Jefferson Madeira

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Madeira and the second or paternal family name is da Silva.

Jefferson Madeira

Personal information
Full name	Jefferson Madeira da Silva
Date of birth	(1988-02-15) February 15, 1988
Place of birth	Duque de Caxias - RJ, Brazil
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Duque de Caxias
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005–2008	Sport Recife	1	(0)
2008	→ Metropolitano (loan)
2008	→ Treze (loan)
2009	FK Teleoptik	1	(0)
2009	Olaria
2010–	Sport Recife
	Duque de Caxias
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jefferson Madeira da Silva, or simply Jefferson Madeira (born 15 February 1988) is a Brazilian football forward playing with Duque de Caxias Born in Duque de Caxias, Madeira started his career playing with Sport Recife in 2007 making his debut in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.

After loan spells with Metropolitano and Treze during 2008, he joined in January 2009 FK Teleoptik - a club owned by FK Partizan Belgrade - playing in the 2008–09 Serbian League Belgrade playing along compatriots Washington Santana da Silva, Alex dos Santos Gonçalves and Elton Martins, helping Teleoptik to finish 2nd in the 2008–09 Serbian League Belgrade, one of Serbian 3rd tiers, thus earning promotion to the 2009–10 Serbian First League.

In summer 2009 he returned to Brazil and played until the end of the year with Olaria, before returning to Sport Recife.