballer
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Jairo Ampudia
Jairo Aurelio Ampudia Perea (born 14 February 1966) is a Colombian former footballer who played as a defender.
Career
Born in Cali, Ampudia played for América de Cali, Unión Magdalena, Atlético Bucaramanga, Millonarios, Cúcuta Deportivo, Cor ...
(born 1966), Colombian footballer
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Jairo Arboleda (born 1947), Colombian footballer
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Jairo Arias
Jairo Arias Serna (born 2 November 1938) was a Colombian footballer. He was a member of the Colombia national football team at the 1962 FIFA World Cup which was held in Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the we ...
(born 1938), Colombian footballer
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Jairo Arreola (born 1985), Guatemalan footballer
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Jairo Arrieta (born 1983), Costa Rican footballer
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Jairo Luis Blumer
Jairo Luis Blumer (born December 31, 1986 in Campinas
Campinas (, ''Plains'' or ''Meadows'') is a Brazilian municipality in São Paulo State, part of the country's Southeast Region. According to the 2020 estimate, the city's population is 1,21 ...
(born 1986), Brazilian footballer
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Jairo Campos
Jayro Rolando Campos León (born July 18, 1984) is an Ecuadorian former football defender.
Club career
Early career
Campos rose through the youth ranks at Guayaquil club Barcelona Sporting Club. However, he never played for the senior. He in ...
(born 1984), Ecuadorian footballer
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Jairo Castillo
Jairo Fernando "El Tigre" (The Tiger) Castillo Cortés (born 17 November 1977) is a retired Colombian football player. He has played for a number of clubs in Colombia, Argentina, Spain, Cyprus and Uruguay.
Club career
Castillo started his playi ...
(born 1977), Colombian footballer
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Jairo Henríquez (born 1993), Salvadorian footballer
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Jairo Jiménez (born 1993), Panamanian footballer
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Jairo de Macedo da Silva (born 1992), Brazilian footballer
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Jairo Montaño (born 1979), Ecuadorian footballer
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Jairo Martínez
Jairo Manfredo Martínez Puerto (born 14 May 1978) is a Honduran former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Club career
Nicknamed ''el Kiki'', Martínez started his professional career at F.C. Motagua with whom he would spend the ...
(born 1978), Honduran footballer
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Jairo do Nascimento (1946–2019), Brazilian footballer
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Jairo Neto
Jairo Pinheiro Palmeira Neto (born 4 March 1994), simply known as Jairo Neto, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward.
Despite having no links with East Timor, he had been naturalised and played for the country's national team between ...
(born 1994), Brazilian/East Timorese footballer
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Jairo Palomino
Jairo Fabián Palomino Sierra (born August 2, 1988) is a Colombian footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or centre back for Unión Magdalena .
Club career
Atlético Nacional
2011
Palomino played 16 matches and scored a single goal, ...
(born 1988), Colombian footballer
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Jairo Patiño
Jairo Leonard Patiño Rosero (born 5 April 1978) is a Colombian retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Club career
Nicknamed ''El Viejo'', Patiño started his career in 1999 at his hometown club Deportivo Cali. He moved to ...
(born 1978), Colombian footballer
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Jairo Pérez (born 1976), Guatemalan footballer
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Jairo Puerto
Jairo Daniel Puerto Herrera (born December 28, 1988) is a Honduran football player who currently plays as a forward for NASL side Puerto Rico FC.
Club career
In early 2017, Puerto joined Liga Nacional de Fútbol side Honduras Progresso, but ...
(born 1988), Honduran footballer
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Jaïro Riedewald (born 1996), Dutch footballer
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Jairo Samperio
Jairo Samperio Bustara (born 11 July 1993), known simply as Jairo, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Hungarian club Budapest Honvéd FC.
Club career Racing Santander
Born in Cabezón de la Sal, Cantabria, Jairo ...
(born 1993), Spanish footballer
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Jairo Sanchez-Scott
Jairo Geovanny Sanchez-Scott (born 10 December 1987) is a Caymanian footballer who plays as a midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up att ...
(born 1987), Cayman Islands footballer
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Jairo Suárez
Jairo Andrés Suárez Carvajal (born March 24, 1985) is a Colombian retired footballer.
Career
Born in Bogotá, Suárez began playing football with Santa Fe. He made his professional debut for Santa Fe with a substitute's appearance against ...
