Jucilei

Jucilei
Jucilei with São Paulo in 2018
Personal information
Full name Jucilei da Silva
Date of birth (1988-04-06) 6 April 1988 (age 37)
Place of birth São Gonçalo, Brazil
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1+12 in)
Position Midfielder
Youth career
Ulbra
2007 Grêmio
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 J. Malucelli 4 (1)
2009–2011 Corinthians 89 (6)
2011–2014 Anzhi Makhachkala 74 (1)
2014–2015 Al Jazira 35 (3)
2015–2017 Shandong Luneng 43 (1)
2017São Paulo (loan) 45 (1)
2018–2020 São Paulo 49 (0)
2021 Boavista 7 (0)
2022 Atlético Carioca
Total 344 (13)
International career
2010 Brazil 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jucilei da Silva (born 6 April 1988), known simply as Jucilei, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a central or defensive midfielder.

Career

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Jucilei with Anzhi in 2011

Jucilei started his career with Malucelli and was transferred to Corinthians after being voted the best player of Malucelli in Paraná State Championship.

He made his debut for Corinthians against Internacional on 10 May 2009, as the team lost 1–0.[1] On 26 July 2010, he was called, by his former Corinthians coach Mano Menezes, to his first appearance for the Brazil national team.

On 22 February 2011, Corinthians president Andrés Sánchez confirmed that big spending Russian side Anzhi had signed Jucilei, in a deal worth €10 million.[2]

After making 99 appearances in all competitions for Anzhi in just under three years, Jucilei moved to Al Jazira in the UAE Arabian Gulf League on 13 January 2014.[3] He acquired Palestine citizenship to be counted as an Asian player, thus avoiding the foreign quota.[4][5]

On 28 June 2015, it was announced that Jucilei signed with Shandong Luneng in the Chinese Super League.[6] On 1 May 2016, Jucilei scored his first goal for Shandong Luneng in Asian Champions League against Buriram United. He was also awarded for the player of the match.

On 12 February 2017, Jucilei was loaned to São Paulo for one season.[7]

Style of play

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According to his former coach Cuca, Jucilei is a great defensive midfielder, "that has technique to advance with the ball and that marks very well." He also can play as centre-back.[8]

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition [9]
Club Season League State league Cup League cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Malucelli 2009 Série A 4 1 4 1
Corinthians 2009 Série A 32 2 32 2
2010 34 2 16 2 8 0 58 4
2011 0 0 7 0 2 0 9 0
Total 66 4 23 2 10 0 99 6
Anzhi Makhachkala 2011–12 Russian Premier League 28 1 1 0 29 1
2012–13 27 0 5 0 14 1 47 1
2013–14 19 0 0 0 5 0 24 0
Total 74 1 6 0 19 1 99 2
Al Jazira 2013–14 UAE Pro League 10 1 3 0 8 1 21 2
2014–15 25 2 1 0 6 0 1 0 33 2
Total 35 3 1 0 9 0 9 1 54 4
Shandong Luneng Taishan 2015 Chinese Super League 13 0 2 0 15 0
2016 30 1 1 0 11 2 42 3
Total 43 1 3 0 11 2 57 3
São Paulo (loan) 2017 Série A 35 1 10 0 2 0 2 0 49 1
São Paulo 2018 28 0 11 0 5 0 2 0 46 0
2019 4 0 6 0 0 0 3 0 13 0
Total 67 1 27 0 7 0 7 0 108 1
Boavista 2021 Carioca 7 0 1 0 8 0
Career total 283 10 61 3 18 0 9 0 53 4 0 0 424 17

Honours

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Club

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Corinthians

Individual

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References

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  1. ^ "Futpedia: Jucilei (Jucilei da Silva)" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. Archived from the original on 31 January 2010. Retrieved 16 March 2010.
  2. ^ "Anzhi Sign Corinthians' Jucilei Da Silva For €10 Million". Goal.com.
  3. ^ "Jucilei to Al Jazira". fc-anji.ru/. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  4. ^ Westwood, Chris (6 August 2014). "Brazilian midfielder Jucilei to become Palestinian: The 26-year-old will now qualify to play for Palestine". SambaFoot. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  5. ^ "Ex-corintiano virou palestino, rejeitou São Paulo e se afastou até de seleção por 'pé de meia'".
  6. ^ Song Miou. "Former Corinthian player Jucilei joins Shandong Luneng (sic)". news.xinhuanet.com. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  7. ^ "山东鲁能官宣尤西雷离队 将租借至巴甲效力一年". Sina. 12 February 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  8. ^ Técnico de Jucilei na China, Cuca destaca: "pode jogar de zagueiro"
  9. ^ Jucilei at Soccerway
  10. ^ "Prêmio Craque do Brasileirão" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 6 December 2010. Retrieved 19 May 2009.
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