Perdigão (footballer, born 1991)

Perdigão
Personal information
Full name	Jeferson Fernandes Macedo
Date of birth	17 July 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth	São Miguel do Iguaçu, Paraná, Brazil
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Régua
Number	7
Youth career
2011	Cianorte
Senior career*
Years	Team
2011−2013	Tourizense
2013	Braga B
2013−2014	Famalicão
2014−2016	Aves
2016–2019	Chaves
2019	Boavista
2020	Alashkert
2020–2021	Cuiabá
2021	Leiria
2021–2022	Birkirkara
2023	Żebbuġ Rangers
2023–2024	Anadia
2024–	Régua
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 November 2024

Jeferson Fernandes Macedo (born 17 July 1991), known as Perdigão, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a winger for Portuguese club Régua.

Career

Born in São Miguel do Iguaçu, Perdigão started competing in Cianorte, from where he moved to Portugal in 2011; joining Tourizense in Portuguese third tier.

His performances led him to a move to S.C. Braga, signing on 30 January 2013, and briefly competing for their reserve squad, debuting on 3 February 2013, in a Segunda Liga match against Tondela.^[1]^[2]

He was released six months later, and returned to the third tier, signing with Famalicão, adding nearly thirty league caps in the sole season there. In May 2014, Perdigão moved to Desportivo Aves, returning to the Segunda Liga, debuting for his new team on 27 July 2014.^[3] After 1+1⁄2 seasons with Aves, he moved to Chaves and signed a six-month deal.^[4]^[5] In May 2016, he extended his contract with Chaves for another two seasons.^[6]

On 29 July 2020, FC Alashkert announced the signing of Perdigão.^[7]

References

^ "SC Braga contrata três jogadores para a equipa B" [Braga hires three players for their B-team] (in Portuguese). zerozero.pt. 30 January 2013.
^ "SC Braga 0-3 Tondela". ZeroZero. 3 February 2013.
^ "Perdigão reforça Aves" [Perdigão signs with Aves]. espacoavense.blogspot.pt (in Portuguese). 22 May 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
^ "II Liga: Perdigão no D. Chaves" [Perdigão signs with D.Chaves]. Mais Futebol (in Portuguese). 4 January 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
^ "Perdigão é o primeiro reforço de inverno do Chaves" [Perdigão is the first Winter signing of Chaves]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 4 January 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
^ "Mais duas épocas para Perdigão, a terceira renovação do Chaves" [Perdigão renews for two more seasons]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 27 May 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
^ "Նոր տրանսֆեր. Պերդիգաո". fcalashkert.am (in Armenian). FC Alashkert. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.

External links

Perdigão at ForaDeJogo (archived)
Perdigão at Soccerway

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[1] "SC Braga contrata três jogadores para a equipa B" [Braga hires three players for their B-team] (in Portuguese). zerozero.pt. 30 January 2013.

[2] "SC Braga 0-3 Tondela". ZeroZero. 3 February 2013.

[3] "Perdigão reforça Aves" [Perdigão signs with Aves]. espacoavense.blogspot.pt (in Portuguese). 22 May 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2014.

[4] "II Liga: Perdigão no D. Chaves" [Perdigão signs with D.Chaves]. Mais Futebol (in Portuguese). 4 January 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.

[5] "Perdigão é o primeiro reforço de inverno do Chaves" [Perdigão is the first Winter signing of Chaves]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 4 January 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.

[6] "Mais duas épocas para Perdigão, a terceira renovação do Chaves" [Perdigão renews for two more seasons]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 27 May 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.

[Perdigão-7] "Նոր տրանսֆեր. Պերդիգաո". fcalashkert.am (in Armenian). FC Alashkert. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.

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