Jeffinho
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jefferson Ruan Pereira dos Santos | ||
| Date of birth | 30 December 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Volta Redonda, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Botafogo | ||
| Number | 47 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Resende | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2022 | Resende | 25 | (5) |
| 2021 | → Gama (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Botafogo (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | Botafogo | 14 | (1) |
| 2023–2024 | Lyon | 19 | (2) |
| 2024 | → Botafogo (loan) | 14 | (4) |
| 2025– | Botafogo | 18 | (2) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13 December 2025 | |||
Jefferson Ruan Pereira dos Santos (born 30 December 1999), commonly known as Jeffinho, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Botafogo.
Career
[edit | edit source]Resende
[edit | edit source]Jeffinho began his career at Resende after playing youth football for Pelé Academia, which had a partnership with the club.[1] He made his first team debut on 28 June 2020, coming on as a second-half substitute and scoring his team's second in a 2–0 Campeonato Carioca away win over Madureira.[2]
Jeffinho continued to feature sparingly for Resende before moving to Gama on loan for the 2021 Série D. Back to his parent club, he impressed during the 2022 Carioca.
Botafogo
[edit | edit source]On 12 April 2022, Jeffinho moved to Botafogo on loan;[3] initially assigned to the B-team, Jeffinho was called up to the first team squad of Bota by manager Luís Castro in June 2022.[4] He made his main squad – and Série A – debut on 19 June, replacing Renzo Saravia late into a 3–2 away success over Internacional.[5]
On 26 August 2022, Jeffinho signed a permanent three-year contract with Bota.[6]
Lyon
[edit | edit source]On 31 January 2023, Jeffinho joined Ligue 1 club Lyon for a fee of €10 million, signing a contract until June 2027 with the French club.[7]
On 28 February 2023, for his first start with Lyon, he scored his first goal, during a quarter-final of the Coupe de France against Grenoble.[8]
On 3 June 2023, Jeffinho scored his first Ligue 1 goal in a game against Nice.[9]
Return to Botafogo
[edit | edit source]On 5 January 2024, Lyon sent Jeffinho back to Botafogo on loan until the end of 2024.[10]
On 31 December 2024, his move to Botafogo was made permanent for a reported transfer fee of €5.3 million.[11]
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]- As of match played 15 June 2025[12]
| Club | Season | League | State league[a] | National cup[b] | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Resende | 2020 | Carioca | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 2021 | — | 9 | 2 | — | — | — | 9 | 2 | ||||||
| 2022 | — | 14 | 2 | — | — | — | 14 | 2 | ||||||
| Total | — | 25 | 5 | — | — | — | 25 | 5 | ||||||
| Gama (loan) | 2021 | Série D | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Botafogo | 2022 | Série A | 24 | 2 | — | 2 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 2 | |||
| Lyon | 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 9 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 10 | 2 | |||
| 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 10 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 19 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 20 | 3 | |||||
| Botafogo (loan) | 2024 | Série A | 7 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4[c] | 1 | — | 19 | 5 | |
| Botafogo | 2025 | Série A | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3[c] | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Career total | 58 | 5 | 33 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 105 | 15 | ||
- ^ Includes Campeonato Carioca
- ^ Includes Copa do Brasil, Coupe de France
- ^ a b Appearances in Copa Libertadores
- ^ Appearance in Recopa Sudamericana
Honours
[edit | edit source]Botafogo
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Profile at the Olympique Lyonnais website
- 1999 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Volta Redonda
- Brazilian men's footballers
- Men's association football wingers
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série D players
- Ligue 1 players
- Resende FC players
- Sociedade Esportiva do Gama players
- Botafogo FR players
- Olympique Lyonnais players
- Brazilian expatriate men's footballers
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in France
- Expatriate men's footballers in France
- 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen
- Copa Libertadores–winning players