Magrão playing for Dynamo Kyiv in 2010
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gérson Alencar de Lima Júnior | ||
Date of birth | 13 June 1985 | ||
Place of birth | Diadema, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Playing position | Left winger | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2004 | Cruzeiro | 0 | (0) |
2004–2007 | Feyenoord | 6 | (0) |
2007 | Flamengo | 1 | (0) |
2007–2008 | Ipatinga | 26 | (1) |
2008–2009 | Cruzeiro | 28 | (2) |
2009–2012 | Dynamo Kyiv | 27 | (3) |
2012 | Santos | 24 | (0) |
2013 | Figueirense | 2 | (0) |
2013–2014 | Sporting CP | 9 | (0) |
2013–2014 | Sporting CP B | 5 | (1) |
2015 | CRB | 19 | (2) |
2016 | Piracicaba | 0 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:00, 27 April 2016. |
Gérson Alencar de Lima Júnior, better known as Gérson Magrão (born 13 June 1985), is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a left winger. He is currently a free agent. Magrão has played professionally in Brazil, the Netherlands, the Ukraine and Portugal.
Born in Diadema, Gérson Magrão started his career with Cruzeiro in 2004 but didn't make a league appearance before leaving to join Dutch Eredivisie club Feyenoord, he remained with the Rotterdam club until 2007 when he left to return to Brazil after appearing in just six league matches. On his return to Brazil, Gérson Magrão had a short stint with Flamengo before signing with Ipatinga for two years. He played 26 times for Ipatinga and scored his first professional league goal in a 4–2 defeat away to Atlético Mineiro on 13 June 2008. After his spell with Atlético Mineiro, he return to his first professional club Cruzeiro where he made 28 appearances between 2008 and 2009, he scored twice for the club during that time. He made his Copa Libertadores debut with Cruzeiro on 19 March 2009 against Club Universitario.
In 2009, Gérson Magrão left Brazil for the second time in his career as he agreed to join Ukrainian side Dynamo Kyiv, who were the defending Premier League champions at the time. He made his Dynamo debut on 23 August against Vorskla Poltava, three weeks later he received his first career red card in a Ukrainian Cup match versus Metalist Kharkiv. Things improved for Gérson Magrão later that month as he played and scored on his UEFA Champions League debut on 16 September against Rubin Kazan, he played in all six of Dynamo's 2009–10 group stage fixtures as the club finished bottom of a group that also included Barcelona and Inter Milan. He made a total of 28 appearances in his debut season with Dynamo. He made just 10 appearances for Dynamo in their 2010–11 season before departing the club at the beginning of the 2011–12 season.