Jefferson Arroz
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jefferson de Souza Gonçalves | ||
| Date of birth | 17 January 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Cuiabá, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Brasil Central | |||
| Cruzeiro | |||
| Cuiabá | |||
| Mixto | |||
| 2005–2008 | Chievo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2011 | Chievo | 0 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Ipatinga (loan) | ||
| 2011 | → Mixto (loan) | ||
| 2011 | Arieșul Turda | 5 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Castelldefels | 0 | (0) |
| 2013 | Gavà | 3 | (0) |
| 2014 | Novoperário | ||
| 2014 | Sant Andreu | 7 | (0) |
| 2015 | Boavista | 4 | (0) |
| 2017 | Moca | 17 | (0) |
| 2018 | Operário-MS | ||
| 2019 | Sinop | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Jefferson de Souza Gonçalves (born 17 January 1988), known as Jefferson Arroz is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Sinop.[1]
Jefferson Arroz had youth stints with Brasil Central, Cruzeiro, Cuiabá, Mixto prior to swapping Brazil for Italy in 2005 by joining Chievo.[2][3] During his time with Chievo, Jefferson spent time out on loan with Ipatinga and former club Mixto.[2] He departed Chievo in 2011, joining Liga II side Arieșul Turda in Romania.[1] He made his debut on 20 August in a 2–0 defeat to Turnu Severin.[1] Four further appearances followed during the 2011–12 season, which the club left mid-season.[1] After Arieșul Turda, between 2012 and 2014, Jefferson spent time with Portuguesa and Novoperário in Brazil and in Spain with Gavà; the latter occurring in-between Portuguesa and Novoperário.[4]
In August 2014, Jefferson Arroz agreed to join Sant Andreu of Segunda División B.[1][5] He featured seven times for the club.[1][6][7] Boavista of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil became Jefferson's ninth career club on 28 February 2015.[1] He made his professional debut for the club on 14 March, featuring for twenty-five minutes of a Campeonato Carioca match with Barra Mansa.[1] He left Boavista in 2015 after four appearances.[1] Two years later, in January 2017, Jefferson completed a move to the Dominican Republic to play for Moca.[8][9] In 2018, Jefferson returned to Brazil with Operário.[10] In the succeeding year, Jefferson moved to Sinop of Série D.[10]
