Jefferson Madeira da Silva, or simply Jefferson Madeira (born 15 February 1988) is a Brazilian football forward playing with Duque de Caxias Born in Duque de Caxias, Madeira started his career playing with Sport Recife in 2007 making his debut in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.

Jefferson Madeira
Personal information
Full name Jefferson Madeira da Silva
Date of birth (1988-02-15) February 15, 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Duque de Caxias - RJ, Brazil
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Duque de Caxias
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2008 Sport Recife 1 (0)
2008Metropolitano (loan)
2008Treze (loan)
2009 FK Teleoptik 1 (0)
2009 Olaria
2010– Sport Recife
Duque de Caxias
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

After loan spells with Metropolitano and Treze[1] during 2008, he joined in January 2009 FK Teleoptik - a club owned by FK Partizan Belgrade - playing in the 2008–09 Serbian League Belgrade[2] playing along compatriots Washington Santana da Silva, Alex dos Santos Gonçalves and Elton Martins, helping Teleoptik to finish 2nd in the 2008–09 Serbian League Belgrade, one of Serbian 3rd tiers, thus earning promotion to the 2009–10 Serbian First League.[3]

In summer 2009 he returned to Brazil and played until the end of the year with Olaria, before returning to Sport Recife.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ Fredson não viaja para Santa Cruz e Jefferson Madeira é relacionado Archived 2012-05-12 at the Wayback Machine at Treze FC official website, 3-12-2011 (in Portuguese)
  2. ^ Madeira Archived 2022-08-02 at the Wayback Machine at Srbijafudbal
  3. ^ FK Teleoptik profile Archived 2022-06-02 at the Wayback Machine at srbijafudbal.com
  4. ^ Jefferson Madeira Archived 2016-06-02 at the Wayback Machine at SambaFoot

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