Djavan da Silva Ferreira (born 31 December 1987), known simply as Djavan, is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a

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for Real Noroeste.

Club career

Born in

Serrinha :''"Serrinha" is also the name of a microregion in Bahia.'' Serrinha is a city in the state of Bahia, in eastern Brazil. Geography The population is 81,286 people. The mayor is Adriano Lima of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party. The city is ...

Bahia Bahia ( , , ; meaning "bay") is one of the 26 Federative units of Brazil, states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo (sta ...

, Djavan only played lower league football in his country, starting out at

Feirense Futebol Clube Clube Desportivo Feirense, commonly known as CD Feirense or just Feirense, is a Portuguese football club based in Santa Maria da Feira. Founded on 18 March 1918, Feirense play in the LigaPro, the second tier of Portuguese football. Their chairma ...

in 2012. On 11 July 2013, he was loaned by

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to Portuguese

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club Académica de Coimbra. He made his debut in the competition on 18 August, starting in a 2–0 away loss against

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. On 7 June 2014, fellow league side

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signed Djavan to a four-year deal. On 2 August, without having played any competitive games, he moved to

S.C. Braga Sporting Clube de Braga () (), commonly known as Sporting de Braga or just Braga, is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Braga. It is best known for the professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese f ...

for four years on a €1 million transfer fee. He first appeared in the league on 13 September, featuring the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 defeat at

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. During his first season he battled for position with Tiago Gomes, ending with 23 official matches. On 1 June 2015, in

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of the

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, Djavan won a

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after an irregular tackle from

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, which was converted by

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for the first goal of the game, but Braga eventually lost to

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in a

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after a 2–2 draw in regular time.

Honours

Braga *

: 2015–16

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Djavan 1987 births Living people Footballers from Bahia Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players Campeonato Brasileiro Série D players Sport Club Corinthians Alagoano players Clube de Regatas Brasil players Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Académica de Coimbra (football) players S.L. Benfica footballers S.C. Braga players S.C. Braga B players G.D. Chaves players Moreirense F.C. players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal People from Serrinha