Jucilei

Jucilei

With Anzhi in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Jucilei da Silva
Date of birth	6 April 1988
Place of birth	São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Defensive midfielder / Central midfielder
Club information
Current team	Shandong Luneng
Number	6
Youth career
–2007	Ulbra
2007	Grêmio
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2007–2009	J. Malucelli	4	(1)
2009–2011	Corinthians	66	(4)
2011–2014	Anzhi Makhachkala	74	(1)
2014–2015	Al Jazira	23	(3)
2015–	Shandong Luneng	13	(0)
National team
2010	Brazil	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 October 2015. † Appearances (goals)

Jucilei da Silva, known simply as Jucilei (born 6 April 1988 in São Gonçalo) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chinese club Shandong Luneng.

Career

He started his career with Malucelli and was transferred to Corinthians after being voted the best player of Malucelli in Paraná State Championship.

He made his debut for Corinthians against Internacional on 10 May 2009, as the team lost 1–0.^[1] On 26 July 2010, he was called, by his former Corinthians coach Mano Menezes, to his first appearance for the Brazilian national team.

On 22 February 2011 Corinthians president Andrés Sánchez confirmed that big spending Russian side Anzhi had signed Jucilei, in a deal worth €10 million.^[2]

After making 99 appearances in all competitions for Anzhi in just under three years, Jucilei moved to Al Jazira in the UAE Arabian Gulf League on 13 January 2014.^[3] He acquired Palestine citizenship to be counted as an Asian player, thus avoiding the foreign quota.^[4][5]

On 28 June 2015, it was announced that Jucilei signed with Shandong Luneng in the Chinese Super League.^[6] On 1 Mar 2016, Jucilei scored his first goal for Shandong Luneng in Asian Champions League against Buriram United. He was also awarded for the player of the match.

Career statistics

Club	Season	League		Cup		Continental		State League		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Malucelli
	2009	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	4	1
Malucelli Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	4	1
Corinthians
	2009	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	2
	2010	34	2	-	-	8	0	16	2	58	4
	2011	0	0	-	-	2	0	7	0	9	0
Corinthians Total		66	4	0	0	10	0	23	2	99	6
Anzhi Makhachkala
	2011–12	28	1	1	0	-	-	-	-	29	1
	2012–13	27	0	5	0	14	1	-	-	47	1
	2013–14	19	0	0	0	5	0	-	-	24	0
Anzhi Total		74	1	6	0	19	1	-	-	99	2
Shandong Luneng Taishan
	2015	13	0	2	0	-	-	-	-	15	0
	2016	2	0	0	0	5	2	-	-	7	2
Shandong Total		15	0	2	0	5	2	-	-	22	2
Career total		153	5	8	0	31	3	27	3	224	11

Honours

Club

Corinthians

• Brazilian Cup: 2009

Individual

• Série A Team of the Year(Prêmio Craque do Brasileirão): 2010
• Bola de Prata:2010

References

1. "Futpedia: Jucilei (Jucilei da Silva)" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. Retrieved 2010-03-16.
2. "Anzhi Sign Corinthians' Jucilei Da Silva For €10 Million". Goal.com.
3. "Jucilei to Al Jazira". http://fc-anji.ru/. Retrieved 14 January 2014. External link in |publisher= (help)
4. Westwood, Chris (6 August 2014). "Brazilian midfielder Jucilei to become Palestinian: The 26-year-old will now qualify to play for Palestine". SambaFoot. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
5. http://espn.uol.com.br/noticia/436963_ex-corintiano-virou-palestino-rejeitou-sao-paulo-e-se-afastou-ate-de-selecao-por-pe-de-meia
6. Song Miou. "Former Corinthian player Jucilei joins Shandong Luneng (sic)". news.xinhuanet.com. Retrieved 2015-06-28.

External links

• Jucilei profile at Soccerway
• Jucilei at National-Football-Teams.com
• Profile on Al Jazira official website (English)
• Profile on UAE Arabian Gulf League official website (English)