Jefferson de Oliveira Galvão

Jefferson

Jefferson with Brazil at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Personal information
Full name	Jefferson de Oliveira Galvão
Date of birth	(1983-01-02) 2 January 1983 (age 34)
Place of birth	São Vicente, Brazil
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	Botafogo
Number	1
Youth career
1995–1997	Ferroviária
1997–2002	Cruzeiro
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2005	Cruzeiro	28	(0)
2003–2005	→ Botafogo (loan)	49	(0)
2005–2008	Trabzonspor	42	(0)
2008–2009	Konyaspor	18	(0)
2009–	Botafogo	190	(0)
National team‡
2003	Brazil-U20	4	(0)
2011–	Brazil	22	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 November 2015. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 June 2015

Jefferson de Oliveira Galvão, simply known as Jefferson (born 2 January 1983) is a Brazilian professional football goalkeeper who plays for Botafogo and the Brazil national team.

Having begun his career at Cruzeiro and spent time on loan at Botafogo, Jefferson then spent four seasons in the Turkish Süper Lig in service of Trabzonspor and Konyaspor before returning to Botafogo. He is one of the eight footballers with the most appearances Botafogo club history, with 420 appearances since 2003.

A former world champion at under-20 level, Jefferson made his senior debut for Brazil in 2011 and was named in their squads for two Copa América tournaments, the 2014 FIFA World Cup and their victory at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup.

Born in São Vicente, São Paulo, Jefferson was an amateur sprinter before joining Ferroviária's youth setup in 1995, aged 12. He was a forward during his starts at the club, but was reconverted to goalkeeper in the process.

In 1997, Jefferson joined Cruzeiro after a successful trial period. He was called up to the first-team three years later by Luiz Felipe Scolari.

In 2003, after committing a number of high-profile mistakes at Cruzeiro, he was loaned to Botafogo in the same division.