Jefferson Yuri de Sousa Matias (born 10 February 1995) is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a

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for

Azerbaijan Premier League The Azerbaijan Premier League ( az, Azərbaycan Premyer Liqası) is a professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the Azerbaijan football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is conteste ...

club Neftchi Baku.

Career

Born in

Campina Grande Campina Grande is the second most populous Brazilian city in the State of Paraíba after João Pessoa, the capital. It is considered to be the most important city of the Northeastern Brazilian subregion called '' agreste''. It is considered one ...

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

, Matias joined Académica de Coimbra on 27 June 2016 on a one-year loan. He made his debut on 30 July 2016, in an away draw against

Gil Vicente F.C. Gil Vicente Futebol Clube (), commonly known as Gil Vicente, founded in 1924, is a Portuguese football club that plays in Barcelos. It competes in the Primeira Liga, the top division of football in the country, and it is named after the Portugues ...

On 3 April 2017, he signed a permanent deal to stay at Académica. In January 2020, Académica terminated his contract on mutual consent and Yuri signed a six month deal with Persian Gulf Pro League side

Tractor S.C. Tractor Cultural Sports Economic Club ( fa, باشگاه فرهنگی ورزشی اقتصادی تراکتور, ''Bâšgâh-e Farhangi Varzeši Eqtesâdi-ye Terâktor''), commonly known as Tractor, formerly Tractor Sazi, is an Iranian football ...

Honours

CFR Cluj *

Liga I The Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1, is a Romanian professional league for men's association football clubs. Currently sponsored by betting company Superbet, it is officially known as the SuperLiga. It is the country's top ...

: 2021–22 *

Supercupa României The Supercupa României ( en, Romanian Supercup) is a Romanian football championship contested by the winners of the Liga I and the Cupa României. It is usually played at the Arena Națională in Bucharest. The competition started off in 1994, ...

runner-up:

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Individual *

Team of the Season:

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Matias, Yuri 1995 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Liga Portugal 2 players América Futebol Clube (PE) players Académica de Coimbra (football) players Persian Gulf Pro League players Tractor S.C. players CS Gaz Metan Mediaș players CFR Cluj players Liga I players ategory:Azerbaijan Premier League players Neftçi PFK players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Iran Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan Expatriate men's footballers in Iran Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in Azerbaijan