Jefté Betancor

Jefté Baicu Betancor Sánchez (born 6 July 1993) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga I club CFR Cluj.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Betancor and the second or maternal family name is Sánchez.
Jefté Betancor
Personal information
Full name Jefté Betancor Sánchez
Date of birth (1993-07-06) 6 July 1993
Place of birth Las Palmas, Spain
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 CFR Cluj
Number 9
Youth career
0000–2011 Vecindario
2011 → Real Madrid (loan)
2011–2012 Hércules
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Hércules B
2011 Hércules 2 (0)
2012 Ontinyent 6 (0)
2013–2014 Tenerife B 50 (28)
2014–2015 Eldense 16 (2)
2015 Unión Viera 14 (5)
2015 Badajoz 0 (0)
2015–2017 Las Palmas B 31 (16)
2016–2017 → Arandina (loan) 18 (3)
2017 → San Fernando (loan) 14 (8)
2017–2018 Unión Viera 10 (8)
2018 Stadl-Paura 10 (9)
2018–2019 Mattersburg 6 (1)
2019 → Vorwärts Steyr (loan) 14 (5)
2019–2020 Ried 28 (14)
2020–2021 Voluntari 29 (8)
2021–2022 Farul Constanța 35 (16)
2022– CFR Cluj 20 (2)
2022–2023 → Pafos (loan) 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 October 2023

Club career

Spain

Born in Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Betancor was noted as a 17-year-old at UD Vecindario, being called to the Canary Islands autonomous team and invited by Real Madrid to play an international tournament with its youth side in April 2011.[1] In the 2011–12 season, Hércules CF director of football Sergio Fernández decided to sign the player for the club's youth system, and he immediately started appearing for the reserves in the regional leagues.

On 27 August 2011, first-team manager Juan Carlos Mandiá handed Betancor his professional debut, as he played injury time in a 2–0 home win against FC Cartagena in the Segunda División.[2][3] After his release, he competed solely in his country's lower leagues until 2018, which included two spells at CF Unión Viera.[4]

Austria

Betancor moved abroad in early 2018, signing with modest Austrian side ATSV Stadl-Paura. In the ensuing off-season he joined SV Mattersburg also in the country,[5] making his first appearance in top-flight football on 11 August and scoring in the Bundesliga away fixture against TSV Hartberg (4–2 loss).[6] On 22 January 2019, he was loaned to SK Vorwärts Steyr until 30 June.[7]

On 26 June 2019, Betancor joined SV Ried also in Austria.[8] He was crowned 2. Liga champion in his only season.[9]

Romania

Betancor moved to Romania in September 2020 with FC Voluntari,[10] helping the club retain its Liga I status before signing for FCV Farul Constanța the next summer.[11] In December 2021, he was handed the Foreign Player of the Year award by the Gazeta Sporturilor daily after netting 19 times during the calendar year.[12]

On 18 June 2022, Betancor transferred to five-time defending champions CFR Cluj.[13]

Honours

Ried

CFR Cluj

Individual

References
  1. García de la Santa, Mario (17 April 2011). "Selección canaria juvenil sub-18" [Canarian under-18 youth team] (in Spanish). Tenerife Deportiva. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
  2. "El Hércules no falla en su estreno liguero" [Hércules do not fail in their league debut]. Marca (in Spanish). 27 August 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  3. Miralles, M. J. (28 August 2011). "Una invitación a la sonrisa" [An invitation to smile]. Las Provincias (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 November 2013.
  4. "Jefté, fichaje 'bomba' del Unión Viera" [Jefté, ‘bomb’ signing of Unión Viera] (in Spanish). El Digital de Canarias. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  5. Herrera, Daniel (18 August 2018). "El gran salto de Jefté Betancor" [Jefté Betancor's great leap]. Canarias7 (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  6. "Aufsteiger Hartberg holt ersten Dreier" [Promoted Hartberg get first three] (in German). Sky Sport. 11 August 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  7. Hofer, Robert (22 January 2019). "Vorwärts Steyr verstärkt die Offensive" [Vorwärts Steyr strengthen attack] (in German). Tips. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  8. Herrera, Daniel (26 June 2019). "El grancanario Jefté ficha por el SV Ried austríaco" [Gran Canaria's own Jefté signs for Austria's SV Ried]. Canarias7 (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  9. "Kuriose Torlawine entscheidet über Titel" [Odd goal avalanche decides title] (in German). ORF. 1 August 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  10. Petculescu, Adrian (22 September 2020). "Jefte Betancor, la FC Voluntari" [Jefte Betancor, to FC Voluntari] (in Romanian). News.ro. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  11. Visu, Andreea (9 July 2021). "Gheorghe Hagi a mai bifat un transfer de Liga 1! Jefte Betancor a semnat cu Farul Constanța" [Gheorghe Hagi also got a Liga 1 transfer! Jefte Betancor signed with Farul Constanța]. ProSport (in Romanian). Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  12. "VIDEO GALA GSP 2021 » Gazeta a decernat Superlativele anului 2021 și a premiat 5 Legende: iată cine sunt laureații!" [VIDEO 2021 GSP GALA » Gazeta announced the Superlatives of the year 2021 and awarded 5 Legends: here are the winners!]. Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 21 December 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  13. "Bun venit, Jefte Betancor!" [Welcome, Jefté Betancor] (in Romanian). CFR Cluj. 18 June 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  14. Crăițoiu, Andrei; Udrea, Dan (6 October 2021). "CEI MAI BUNI Granzii puși la respect! » Jefte Betancor a fost ales "Jucătorul lunii septembrie", iar Liviu Ciobotariu – "Antrenorul lunii"! Cum s-a votat" [THE BEST The giants put aside! » Jefté Betancor was voted "Player of the Month in September", and Liviu Ciobotariu – "Coach of the Month"! How the voting took place]. Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  15. "LLPF a anunțat echipa ideală a sezonului de Liga 1 » FCSB și CFR Cluj, reprezentate de câte 3 jucători" [LPF has chosen the "ideal team" of the Liga 1 season! Which team offers the most players]. Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 3 June 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
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