Jajá Silva

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Souza and the second or paternal family name is Silva.

Jandir Breno Souza Silva (born 12 November 1998), known as Jajá Silva or just Jajá, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Goiás.^[1]

Jajá Silva

Personal information
Full name	Jandir Breno Souza Silva
Date of birth	(1998-11-12) 12 November 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth	Carandaí, Brazil
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Goiás
Number	7
Youth career
2015	Betim
2016–2017	Arsenal–MG
2017–2018	Americano
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018–2019	Goytacaz	3	(1)
2019–2021	Boavista	1	(0)
2019	→ Aparecida (loan)	10	(3)
2020	→ Criciúma (loan)	15	(1)
2020	→ XV de Piracicaba (loan)	0	(0)
2021	→ Sampaio Corrêa (loan)	17	(3)
2021–2022	Botoșani	27	(5)
2022	Al-Nasr	3	(0)
2022–2023	Dibba Al Fujairah	19	(3)
2023–2024	FC Tokyo	25	(0)
2024	→ Sagan Tosu (loan)	7	(0)
2025	Portuguesa	9	(3)
2025–	Goiás	19	(4)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11 August 2025

Career

Born in Carandaí, Minas Gerais, Jajá played for local sides Betim and Arsenal–MG before finishing his formation with Americano.^[2] He joined Goytacaz in 2018 for the year's Copa Rio, but left the club in April 2019.^[3]

Jajá moved to Boavista shortly after leaving Goyta, but played in just one match before being loaned out to Aparecida for the Campeonato Goiano Segunda Divisão. On 30 December 2019, he was announced at Criciúma.^[4]

Sparingly used, Jajá was presented at XV de Piracicaba on 23 October 2020, for the year's Copa Paulista.^[5] A regular starter, he moved to Série B side Sampaio Corrêa on 25 February 2021, while still owned by Boavista.^[6]

On 18 August 2021, after helping Sampaio to win the Campeonato Maranhense, Jajá moved abroad and signed for Botoșani in Romania.^[7] He scored his first goals abroad on 7 February of the following year, netting a brace in a 4–0 home routing of Dinamo București.^[8]

On 19 July 2022, UAE Pro League side Al-Nasr announced the signing of Jajá.^[9] On 28 September, however, after just three appearances, he moved to fellow league team Dibba Al Fujairah.^[10]

On 28 July 2023, Jajá joined J1 League team FC Tokyo.^[11] Unable to establish himself as a starter, he was loaned to Sagan Tosu on 5 August 2024.^[12]

On 14 January 2025, Jajá returned to his home country after agreeing to a deal with Portuguesa.^[13] On 28 February, he was transferred to Goiás, with Lusa retaining 40% of his economic rights.^[14]

Career statistics

As of 24 February 2025^[1]

Club	Season	League			State league		Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goytacaz	2018[15]	Carioca	—		—		—		—		1[a]	0	1	0
	2019		—		3	1	—		—		—		3	1
	Total		—		3	1	—		—		1	0	4	1
Boavista	2019	Série D	1	0	—		—		—		—		1	0
Aparecida (loan)	2019[16]	Goiano 2ª Divisão	—		10	3	—		—		—		10	3
Criciúma (loan)	2020	Série C	4	0	11	1	1	0	—		—		16	1
XV de Piracicaba (loan)	2020	Paulista A2	—		—		—		—		12[b]	4	12	4
Sampaio Corrêa (loan)	2021	Série B	8	0	9	3	1	0	—		7[c]	0	25	3
Botoșani	2021–22	Liga I	27	5	—		0	0	—		—		27	5
Al-Nasr	2022–23	UAE Pro League	3	0	—		0	0	—		—		3	0
Dibba Al Fujairah	2022–23	UAE Pro League	19	3	—		1	0	—		2[d]	0	22	3
FC Tokyo	2023	J1 League	8	0	—		0	0	—		—		8	0
	2024		17	0	—		1	0	—		3[e]	1	21	1
	Total		25	0	—		1	0	—		3	1	29	1
Sagan Tosu (loan)	2024	J1 League	7	0	—		—		—		—		7	0
Portuguesa	2025	Série D	0	0	9	3	0	0	—		—		9	3
Goiás	2025	Série B	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0
Career total			94	8	42	11	4	0	0	0	25	5	165	24

1. Appearance(s) in Copa Rio
2. Appearance(s) in Copa Paulista
3. Appearance(s) in Copa do Nordeste
4. Appearance(s) in UAE League Cup
5. Appearance(s) in J.League Cup

Honours

Sampaio Corrêa

• Campeonato Maranhense: 2021