Jefferson Batista

Jefferson Alexandre Batista (born 23 February 1976 in São Paulo) is a retired Brazilian footballer.

Jefferson Batista
Personal information
Full name Jefferson Alexandre Batista
Date of birth (1976-02-23) 23 February 1976
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward or
attacking midfielder
Youth career
1988–1995 Corinthians
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995 Guarani
1996 FinnPa 1 (0)
1996 KuPS 7 (2)
1997 Corinthians
1997 Pelotas
1998 Mogi Mirim
1998 Guarani
1999 Alania Vladikavkaz 11 (1)
1999–2000 Uralan Elista 18 (6)
2000–2002 FC St. Gallen 34 (8)
2002–2003 FC Zürich 9 (1)
2003–2004 Vitória Bahía 21 (5)
2004–2005 Neuchâtel Xamax 9 (2)
2005–2006 Paulista
2006 Coritiba
2007 Nanjing Yoyo
2007 Ituano
2007–2008 Guangzhou Pharmaceutical
2008–2009 Vojvodina 0 (0)
2009 Zagen
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

After playing in the youth teams of Corinthians, he represented the senior Brazilian clubs Pelotas, Mogi Mirim, Guarani, Vitória, Paulista and Coritiba. He also had a rich career abroad having played in Finland with FinnPa;[1] Russia, with FC Alania Vladikavkaz and FC Uralan Elista; Switzerland, with FC St. Gallen, FC Zürich and Neuchâtel Xamax; Serbia, with FK Vojvodina; and China, with Nanjing Yoyo, Guangzhou Pharmaceutical and Zagen.

He began as a forward but gradually became an offensive midfielder.

After retiring, he became director of a sports management and marketing company.[2]

Honours

Paulista
Guangzhou

References

  1. Brasileiro brilha em estréia no futebol suíço at SwissInfo, 29-11-2011 (in Portuguese)
  2. Front Group, Sports Director: Jefferson Batista, profile Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine at company official website, 29-11-2011

External sources

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