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 (soccer), football player at the position of midfielder (football), midfielder for Ríver Atlético Clube, Ríver on loan from ...
(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
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(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, ...
(born 1966), Colombian footballer
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Jairo Arboleda
Oscar Jairo Arboleda (born 20 September 1947) is a Colombian former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
Career
Born in Tuluá, Arboleda played for Deportivo Pereira, Deportivo Cali, Portuguesa, Cristal Caldas and Deportes Qui ...
(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
Jairo Arrieta Obando (born 25 August 1983) is a Costa Rican professional footballer, who plays as a forward for A.D.R. Jicaral.
Club career Costa Rica
Arrieta was born in Nicoya, Costa Rica. Before moving to Deportivo Saprissa, he played for ...
(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 (born 1984), Ecuadorian footballer
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Jairo Castillo (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
Jairo Montaño (born July 9, 1979) is a football defender. He currently plays for Barcelona Sporting Club
Barcelona Sporting Club () is an Ecuadorian sports club based in Guayaquil, known best for its professional football team. Internat ...
(born 1979), Ecuadorian footballer
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Jairo Martínez (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 betwee ...
(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 (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
Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward.
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(born 1988), Honduran footballer
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Jaïro Riedewald
Jaïro Jocquim Riedewald (born 9 September 1996) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for club Crystal Palace.
Club career Ajax 2013–14
On 15 March 2013, Riedewald signed his first professional contract wi ...
(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, ...
(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. He has represented the Cayman Islands during World Cup qualifying matches in 2011
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Living people
1987 births
Caymanian m ...
(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
The Liga 2 (Ligue 2) of Peru is the second-highest division in the Peruvian foot ...
(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 (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 T ...
(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 in Categoría Primera A
The Categoría Primera A (), commonly referred to as Liga BetPlay Dimayor (between 2015 and 2019 ''L ...
(born 1986), Colombian footballer
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Juan Jairo Galeano (born 1962), Colombian footballer
Other
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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 a ...
(born 1961), Colombian politician
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Jairo Cossio
Jairo Anibal Cossio Zapata (born 3 July 1970, in Antioquia) is a retired male weightlifter from Colombia. He won a bronze medal for his native South American country at the 2003 Pan American Games
The 2003 Pan American Games were held in S ...
(born 1970), Colombian weightlifter
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Jairo Duzant
Jairo Duzant (born 1 August 1979 in Willemstad) is a track and field sprinter from Curaçao. His personal best times are 10.37 seconds over 100 metres and 20.78 seconds over 200 metres
The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a spri ...
(born 1979), sprinter from the Netherlands Antilles
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Jairo Guedz
Jairo Guedes Braga (born 25 November 1968), known professionally as Jairo Guedz, is a Brazilian guitarist and bassist, currently playing guitar for The Troops of Doom and The Southern Blacklist, and bass in a Metallica tribute band called Metall ...
, 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 (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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