Michael (footballer, born 1982)

Michael
Personal information
Full name Michael Jefferson Nascimento[1]
Date of birth (1982-01-21) 21 January 1982
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
EC São Bernardo (assistant coach)
Youth career
1997–1998 Juventus
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2002 São Caetano
2002–2003 Corinthians
2003–2004 CRAC
2004–2006 Grêmio Barueri
2005 → Avaí (loan)
2007–2008 Guaratinguetá
2007 → Ponte Preta (loan) 19 (1)
2008 → Coritiba (loan) 11 (2)
2008–2009 JEF United Chiba 22 (3)
2010–2012 Albirex Niigata 83 (14)
2013 São Bernardo 12 (0)
2013–2014 Guaratinguetá 12 (0)
2014–2015 Santo André 0 (0)
Managerial career
2022– EC São Bernardo (assistant)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 November 2014

Michael Jefferson Nascimento (born 21 January 1982), known as Michael, is a Brazilian professional football coach and former player who is the assistant coach of EC São Bernardo. He played as a midfielder from 1997 until 2015, notably for Japanese club Albirex Niigata.

Club statistics

Statistics accurate as of 31 January 2012.[2][3][4][5]

Club Season League League Cup1 League Cup2 Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Coritiba 2008 Série A 11 2 0 0 − 11 2
JEF United Chiba 2008 J1 League 10 1 1 0 0 0 11 1
2009 12 2 0 0 3 0 15 2
Albirex Niigata 2010 27 4 2 0 6 2 35 6
2011 30 6 1 0 2 1 33 7
Career total 90 15 4 0 11 3 105 18

1Includes Emperor's Cup.

2Includes J. League Cup.

Club titles

  • São Paulo State League (2nd division): 2000, 2003
  • Brazilian Cup: 2002
  • Goiás State League: 2004

References

  1. ^ "Michael Jefferson Nascimento at Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
  2. ^ (in Portuguese) 2008 Brasileirão stats
  3. ^ (in Japanese) 2008 season J. League record Archived 2014-02-02 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ (in Japanese) 2009 season J. League record Archived 2014-02-02 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ (in Japanese) 2010 season J. League record Archived 2014-01-29 at the Wayback Machine