Jadson Viera Castro Gonçalves (born 4 August 1981), known as Jadson Viera or just Jadson, is a Brazilian football

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and former player who played as a

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. He is the current manager of Uruguayan club

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. Born in Brazil, Jadson also holds Uruguayan nationality.

Playing career

Jadson was born in

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, Rio Grande do Sul, a city in the Uruguayan border, and started his professional career in 2001 with Danubio in Uruguay. With the club, he won two Apertura, three Clausura and two overall

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titles. Jadson spent part of 2005 on loan to Atlante in Mexico before returning to Uruguay in 2006. After helping Danubio to claim the overall league championship in 2007, he moved to Argentina to join

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, where he helped the club to win the 2007 Apertura tournament, their first ever top flight league title. In July 2010, Jadson signed with Vasco da Gama. After featuring rarely, he returned to Uruguay on 3 February 2011, after being loaned to Nacional. Jadson subsequently signed a permanent deal with Nacional for the 2012 season, but returned to his first club Danubio in 2013. He retired in 2017, after a brief spell with Rentistas.

Coaching career

After retiring, Viera was appointed assistant coach at Nacional under manager Alexander Medina. The duo left the club at the end of the year. Viera followed Medina to Argentine club

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in June 2019, and remained working as his assistant at

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and Vélez Sarsfield. On 18 December 2023, he was appointed manager of

for the upcoming campaign.

Honours

Danubio *

: 2004, 2006–07, 2013–14 Lanús * Argentine Primera División: 2007 Apertura Nacional *

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, 2011–12

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Argentine Primera statistics
* 1981 births Living people People from Santana do Livramento Footballers from Rio Grande do Sul Naturalized citizens of Uruguay Brazilian men's footballers Uruguayan men's footballers Men's association football defenders Argentine Primera División players Uruguayan Primera División players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Liga MX players Danubio F.C. players Atlante F.C. footballers Club Atlético Lanús footballers CR Vasco da Gama players Club Nacional de Football players C.A. Rentistas players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Argentina Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Brazilian football managers Uruguayan football managers Boston River managers {{Brazil-footy-defender-1980s-stub