Djavan da Silva Ferreira

Djavan
Personal information
Full name Djavan da Silva Ferreira
Date of birth (1987-12-31) 31 December 1987
Place of birth Serrinha, Bahia, Brazil
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Full back
Club information
Current team
 Braga
Number 16
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012 A.D.C. Astro 0 (0)
2012 → Feirense (loan) 0 (0)
2013 Feirense 2 (1)
2013 Corithians Alagoano 0 (0)
2013 → CRB (loan) 2 (0)
2013–2014 → Académica (loan) 27 (1)
2014 Benfica 0 (0)
2014– Braga 22 (0)
2014– Braga B 2 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 October 2015.


This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is da Silva and the second or paternal family name is Ferreira.

Djavan da Silva Ferreira (born 31 December 1987), known simply as Djavan, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as full back for Portuguese club Braga.

Club career

Born in Serrinha in the Brazilian state of Bahia, Djavan early career was mainly spent in the Brazilian lower leagues, joining Corithians Alagoano in 2013; who immediately loaned him to CRB, where he would make two caps in the third tier.

On 11 July 2013, Corithians Alagoano loaned him a second time, now to the Portuguese side, Académica.[1] He debuted on 18 August 2013, in an away loss to Gil Vicente,[2] and would rack up nearly 30 caps throughout the season, earning the interest of Benfica, which later signed him, on a four-year deal, on 7 June 2014.[3][4]

On 2 August 2014, without ever representing Benfica, Djavan moved to Braga on a four-year contract for a €1 million transfer fee.[5][6] He made his debut on 13 September 2014 in an away loss to Arouca,[7] battling with Tiago Gomes for the position in his first season in Braga.

In the Taça de Portugal Final, Djavan won a penalty after an irregular tackle from Cédric Soares, which was converted by Éder for the first goal of the game, but Braga eventually lost to Sporting CP in a penalty shootout after a 2–2 draw in regular time.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Académica: lateral Djavan é reforço" [Académica: Left-back Djavan signs]. maisfutebol.iol.pt (in Portuguese). 11 July 2013.
  2. ↑ "Gil Vicente - Académica Stats". Foradejogo. 18 August 2013.
  3. ↑ "Benfica: Djavan garantido por quatro épocas" [Benfica:Djavan certain in a four year deal]. Maisfutebol (in Portuguese). 5 June 2014.
  4. ↑ "Futebol: Djavan já veste a camisola do Clube" [Djavan already wears the club shirt]. slbenfica.pt (in Portuguese). 7 June 2014.
  5. ↑ "Djavan é Gverreiro por 4 temporadas" [Djavan, Gverreiro for four years]. scbraga.pt (in Portuguese). 2 August 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-08-07. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "Comunicado" [Announcement] (PDF). S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). CMVM. 28 November 2014. p. 23. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  7. ↑ "Arouca - Braga Stats". Foradejogo.
  8. ↑ "Sporting Lisbon stage remarkable comeback after having man sent off and going 2–0 down after half hour... to win Portuguese Cup on penalties against Braga". Daily Mail. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
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