Josiesley Ferreira Rosa, best known as Ferreira (born February 21, 1979 in

Uberlândia Uberlândia () is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. It is the second largest municipality in the state of Minas Gerais after the state capital Belo Horizonte. Its population in 2020 was 699,097, making it the fo ...

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State) is a Brazilian football striker.

Career

Born in

State, during his early career he played with several clubs in Brazil:

Goiás Goiás () is a Brazilian state located in the Center-West region. Goiás borders the Federal District and the states of (from north clockwise) Tocantins, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso do Sul and Mato Grosso. The state capital is Goi ...

Atlético Mineiro Atlético, Spanish for ''athletics'', or Athletico in English, may refer to: Sports Teams Athletico *Athletico SC (Lebanon), a Lebanese football academy *Athletic Bilbao, or Atletico Bilbao, Basque students athletic club (also forming Athletic Cl ...

,Sambafoot
/ref> Ateneu and Mamoré. In summer 2001 he moved to Portugal where, until 2006, he represented several

Portuguese Liga The Primeira Liga (; English: Premier League, also written as Liga Portugal 1), also known as Liga Portugal Bwin for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga Portugal, ...

clubs: Farense,

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, Beira-Mar,

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and União Leiria. In 2006, he signed with Cruzeiro playing in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. He played afterwards with

Ipatinga Ipatinga is a municipality in eastern Minas Gerais state, Brazil. The city was founded on 29 April 1964 and covers a total area of . Its population is 267,333 as of 2021. It is part of the Vale do Aço (Steel Valley) metropolitan area (populati ...

(

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) and Náutico (Serie A) before returning to Portuguese top league club União Leiria in 2008. After that short return to Portugal, his next destination was

Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i Ulsan Hyundai FC ( ko, 울산 현대 축구단) is a South Korean professional football club based in Ulsan that competes in the K League 1, the top tier of South Korean football. Founded in 1983 as Hyundai Horang-i, they joined the K League ...

in the South Korean

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. Afterwards he had a spell with

, who he had helped the year before to get the promotion to the Brazilian Serie A, before joining former European champions

Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional football club based in Bel ...

playing in the

Serbian SuperLiga The Serbian Super League ( sr, Супер лига Србије / Super liga Srbije), referred to as the Mozzart Bet Super League ( sr, Моцарт Бет Супер лига / Mozzart Bet Super liga) for sponsorship reasons, is a Serbian profes ...

. In 2009, he was back to Brazil playing Náutico in the Serie A then moving to

Mirassol Mirassol is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The city is located in the northern part of the state, 453 km from the city of São Paulo and 15 km from São José do Rio Preto. Mirassol has 60,303 inhabitants (IBGE/2020). ...

in 2010. In 2011, he moved abroad again, this time signing with

Iran Pro League The Persian Gulf Pro League ( fa, لیگ برتر خلیج فارس, ''Lig-e Bartar-e Xalij-e Fârs''), formerly known as the Iran Pro League ( fa, links=no, لیگ برتر ایران, ''Lig-e bartar-e Irân''), is the highest division of profe ...

side

Naft Tehran Naft Tehran Football Club ( fa, باشگاه فوتبال نفت تهران, ''Bashgah-e Futbal-e Nuft Teheran'') is an Iranian football club based in Tehran, Iran. They competed in the Persian Gulf Pro League. They were owned by the National Ira ...

Achievements

Rosa was runner-up top scorer of the Campeonato Mineiro 2001, with nine goals and third top scorer of the

2003-04, with 14 goals.

References

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Ferreira
at Srbijafudbal * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ferreira 1979 births Living people Brazilian footballers Brazilian expatriate footballers Association football forwards Uberlândia Esporte Clube players Goiás Esporte Clube players Clube Atlético Mineiro players Cruzeiro Esporte Clube players Ipatinga Futebol Clube players Clube Náutico Capibaribe players Mirassol Futebol Clube players S.C. Farense players S.C. Beira-Mar players Vitória S.C. players Gil Vicente F.C. players U.D. Leiria players C.D. Nacional players Primeira Liga players Expatriate footballers in Portugal Ulsan Hyundai FC players K League 1 players Expatriate footballers in South Korea Red Star Belgrade footballers Serbian SuperLiga players Expatriate footballers in Serbia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in South Korea Expatriate footballers in Iran Naft Tehran F.C. players Persian Gulf Pro League players