Jair Amador Silos (born 21 August 1989), simply known as Jair, is a Portuguese

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who plays for

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commercially known as LaLiga SmartBank for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spanish football league system. Administrated by the Lig ...

club

Real Zaragoza Real Zaragoza, S.A.D. (), commonly referred to as Zaragoza, is a football club based in Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, that currently competes in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system. Zaragoza holds its home games at La ...

as a

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. Born in Portugal, he holds Spanish citizenship.

Club career

Early career

Born in

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Lisbon Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administr ...

, Jair never knew his parents (who were Cape Verdian) and was adopted by a Spanish family, moving to

Villanueva de la Serena Villanueva de la Serena is a city in the Province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain. It has a population of 26,111 (2010) and forms part of a larger urban area with the neighbouring town of Don Benito. History Founded in the thirteenth century as ...

Badajoz Badajoz (; formerly written ''Badajos'' in English) is the capital of the Province of Badajoz in the autonomous community of Extremadura, Spain. It is situated close to the Portuguese border, on the left bank of the river Guadiana. The population ...

Extremadura Extremadura (; ext, Estremaúra; pt, Estremadura; Fala: ''Extremaúra'') is an autonomous community of Spain. Its capital city is Mérida, and its largest city is Badajoz. Located in the central-western part of the Iberian Peninsula, it ...

afterwards. A UD La Cruz Villanovense youth graduate, he made his debut as a senior with CD Hernán Cortés in 2008, on loan from

CF Villanovense Club de Fútbol Villanovense is a Spanish football team based in Villanueva de la Serena, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. Founded in 1992 it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 4, holding home matches at ''Estadio Romero Cuerda' ...

. Jair appeared rarely for Villanovense in

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, and was loaned to

CD Miajadas Club Deportivo Miajadas is a Spanish football club based in Miajadas, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. Founded in 1965, it plays in Tercera División – Group 14, holding home games at ''Estadio Municipal de Miajadas'', with a 2,500- ...

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

in the 2011 summer. He remained with the side for two years, being brought back to his parent club in July 2013 after it was

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from

Segunda División B Segunda División B ( en, Second Division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish Foot ...

. Jair was a regular starter during the 2013–14 campaign, as the club returned to the third level at first attempt. On 6 July 2015 he signed for

Levante UD Levante Unión Deportiva, S.A.D. (, ca-valencia, Llevant Unió Esportiva ) is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club in Valencia, in the Valencian Community, namesake autonomous community. Founded on 9 September 1909, Levante ...

, being assigned to the reserves also in the third division.

Huesca

On 24 June 2016, Jair signed a two-year contract with

club

SD Huesca Sociedad Deportiva Huesca, S.A.D., is a Spanish football club in Huesca, in the autonomous community of Aragon. Founded on 29 March 1960, SD Huesca plays in the Segunda División, having played in the Spanish top division for the first time in t ...

. He made his professional debut on 20 August, starting in a 0–0 away draw against

AD Alcorcón Agrupación Deportiva Alcorcón S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Alcorcón, in the autonomous community of Madrid. Founded in 1971, it currently plays in Primera Federación – Group 1, holding home matches at the Municipal de Santo ...

. Jair scored his first professional goal on 2 December 2017, netting his team's second in a 3–1 home win against

Córdoba CF Córdoba Club de Fútbol (), (from the 2020–21 season onwards competing under the umbrella of Unión Futbolística Cordobesa, S.A.D.) is a Spanish football club based in Córdoba, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1951 as ...

. He finished the campaign as an undisputed starter, featuring in all league matches and scoring four goals as his side achieved a first-ever promotion to

La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and as La Liga in English-speaking countries and officially as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, stylized as LaLiga, is the men's ...

Maccabi Tel Aviv

On 7 June 2018, Jair signed a three-year contract with

Israeli Premier League The Israeli Premier League ( he, ליגת העל, ''Ligat Ha`Al'', ), is a professional association football league which operates as the highest division of the Israeli Football League – the state's league of Israel. The league is contested b ...

side

Maccabi Tel Aviv FC Maccabi World Union, Maccabi Tel Aviv Football Club ( he, מועדון כדורגל מכבי תל אביב; ''Moadon Kaduregel Maccabi Tel Aviv'') is an Israeli association football, football club from Tel Aviv and part of the Maccabi Tel Aviv, ...

. In his first season, he helped the club win a domestic double, but only featured regularly in his second, as his side retained the league trophy.

Zaragoza

On 19 August 2020, Jair returned to Spain and its second division, after agreeing to a two-year deal with

Honours

Maccabi Tel Aviv *

: 2018–19, 2019–20 *

Toto Cup The Israel Toto Cup ( he, גביע הטוטו, ''Gvia Ha'Toto'') is an association football tournament that features clubs in the two highest divisions in Israel: the Israeli Premier League ( Ligat Ha'Al), and the second division Liga Leumit. Fro ...

: 2018–19

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jair Amador 1989 births Living people Footballers from Lisbon Adoptees Naturalised citizens of Spain People from Villanueva de la Serena Sportspeople from the Province of Badajoz Footballers from Extremadura Spanish footballers Association football central defenders CF Villanovense players Atlético Levante UD players SD Huesca footballers Real Zaragoza players Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. players Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol players Tercera División players Segunda División B players Segunda División players Israeli Premier League players Spanish people of Cape Verdean descent Spanish sportspeople of African descent European sportspeople of Cape Verdean descent Spanish expatriate footballers Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Israel Expatriate footballers in Israel