Jajá (footballer, born 2001)
Brazilian footballer
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Jair Diego Alves de Brito (born 15 April 2001), commonly known as Jajá, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Cypriot First Division club Pafos.
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Jajá with Torpedo Moscow in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jair Diego Alves de Brito | ||
| Date of birth | 15 April 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Catanduva, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Pafos | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2017–2019 | Grêmio Novorizontino | ||
| 2019 | → Athletico Paranaense (loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2025 | Athletico Paranaense | 23 | (5) |
| 2021 | → CRB (loan) | 25 | (3) |
| 2022 | → Cruzeiro (loan) | 19 | (4) |
| 2023 | → Torpedo Moscow (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | → Casa Pia (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | → Pafos (loan) | 43 | (7) |
| 2025– | Pafos | 24 | (4) |
| International career | |||
| 2020 | Brazil U-20 | 3 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12:40, 19 April 2026 (UTC) | |||
Club career
On 19 February 2023, Jajá joined Russian Premier League club Torpedo Moscow on loan.[1]
On 31 January 2024, Jajá's loan at Primeira Liga club Casa Pia was cut short as he was instead loaned to Cypriot First Division side Pafos.[2] On 27 June 2025, Pafos announced the permanent signing of Jajá from Athletico Paranaense, on a contract until the summer of 2028.[3]
In the 2025–26 UEFA Champions League qualifying, Jajá scored the decisive goal in Pafos' 1–0 away victory over Maccabi Tel Aviv, securing a 2–1 aggregate win and progression to the third round.[4] Later, in the play-off round, he struck a late equalizer in a 1–1 draw against Red Star Belgrade, a crucial goal that sealed a 3–2 win on aggregate and Pafos' historic qualification for their first-ever Champions League league phase.[5]
Personal life
Jajá is the son of a footballer also nicknamed Jajá.
Career statistics
- As of 19 April 2026[6]
| Club | Season | League | State league[a] | National cup[b] | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Athletico Paranaense | 2020 | Série A | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | — | 1[c] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | 1 | |||
| 2022 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2023 | — | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 5 | ||
| CRB (loan) | 2021 | Série B | 25 | 3 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 1[d] | 0 | 28 | 3 | ||
| Cruzeiro (loan) | 2022 | Série B | 19 | 4 | — | 2 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 4 | |||
| Torpedo Moscow (loan) | 2022–23 | Russian Premier League | 7 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | |||
| Casa Pia (loan) | 2023–24 | Primeira Liga | 12 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Pafos (loan) | 2023–24 | Cypriot First Division | 14 | 2 | — | 4 | 1 | — | — | 18 | 3 | |||
| 2024–25 | 29 | 5 | — | 3 | 0 | 16[e] | 4 | 1[f] | 0 | 49 | 9 | |||
| Pafos | 2025–26 | Cypriot First Division | 24 | 4 | — | 3 | 3 | 13[g] | 2 | 1[f] | 0 | 41 | 9 | |
| Total | 67 | 11 | — | 10 | 4 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 108 | 21 | |||
| Career Total | 131 | 18 | 22 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 202 | 32 | ||
- Includes Campeonato Paranaense
- Includes Copa do Brasil, Taça de Portugal, Cypriot Cup
- Appearance in Copa Libertadores
- Appearance in Copa do Nordeste
- Two appearances in UEFA Europa League, fourteen appearances and four goals in UEFA Conference League
- Appearance in Cypriot Super Cup
- Appearances in UEFA Champions League
Honours
Athletico Paranaense
Pafos
