Yuri 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
Place of birth Campina Grande, Brazil
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Ajman Club
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)
2023–2025 Neftchi Baku 58 (7)
2025– Ajman Club 0 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 June 2025

Jefferson Yuri de Sousa Matias (born 10 February 1995) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for UAE Pro League club Ajman Club.[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.

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

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.[4]

Career statistics

As of match played 4 May 2025[5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
América-PE 2014 State league ———1[b]010
2015 State league ———10[b]0100
2016 Série D ———14[b]0140
Total ———250250
Académica 2016–17 Liga Portugal 2 15100—1[c]0161
2017–18 Liga Portugal 2 13020—1[c]0160
2018–19 Liga Portugal 2 272———272
2019–20 Liga Portugal 2 30——0030
Total 58320—20623
Tractor 2019–20 Persian Gulf Pro League 20———20
Gaz Metan Mediaș 2020–21 Liga I 27210——282
2021–22 Liga I 20411——215
Total 47621——497
CFR Cluj 2021–22 Liga I 140———140
2022–23 Liga I 3542013[d]21[e]0516
Total 4942013210656
Neftçi Baku 2023–24 Azerbaijan Premier League 305404[f]0—385
2024–25 Azerbaijan Premier League 28253——335
Total 5879340—7110
Career total 2142015417228027426
  1. ↑ Includes Taça de Portugal, Cupa României, Azerbaijan Cup
  2. 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in Campeonato Pernambucano Série A1
  3. 1 2 Appearance(s) in Taça da Liga
  4. ↑ One appearance in UEFA Champions League, twelve appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa Conference League
  5. ↑ Appearance in Supercupa României
  6. ↑ Appearances 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. Archived from the original on 10 July 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  3. ↑ "Yuri Matias até 2020" [Yuri Matias until 2020] (in Portuguese). Académica de Coimbra. 3 April 2017. Archived from the original on 10 July 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  4. ↑ "Yuri ruma ao Irão" [Yuri goes to Iran] (in Portuguese). Record. 26 January 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  5. ↑ Yuri Matias at Soccerway
  6. ↑ "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.
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