Jean Carioca (footballer, born 1988)

Jean Agostinho da Silva (born 1 June 1988), commonly known as Jean Carioca, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a attacking midfielder for KF Feronikeli.[1]

Jean Carioca
Jean Carioca in 2016
Personal information
Full name Jean Agostinho da Silva
Date of birth (1988-06-01) 1 June 1988
Place of birth Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
Feronikeli
Number 11
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006 Tigres do Brasil
2007 CRB
2008 Potiguar
2008 ABC FC ? (5)
2009–2013 Tombense 0 (0)
2009Botafogo (loan) 9 (1)
2009Ponte Preta (loan) 9 (2)
2010Figueirense (loan) 8 (1)
2011Skoda Xanthi (loan) 1 (0)
2011Torreense (loan) 0 (0)
2013ABC (loan) 15 (0)
2014 XV de Piracicaba 4 (0)
2014 CSA 4 (0)
2014 Treze 2 (0)
2015 Tigres do Brasil 14 (2)
2015–2017 Kukësi 67 (4)
2018 URT 17 (1)
2018– Feronikeli 65 (16)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Jean Carioca was born in Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro.

He left Tigres do Brasil and Brazil for only the second time in his professional career to join Albanian Superliga side FK Kukësi ahead of the Europa League first qualifying round. He made his FK Kukësi and European debut on 2 July 2015 against Belarusian side FC Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino in the first qualifying round of the Europa League, where he played the full 90 minutes and scored in the 9th minute of the 2–0 win.[2]

In the 2015–16, he was the Number 10 player for Kukësi and he also established himself as a regular starter for the club. During the season, he only scored three league goals in 34 league appearances, along with a goal in the Albanian Cup Final against Laçi at the Qemal Stafa Stadium were his team won 5–3 on penalties after the final finished 1–1 through 120 minutes.

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