Yuri Matias

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is de Sousa and the second or paternal family name is Matias.
Yuri Matias
Matias with CFR Cluj in 2022
Personal information
Full name Jefferson Yuri de Sousa Matias
Date of birth (1995-02-10) 10 February 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Campina Grande, Brazil
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Neftchi Baku
Number 44
Youth career
–2013 América-PE
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 América-PE 25 (0)
2016–2020 Académica 58 (3)
2020 Tractor 2 (0)
2020–2022 Gaz Metan Mediaș 47 (6)
2022–2023 CFR Cluj 49 (4)
2023– Neftchi Baku 36 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 08:42, 10 October 2024 (UTC)

Jefferson Yuri de Sousa Matias (born 10 February 1995) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Azerbaijan Premier League club Neftchi Baku.[1]

Career

Born in Campina Grande, Brazil, Matias joined Académica de Coimbra on 27 June 2016 on a one-year loan.[2] He made his debut on 30 July 2016, in an away draw against Gil Vicente F.C.[3]

On 3 April 2017, he signed a permanent deal to stay at Académica.[4]

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.[5]

Career Statistics

As of 10 October 2024[6]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
América-PE 2014 State League — — — 1[a] 0 1 0
2015 — — — 10[a] 0 10 0
2016 Série D — — — 14[a] 0 14 0
Total — — — 25 0 25 0
Académica 2016-17 Liga Portugal 2 15 1 0 0 — 1[b] 0 16 1
2017-18 13 0 2 0 — 1[b] 0 16 0
2018-19 27 2 — — — 27 2
2019-20 3 0 — — 0 0 3 0
Total 58 3 2 0 — 2 0 62 3
Tractor 2019-20 Persian Gulf Pro League 2 0 — — — 2 0
Gaz Metan Mediaș 2020-21 Liga I 27 2 1 0 — — 28 2
2021-22 20 4 1 1 — — 21 5
Total 47 6 2 1 — — 49 7
CFR Cluj 2021-22 Liga I 14 0 — — — 14 0
2022-23 35 4 2 0 13[c] 2[d] 1[e] 0 51 6
Total 49 4 2 0 13 2 1 0 65 6
Neftçi Baku 2023-24 Azerbaijan Premier League 30 5 4 0 4[f] 0 — 38 5
2024-25 6 2 — — — 6 2
Career Total 192 20 10 1 17 2 28 0 247 23
  1. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in Campeonato Pernambucano Série A1
  2. ^ a b Appearance(s) in Taça da Liga
  3. ^ One appearance in UEFA Champions League, Twelve appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  4. ^ Two goals in UEFA Europa Conference League
  5. ^ Appearance(s) in Supercupa României
  6. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

CFR Cluj

Individual

References

  1. ^ Soccerway profile
  2. ^ "Yuri é reforço da Académica" [Yuri strengthens Académica] (in Portuguese). Académica's official website. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Gil Vicente 0-0 Académica". Footballzz.
  4. ^ "Yuri Matias até 2020" [Yuri Matias until 2020] (in Portuguese). Académica de Coimbra. 3 April 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Yuri ruma ao Irão" [Yuri goes to Iran] (in Portuguese). Record. 26 January 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  6. ^ Yuri Matias at Soccerway
  7. ^ "S-a stabilit echipa sezonului trecut din Superliga. Care este echipa cu cei mai mulți reprezentanți" [Last season's Superliga team has been decided. Which team has the most representatives?] (in Romanian). Playsport.ro. 9 June 2023. Retrieved 18 June 2023.