nationalcaps birth_date currentclub years youthyears caps goals nationalyears image name caption fullname birth_place nationalteam height clubnumber nationalgoals youthclubs clubs position article_title
4 21 2 january 1983 botafogo 1995 2008 -- 2009 2009 -- -- 1997 1997 -- 2002 2005 -- 2008 1995 -- 1997 1997 -- 2002 28 49 42 19 347 0 0 0 0 0 2003 2011 -- jefferson oliveira galvao.jpg jefferson jefferson with botafogo in 2014 jefferson de oliveira galvão são vicente , brazil brazil-u20 brazil 1.90 m ftin on 1 0 0 ferroviária cruzeiro ferroviária cruzeiro trabzonspor konyaspor botafogo goalkeeper jefferson de oliveira galvão

jefferson de oliveira galvão

jefferson de oliveira galvão , simply known as jefferson -lrb- born january 2 , 1983 -rrb- is a brazilian professional football goalkeeper who plays for botafogo and the brazil national football team .
having begun his career at cruzeiro and spent time on loan at botafogo , he then spent four seasons in the turkish süper lig in service of trabzonspor and konyaspor before returning to botafogo .
jefferson is one of the ten footballers with most appearances in history of botafogo with 396 appearances since 2003 .
a former world champion at under-20 level , jefferson made his senior debut for brazil in 2011 and was named in their squads for two copa américa tournaments , the 2014 fifa world cup and their victory at the 2013 fifa confederations cup .
