Jefferson Luis Teixeira Silva (born 23 November 1983 in

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) is a Brazilian

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. He was playing for São José de Porto Alegre and signed with

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in April 2010. In January 2011, he moved to

Guarani Futebol Clube Guarani Futebol Clube, colloquially called Guarani, is a Brazilian association football club in Campinas, São Paulo. Guarani is the only club not based in a state capital or coastal city to have won the top tier of the Brazilian Championsh ...

on loan.

Football career

Jefferson started his professional career at São Paulo (RS). On 30 January 2004, he transferred to

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. He then left for

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, and returned to Brazil for São José de Porto Alegre on 8 March 2005. He left for Central Español again, and returned to Brazil on 27 January 2006, for Aparecidense. He left for General Caballero in second half of 2006 season, and returned to Brazil for São José de Porto Alegre on 24 January 2007, signed a one-and-a-half-year deal.Relação De Retornos Ao Brasil
/ref> On 19 September 2007, he was loaned to

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of Série B until end of year. In the first semester of 2010, Jefferson played the

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for São José, 4th placed in the competition, and he was the best scorer of the whole championship, with 13 goals. Because of this performance, he was contracted by

to play the

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References

External links

Brazilian FA Database
* 1983 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Criciúma Esporte Clube players Central Español players Czech First League players SK Slavia Prague players Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Porto Alegre Sport Club São Paulo players Guarani FC players Coritiba Foot Ball Club players Expatriate men's footballers in Paraguay Expatriate men's footballers in Uruguay 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen Brazilian expatriate men's footballers {{Brazil-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub