Jefferson Moreira Nascimento (born 5 July 1988), known simply as Jefferson, is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a

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Club career

Born in Campo Formoso,

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, Jefferson represented in his country Associação Desportiva São Caetano,

Guaratinguetá Futebol Guaratinguetá Futebol Ltda., commonly referred to as simply Guaratinguetá, was a Brazilian professional football club based in Guaratinguetá, São Paulo. Due to financial challenges, the activities of the club are terminated and the last ti ...

SE Palmeiras The Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras (), commonly known as Palmeiras, is a Brazilian professional association football, football club based in the city of São Paulo, in the district of Perdizes (district of São Paulo), Perdizes. Palmeiras is ...

Grêmio Barueri Futebol Grêmio Barueri Futebol Ltda., generally known as Grêmio Barueri, or just as Barueri, is a List of football clubs in Brazil, Brazilian football club from Barueri, São Paulo (state), São Paulo state. The club was formerly known as Grêmio Rec ...

Fluminense FC Fluminense Football Club () is a Brazilian sports club based in the neighbourhood of Laranjeiras, in Rio de Janeiro, being the oldest Association football, football club in the state since its foundation in 1902. It competes in the Campeonato B ...

Clube Náutico Capibaribe Clube Náutico Capibaribe (), or simply Náutico, is a Football in Brazil, Brazilian Sports club, multi-sport club based in Recife, Pernambuco. The club is most notable for its association football team, that plays in the Campeonato Brasile ...

and

Santa Cruz Futebol Clube Santa Cruz Futebol Clube is a Brazilian professional football club based in Recife, Pernambuco, that competes in the Série D, the fourth tier of Brazilian football, and in the Campeonato Pernambucano, the top flight of the Pernambuco stat ...

. His Série A input consisted of 11 matches in representation of the third and fifth clubs, over three separate seasons; interspersed with that, he had a one-year spell in Portugal with

G.D. Estoril Praia Grupo Desportivo Estoril Praia (), commonly known as Estoril, is a Portuguese professional sports club from Estoril, Cascais, Lisbon. Founded on 17 May 1939, its Association football, football team currently plays in Primeira Liga and hold home g ...

. Jefferson returned to Estoril for the 2012–13 campaign, with the team now in the

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. He scored his first goal as a professional on 11 November 2012 to help to a 2–0 home defeat of

Moreirense FC Moreirense Futebol Clube is a Portuguese professional football club based in Moreira de Cónegos, Guimarães Municipality, Minho. Founded on 1 November 1938, it plays in the Primeira Liga, holding home games at Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaqui ...

, and also found the net against

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

(3–1 home win) and

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(1–1, away) in an eventual fifth-place finish, with the subsequent

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for the

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; most of his five goals in all competitions came from long-distance shots. On 7 June 2013, Jefferson signed a four-year contract with Sporting. He netted twice from 26 appearances in his debut season, helping to a runner-up position. Jefferson celebrated his 50th appearance in the Portuguese top division on 5 April 2014, in a match against F.C. Paços de Ferreira. On 16 June 2017, he (on loan) and teammate

Ricardo Esgaio Ricardo de Sousa Esgaio (; born 16 May 1993) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Sporting CP as a right-back. He made 243 Primeira Liga appearances with Sporting CP (two spells), Braga and on loan at Académica, winning ...

(permanent transfer) joined S.C. Braga as

Rodrigo Battaglia Rodrigo Andrés Battaglia (; ; born 12 July 1991) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a defender for Argentine Primera División club Boca Juniors. Club career Battaglia was born and raised in Argentina and is of Italian des ...

moved in the opposite direction.

Career statistics

Honours

Palmeiras *

Campeonato Paulista The Campeonato Paulista Série A1, commonly known as Campeonato Paulista, nicknamed Paulistão, is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. Run by the São Paulo State Football Federation (FPF), ...

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Sporting CP *

Taça de Portugal The Taça de Portugal (; ) is an annual association football competition and the premier knockout tournament in Portuguese football. For sponsorship reasons, it has been known as Taça de Portugal Generali Tranquilidade since the 2024–25 seaso ...

: 2014–15, 2018–19 *

Taça da Liga The Taça da Liga (), known outside Portugal as Portuguese League Cup, is an annual club football competition organised by the Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional (LPFP) for teams competing in the top two tiers of Portuguese football – the ...

: 2018–19 *

Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira The Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira (; English: Cândido de Oliveira Super Cup, or simply Portuguese Super Cup) is an annual Portuguese association football, football match played since 1979 between the winners of the top-tier league (Primeira L ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jefferson 1988 births Living people 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football fullbacks Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Associação Desportiva São Caetano players Guaratinguetá Futebol players SE Palmeiras players Fluminense FC players Clube Náutico Capibaribe players Santa Cruz Futebol Clube players Paysandu Sport Club players Esporte Clube XV de Novembro (Piracicaba) players Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players G.D. Estoril Praia players Sporting CP footballers Sporting CP B players S.C. Braga players Casa Pia A.C. players Swiss Super League players FC Lugano players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland