Jakson Ragnar Follmann (; born 14 March 1992), sometimes known as just Follmann, is a Brazilian sports commentator, singer and former professional
footballer
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who last played as a
goalkeeper
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for Brazilian club Chapecoense.
Follmann is one of just six survivors in the crash of
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 ...
which killed 71 people including 19 Chapecoense players.
During his career as a professional footballer, he used to play the guitar and sing as a hobby. Having sustained career-ending injuries in the aforementioned plane crash, he was forced to retire early and later decided to pursue a career in music.
Rio Grande do Sul
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, Follmann joined Grêmio's youth setup in 2008, but left in the following year for Juventude. Promoted to the latter's first team during the 2010 season, he only became a regular starter in the 2012 season.
On 28 December 2012 Follmann returned to Grêmio, as a partnership between the club and Juventude was established. As third-choice behind
Marcelo Grohe
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Club career
Grêmio
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and Tiago Machowski, he only appeared rarely for the club, with the vast majority of his contributions being in the
Campeonato Gaúcho
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.
On 14 November 2014, Follmann was loaned to Linense until the end of
2015 Campeonato Paulista
The 2015 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 (officially the 2015 Paulistão Itaipava for sponsorship reasons) was the 114th season of São Paulo's top professional football league.
Format
*In the first ...
. His first and only appearances for the club came on the following 20 March, coming on as a half-time substitute for ever-present Anderson in a 0–0 away draw against Ituano.
On 5 November 2015, Follmann rescinded his contract with Grêmio and joined
URT
Urt (; ; )AHURTI Cruzeiro, and was an undisputed starter as the club impressed in the
2016 Campeonato Mineiro
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Teams
* América
* Atlético Mineiro
* Boa Esporte
* Caldense
* Cruzeiro
* Guarani
* Tomben ...
by reaching the semifinals of the competition.
After impressing with URT, Follmann signed for Chapecoense on 10 May 2016. A backup to
Danilo
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, he made his first (and only) appearance for the club on 26 August by starting in a 0–1
Copa Sudamericana
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away loss against
Cuiabá
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.
On 28 November 2016, Follmann was one of six survivors when
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 ...
Bolivia
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to
Medellín
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,
Colombia
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. As a result of the accident, one of his legs needed to be
amputated
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.
Recovery and Paralympics
Three months after the career ending disaster, Follmann posted a video on
Instagram
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in which he showed great physical recovery, having fully adapted to the use of a prosthetic leg. Follmann plans to represent Brazil at the paralympic level of football.
Career statistics
Honours
;Juventude
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Campeonato Gaúcho
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Sub-20: 2010
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Copa FGF
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2011
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;Chapecoense
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Copa Sudamericana
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2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...