Jadson

Jadson Rodrigues da Silva, professionally known as Jadson (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈʒadsoⁿ]; born 5 October 1983), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder. He is currently plays for Club Athletico Paranaense.

Having begun his career at Atletico Paranaense, he moved to Shakhtar Donetsk in 2005. In eight seasons at the club, he won six Ukrainian Premier League titles, three Ukrainian Cup, and the UEFA Cup in 2009. He then returned to Brazil, first to Sao Paulo, before switching to Corinthians as part of a swap with Alexandre Pato.

Jadson made his international debut for Brazil in 2011, representing the nation at that year's Cope America. He was also part of their squad which won the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup on home soil.

Club Career

Atletico Paranaense

Born in Londrina, Jadson began his career playing for Atletico Paranaense in Brazil, where he helped the squad to win two Paranaense Championships (2002, 2005) and to be runners-up in the Brazilian league (2004).

Shakhtar Donetsk

In 2005, Jadson sealed a transfer to Shakhtar Donetsk. He scored the winning goal in extra time for Shakhtar in a 2–1 victory to win the 2009 UEFA Cup Final against Werder Bremen in Istanbul and was named Man of the match, as well as having previously scored 3 goals in the competition (a total of four in the UEFA Cup) and four goals in the Champions League including a hat-trick against FC Basel, to bring his total to nine goals in European competitions in 2008–09. He almost joins Arsenal during the summer in 2011.

Sao Paulo

After seven years in Ukraine, Jadson returned to Brazil in early 2012. He was bought for €4 million by Sao Paulo FC.

Corinthians

On 5 February 2014, Jadson was involved in a transaction between Sao Paulo and Corinthians in which he was traded to the latter and Alexandre Pato transferred to Sao Paulo. Eleven days a

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