(born 1985), Colombian footballer
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John Jairo Castillo
John Jairo Castillo (born April 20, 1984) is a Colombian footballer who plays as a striker, most recently for Cultural Santa Rosa in the Peruvian Segunda División.
Castillo's first name is sometimes spelled Jhon and his nickname is "Tigrillo". ...
(born 1984), Colombian footballer
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John Jairo Culma
Jhon Jairo Culma (born 17 March 1981), sometimes spelled as John Jairo Culma, is a Colombian former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
Career
Born in Florida, Valle del Cauca, Culma was raised in Ortigal, Cauca. He began playing ...
(born 1981), Colombian footballer
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John Jairo Ruiz
John Jairo Ruiz Barrantes (born January 10, 1994) is a Costa Rican footballer who plays for Herediano.
Club career
C.D. Saprissa
John Jairo began his career with C.D. Saprissa in 2011, scoring one goal against San Carlos on 11 September 201 ...
(born 1994), Costa Rican footballer
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John Jairo Tréllez
John Jairo Tréllez Valencia (; born 29 April 1968) is a retired Colombian footballer. A striker, he played most of his career with Atlético Nacional of Medellín. He has a son, also a striker, Santiago Tréllez.
Career
Tréllez was born in ...
(born 1968), Colombian footballer
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John Jairo Ulloque
John Jairo Ulloque Pérez (born May 11, 1986) is a Colombian football midfield, who currently plays for Millonarios
Millonarios Fútbol Club is a professional Colombian football team based in Bogotá, that currently plays in the Categoría P ...
(born 1986), Colombian footballer
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Juan Jairo Galeano
Juan Jairo Galeano Restrepo (born 12 August 1962) is a Colombian former footballer who played as a striker.
Career
Born in Andes, Galeano played for Atlético Nacional, Millonarios, Envigado, Independiente Medellín and Deportivo Pereira.
He ma ...
(born 1962), Colombian footballer
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Jairo
Jairo is a common Spanish name. Notable people with this name include:
People Association football
*Francisco Jairo Silva Santos (born 1988), Brazilian footballer
* Jairo Aguirre (born 1956), Colombian footballer
*Jairo Álvarez Gutiérrez (born ...
(born 1949), Argentine singer
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Jairo Clopatofsky
Jairo Raúl Clopatofsky Ghisays (born 20 October 1961) is a Colombian politician. A Party of the U politician, Clopatofsky had served in the Congress of Colombia, as Senator and as Representative for the Capital District, and most recently as t ...
(born 1961), Colombian politician
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Jairo Cossio (born 1970), Colombian weightlifter
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Jairo Duzant (born 1979), sprinter from the Netherlands Antilles
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Jairo Guedz, lead guitar player of Brazilian heavy metal band Sepultura
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Jairo Hernández (born 1972), Colombian cyclist
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Jairo Labourt
Jairo Snaider Labourt (born March 7, 1994) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers.
Career Toronto Blue Jays
Labourt signed with the Toronto Blue ...
(born 1994), Dominican baseball pitcher
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Jairo Miguel Jairo Miguel (born Jairo Miguel Sanchez Alonso, March 5, 1993) is a Torero, bullfighter child prodigy.
Miguel first began practicing bullfighting at the young age of six. He was signed to professionally fight bulls at the age of 12 in Mexico, becau ...
(born 1993), Spanish bullfighter
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Jairo Penaranda
Jairo Alonso Penaranda (born June 15, 1958) is a Colombian former American football running back for the Los Angeles Rams and the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He also played in the United States Football League (USF ...
(born 1958), American football running back
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Jairo Pérez (born 1973), Colombian track and road cyclist
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Jairo Salas
Jairo Alonso Cano Salas Atehortúa (born June 2, 1984 in Amagá, Antioquia) is a Colombian professional road racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI Continental team .
Major results
;2005
: 1st Stage 1 Clásico RCN
;2006
: Vuelta a Guatemala
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(born 1984), Colombian road cyclist
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Jairo Varela
Grupo Niche is a salsa group founded in 1978 in Bogotá, Colombia. In 1982, the group settled in the city of Cali, Colombia, enjoying great popularity throughout Latin America. It was founded by Jairo Varela and Alexis Lozano. Varela remained w ...
(born 1949), Colombian musician, composer and songwriter of Salsa music and other tropical genres
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