Jean Carlos de Brito (born 9 June 1995), commonly known as Jean (), is a Brazilian

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who plays as a

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for Swedish club

IFK Norrköping Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Norrköping, more commonly known as IFK Norrköping or simply Norrköping, is a Swedish professional football club based in Norrköping. The club is affiliated to Östergötlands Fotbollförbund and play their ...

. A versatile player, he is also able to play as a

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and as a

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Career

Youth years

Born in

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, Jean first started to play youth football with local club

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. He also went on to represent Spanish club

Osasuna Club Atlético Osasuna (, ''Osasuna Athletic Club''), or simply Osasuna, is a Spanish professional football club in Pamplona, Navarre. Founded on 24 October 1920, the club currently plays in La Liga, holding home games at the 23,576-capacity El ...

Palmeiras Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras (), commonly known as Palmeiras, is a Brazilian professional football club based in the city of São Paulo, in the district of Perdizes. Palmeiras is one of the most popular clubs in South America, with around ...

and

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during his youth years.

Brazil

Jean emerged into playing regular first team football in 2017, spending part of the year at

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and Paysandu. He featured in the

2017 Copa Verde The 2017 Copa Verde was the 4th edition of a football competition held in Brazil. Featuring 18 clubs, Acre, Distrito Federal and Mato Grosso do Sul have two spots; Amapá, Amazonas, Espírito Santo, Mato Grosso, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima and Toc ...

campaign, where Paysandu finished runners-up following a 4–2 aggregated defeat against Luverdense Esporte Clube in the finals. He signed with

Clube Atlético Tubarão Clube Atlético Tubarão is a Brazilian football team from Tubarão, Santa Catarina, Brazil, founded on April 14, 2005 as Associação Cultural, Recreativa e Esportiva Atlético Cidade Azul but changed to Club Atlético Tubarão name in 2007, and ...

on 10 January 2018, and went on to make a total of 24 appearances for the club in the Série D and the

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. Jean also spent three months on loan with the

Sport Recife Sport Club do Recife, (; known as Sport Recife or Sport, is a Brazilian sports club, located in the city of Recife, in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco. Founded in 1905, the club currently plays in Série B. In football, the club has w ...

in 2018, failing to make any competitive appearances for the Série A club.

Hammarby IF

On 3 February 2019, Jean transferred to

Hammarby IF Hammarby Idrottsförening ("Hammarby Sports Club"), commonly known as Hammarby IF or simply Hammarby ( or, especially locally, ), is a Swedish sports club located in Stockholm, with a number of member organizations active in a variety of differe ...

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football lea ...

. He signed a three-year deal with the

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club for an undisclosed fee. He was sought out as a replacement for countryman

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, who also had been bought from Tubarão the previous season. However, he had difficulties breaking into the starting eleven and only made 3 appearances for Hammarby during the first half of the season. On 2 August, Jean was loaned out to affiliated club IK Frej in Superettan, Sweden's second division, for the remainder of the year.

Varbergs BoIS

On 26 February 2021, Jean moved to fellow Swedish club

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, on a three-year contract.

IFK Norrköping

After only a season in Varberg, it was announced by

in January 2022 that they had signed Jean at a three-year contract.

References

1995 births Living people Brazilian footballers Brazilian expatriate footballers Association football defenders Sport Club do Recife players Clube Atlético Tubarão players Paysandu Sport Club players Clube Recreativo e Atlético Catalano players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Hammarby Fotboll players IK Frej players Turun Palloseura footballers Varbergs BoIS players IFK Norrköping players Allsvenskan players Superettan players Veikkausliiga players Expatriate footballers in Sweden Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Finland Sportspeople from Goiânia {{Brazil-footy-defender-1990s-stub