Janclesio

Jean Almeida Santos (born 22 April 1993), commonly known as Janclesio or just Jan, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a center-back for V.League 1 team Ninh Bình.

Janclesio

Janclesio in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Jean Almeida Santos
Date of birth	(1993-04-22) 22 April 1993 (age 32)
Place of birth	Campina Grande, Brazil
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)[1]
Position(s)	Center back
Team information
Current team	Ninh Bình
Youth career
0000–2011	Mogi Mirim
2011	Sertãozinho
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013	Radium	0	(0)
2014	Francana	0	(0)
2015–2016	EC São Bernardo	0	(0)
2017	Jacobina	3	(0)
2018	Real Noroeste	0	(0)
2019	Campinense	0	(0)
2019	Viettel	11	(0)
2020	Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh	19	(0)
2021	SHB Đà Nẵng	12	(0)
2022–2023	Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh	37	(9)
2023–2025	Becamex Bình Dương	44	(4)
2025–	Ninh Bình	0	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 July 2025

Club career

In the half of the 2019 V.League 1 season, Janclesio joined the newly promoted V.League 1 side Viettel and appeared in 11 games.^[2]

In 2020, Janclesio joined Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh. He was named team captain shortly after his signature and played an important role to help his team finish in top 8 of the league table in their first ever season in V.League 1.^[3]

In 2021, Janclesio played for SHB Đà Nẵng. He appeared in every possible league game before the season was cancelled due to the effects of Covid-19 in Vietnam.^[4]

On 21 December 2021, Janclesio made his comeback to Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh.^[5] In the last round of the 2022 V.League 1 season, he scored the winning goal for his team's 2–1 victory against Thanh Hóa, thus helped his team avoid relegation as they are 1 point above the relegation zone.^[6] He scored a total of 7 goals during the season, a record for a defender in V.League 1's history.^[7]

In August 2023, Becamex Bình Dương announced the signing of Janclesio to the team.^[8] He made his debut as a starter 29 October 2023, as Becamex Binh Duong defeated Binh Dinh 2–0.