Jean Agostinho da Silva (born 1 June 1988), commonly known as Jean Carioca, is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a

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for

KF Feronikeli FC Feronikeli 74 ( sq, Klubi Futbollistik Feronikeli 74), commonly referred to as Feronikeli 74 and colloquially known as Feronikeli is a professional football club based in Drenas, Kosovo. The club play in the Football Superleague of Kosovo, whic ...

Career

Jean Carioca was born in

Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro Duque de Caxias (, ''Duke of Caxias'') is a city on Guanabara Bay and part of Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area, southeastern Brazil. It is bordered by Rio de Janeiro city to the south. Its population was 924,624 (2020) and its area is 465&nbs ...

. He left Tigres do Brasil and Brazil for only the second time in his professional career to join

Albanian Superliga The Kategoria Superiore, officially known as Abissnet Superiore for sponsorship reasons, is a professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the Albanian football league system, it is the country's primary football compet ...

side

FK Kukësi Futboll Klub Kukësi is an Albanian professional football club based in the city of Kukës. The club plays its home games at the Zeqir Ymeri Stadium and they currently compete in the Kategoria Superiore, the highest tier of Albanian football. Th ...

ahead of the

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first qualifying round. He made his FK Kukësi and European debut on 2 July 2015 against Belarusian side

FC Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino FC Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino ( be, ФК Тарпеда-БелАЗ Жодзіна, ''FK Tarpeda-BelAZ Zhodzina''; , ''Futbolniy klub Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino'') is a Belarusian football club based in Zhodino. They play in the Belarusian Premier League, th ...

in the first qualifying round of the Europa League, where he played the full 90 minutes and scored in the 9th minute of the 2–0 win.FK Kukësi 2–0 Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino
/ref> In the 2015–16, he was the Number 10 player for Kukësi and he also established himself as a regular starter for the club. During the season, he only scored three league goals in 34 league appearances, along with a goal in the Albanian Cup Final against Laçi at the

Qemal Stafa Stadium The Qemal Stafa Stadium ( sq, Stadiumi Qemal Stafa), named after Qemal Stafa (1920–1942), a Albanian Resistance of World War II, World War II hero, was a national stadium and the largest football (soccer), football stadium in Tirana, Albania. ...

were his team won 5–3 on penalties after the final finished 1–1 through 120 minutes.

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Jean Carioca
at ZeroZero 1988 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Esporte Clube Tigres do Brasil players Clube de Regatas Brasil players ABC Futebol Clube players Tombense Futebol Clube players Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas players Associação Atlética Ponte Preta players Figueirense FC players Xanthi F.C. players Esporte Clube XV de Novembro (Piracicaba) players Centro Sportivo Alagoano players Treze Futebol Clube players FK Kukësi players União Recreativa dos Trabalhadores players FC Feronikeli 74 players Super League Greece players Kategoria Superiore players Football Superleague of Kosovo players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players Campeonato Brasileiro Série D players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Albania Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Kosovo Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Albania Expatriate men's footballers in Kosovo Footballers from Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro {{Brazil-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub