Djair Baptista Machado known as Djair (or Machado in Hong Kong) (born 24 December 1976) is a former Brazilian footballer. His given name also misspelled as Dejair.

Biography

Born in

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, Rio Grande do Sul, Djair started his career at Grêmio. In 2000, he left for Juventude and played once in

2000 Copa do Brasil The Copa do Brasil 2000 was the 12th staging of the Copa do Brasil. The competition started on March 9, 2000, and concluded on July 9, 2000, with the second leg of the final, held at the Mineirão stadium in Belo Horizonte, in which Cruzeiro ...

. He played a half season in Portugal for

Belenenses Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses, commonly known as Os Belenenses (), is a Portuguese sports club best known for its football team. Founded in 1919, it is one of the oldest Portuguese sports clubs. It is based in the 25,000-seat Estádio do Reste ...

in 2001, and left the club in mid of

2001–02 Primeira Liga The 2001–02 Primeira Liga was the 68th edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 11 August 2001 with a match between Varzim and Benfica, and ended on 6 May 2002. The league was contested by 18 clubs with Boavista as the de ...

. In 2003, he left for Israeli side Hapoel Kfar Saba from

RS Futebol Clube Pedrabranca Futebol Clube, also known as Pedrabranca, was a Brazilian football club based in Alvorada, Rio Grande do Sul state. The club was formerly known as RS Futebol Clube. They competed in the Série C once. Thiago Silva began his career the ...

São Raimundo

In 2005, he left for São Raimundo (AM), signed a contract until the end of 2005 Campeonato Amazonense. He extended his contract until September in May, for

2005 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 2005, the second level of the Brazilian National League, was played from April 23 to November 26, 2005. The competition had 22 clubs, of which two were promoted to the Série A and six were relegated to the S� ...

. He played 19 matches in Série B, only missed round 9 and round 19. After Série B had ended, he was signed by city rival Nacional (AM) for 2005 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C in September, which the team finished as the losing quarter-finalists. In December 2005, he signed a 1-year deal with Ituano, the league rival (Série B) of São Raimundo. After the end of 2006

Campeonato Paulista The Campeonato Paulista Série A1, commonly known as Campeonato Paulista, nicknamed Paulistão, is the top-flight professional football league in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. Run by the FPF, the league is contested between 16 clubs and ty ...

, he returned to São Raimundo for 2006 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B in May 2006. He made his debut on 20 May (round 6), however he was injured at that match and missed more than 3 months. He returned to starting line-up on 12 September (round 23) but since then failed to enter starting line-up. The team finished as the second from the bottom and relegated.

Porto Alegre & Sampaio Corrêa

In February 2007 he returned to Rio Grande do Sul, signed a contract with Porto Alegre Futebol Clube until the end of Campeonato Gaúcho Segunda Divisão . In August, he left for

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, for 2007 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C second stage. The team finished as the third of Group 17 (there was 8 groups in 2nd stage, namely Group 17 to 24 with a total of 32 teams), failed to enter round of 16 (third stage).

Eastern

In September 2007 he left for

Hong Kong First Division League The Hong Kong First Division League () is the second-highest division in the Hong Kong football league system. Established in 1908, it is the third oldest in Asia. The league was formerly the highest division in Hong Kong until the formation ...

club Eastern. Under Brazilian coach Casemiro Mior, he won

Hong Kong Senior Shield The Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield (), known commonly as the Senior Shield, is the football knockout inter-club competition held in Hong Kong and the fourth oldest football tournament in Asia. Traditionally, only the teams in the Hong Kong ...

with team. Despite Eastern released Mior and several foreigner due to financial decision at the end of season, Djair was offered a new deal, along with Picoli. He played for the club at

2009 AFC Cup The 2009 AFC Cup was the sixth season of the AFC Cup and is competed among clubs from nations who are members of the Asian Football Confederation. With the Asian Football Confederation reviewed the format of the AFC Champions League and made sig ...

(finished as losing side in group stage) and was selected to Hong Kong League Selection for 2009 Lunar New Year Cup, which losing to united team of South China–

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and

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(after

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). Eastern finished as the 9th (out of 13 teams). Djair returned to Brazil after Eastern withdrew from the top division in 2009 and applied to play in 2009–10 Third Division "A", the non-professional league.

Late career

In December 2009 he returned to Rio Grande do Sul. He signed a contract until the end of

2010 Campeonato Gaúcho The 2010 Campeonato de Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional da FGF (2010 FGF First Division Professional Football Championship), better known as the 2010 Campeonato Gaúcho or Gaúcho, was the 90th edition of the Glossary of association foot ...

with Internacional de Santa Maria. In June 2010 he signed a 1-year deal with Campeonato Gaúcho Segunda Divisão club Cerâmica. He finished as the runner-up at

2010 Copa FGF 2010 Copa FGF, also known as Copa Enio Costamilan, is the 7th edition of Copa FGF. 18 team participated in the tournament. The winner would be qualified for 2010 Recopa Sul-Brasileira and 2011 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D. However, the winner ...

Honours

;National *

Copa do Brasil The Copa do Brasil ( en, Brazil Cup) is a knockout football competition played by 92 teams, representing all 26 Brazilian states plus the Federal District. It is the Brazilian domestic cup and the Brazilian equivalent of the FA Cup, Taça d ...

: 1997 *

: 2008 ;Regional * Recopa Sul-Brasileira: 2010

References

External links

Futpedia
Brazilian League stats. * Portuguese League stats. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Djair 1976 births Living people Brazilian footballers Primeira Liga players Machado, Djair Baptista Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense players Esporte Clube Juventude players São Raimundo Esporte Clube footballers Rio Branco Football Club players C.F. Os Belenenses players Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C. players Nacional Futebol Clube players Ituano FC players Porto Alegre Futebol Clube players Sampaio Corrêa Futebol Clube players

Machado Machado is a surname of Portuguese origin meaning the word "axe" or "hatchet" dating back to approximately 2nd century Europe. It is commonly found in Portugal, Spain, Brazil and Latin America, and India (Southern Tamil Nadu and Southern Kerala) d ...

Cerâmica Atlético Clube players Association football central defenders Brazilian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Israel Machado, Djair Baptista Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Israel Machado, Djair Baptista People from Caxias do Sul Hong Kong League XI representative players Sportspeople from Rio Grande do Sul