Jajá (footballer, born 1995)

Hugo Gomes dos Santos Silva (born 18 March 1995), commonly known as Jajá, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a central midfielder on loan to Allsvenskan club Kalmar from Brazilian club Flamengo.

Jajá
Personal information
Full name Hugo Gomes dos Santos Silva
Date of birth (1995-03-18) 18 March 1995
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Kalmar FF
Number 25
Youth career
2006–2015 Flamengo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 Flamengo 5 (0)
2016 → Avaí (loan) 19 (1)
2017 → Tombense (loan) 0 (0)
2017 → Vila Nova (loan) 5 (0)
2018 → Kalmar (loan) 3 (0)
2020– → Kalmar (loan) 0 (0)
National team‡
2015–2016 Brazil U20 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 November 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 September 2016

He is a former member of the Brazil national under-20 football team and previously had played on loan for Avaí, Tombense and Vila Nova.[1]

Club career

Early career

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Jajá started his football career with Tigres do Brasil and stayed there until 2006 when he transferred to Flamengo youth team, playing at youth level until 2015.

Flamengo

On 1 January 2015, Jajá signed his first professional contract with Flamengo. He made his league debut on 11 September 2015 against Cruzeiro at Maracanã Stadium, the Flamengo's home ground which Flamengo won by 2–0. In this match, he was substituted for Paulinho at 90+2'.[2]

Avaí (Loan)

On 9 May 2016, Avaí announced that Jajá came Avaí on loan.[3] On 28 May 2016, he scored his first goal against Ceará. Avaí won the match by 4–2. He has played 19 games in Série B for Avaí and scored one goal.

Kalmar (Loan)

In July 2018 Jajá signed with Kalmar, on loan, until the end of 2018 season.[4] His contract with Flamengo was not renewed and he was released at the end of the season.[5]

International career

Jajá has represented the member of Brazil national under-20 football team since 2015. In 2015, he was first chosen national team. He played in 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[6] He contributed that Brazil finished the competition as a runners-up, playing 6 games.

Club career statistics
(Correct As of 6 November 2019)
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Flamengo 2015 Série A 5010—1070
2016 0000—1010
2018 0000—2020
Total 50100040100
Avaí (loan) 2016 Série B 19110—00201
Total 191100000201
Tombense (loan) 2017 Série C 0000—1010
Total 0000001010
Vila Nova (loan) 2017 Série B 5000——10
Total 5000000050
Kalmar (loan)
2018 Allsvenskan 3010––40
Total 3010000040
Career total 321300050401

1Other tournaments include Campeonato Carioca:2015, 2016

References
  1. "Brazil - Jajá - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
  2. "Flamengo vs. Cruzeiro - 11 September 2015 - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
  3. "Avaí apresenta Vinícius Pacheco e Jajá para a sequência da temporada" [Avai has Vinicius Pacheco and Jajá for the following season] (in Portuguese). dc.clicrbs.com. 2016-05-09.
  4. "Emprestado pelo Flamengo, Jajá é anunciado pelo Kalmar, da Suécia". Planeta Brazuka. 18 June 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  5. "Fla descarta retornos de Muralha, Gabriel e Jajá em 2019". O Globo (in Portuguese). 2018-10-06. Retrieved 2019-07-09.
  6. "FIFA Tournaments - Players & Coaches - JAJA". FIFA.com. Retrieved September 13, 2016.


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