Hadson da Silva Nery (born 4 August 1981), known as Hadson or Hadballa, is a Brazilian professional

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manager of Santos de Macapá, reality-television personality and former professional footballer.

Career

Born in

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, Hadson began playing football in Corinthians' youth system. He began his professional career with

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in 2000 and would play as a left back there until joining Paraná. Hadson began a two-year spell playing for

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in the

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in 2003. Hadson returned to Brazil for one season with Ponte Preta before resuming his European career with

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side União Leiria and Segunda Liga club Gondomar. He resumed playing in Brazil enjoying spells with Paysandu and Pinheirense before joining

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in 2010. After Hadson retired from playing football, he went into management of local club

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in 2014. In 2020, he participated in the reality show

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, as a civilian, being the third evicted from the program with 79.71% of the public vote to evict against Felipe Prior (20.29%). In 2021, Nery was hired to be manager of Grêmio Barueri, a former national topflight team, currently at the 4th division in the state of São Paulo. In 2022, he got into agreement with Santos do Amapá but preferred to participate in the reality show Power Couple Brasil 6, with his wife Eliza Fagundes, being the eighth eliminated from the program with 18.17% of the public vote to save against

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& Albert Bressan (29.24%) and Brenda Paixão & Matheus Sampaio (52.59%).

Personal life

He is the younger brother of the fellow retired footballer Harison Nery.

References

* 1981 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Clube do Remo players Paraná Clube players SC Tavriya Simferopol players U.D. Leiria players Gondomar S.C. players Paysandu Sport Club players Ukrainian Premier League players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Big Brother Brasil Big Brother (franchise) contestants Footballers from Belém {{Brazil-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub