Jean Maciel

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Jean Maciel
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Personal information
Full name Jean Carllo Maciel
Date of birth (1989-02-28) 28 February 1989 (age 36)
Place of birth Anápolis, Goiás, Brazil
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1999–2003 Boavista
2003–2008 Salgueiros
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008 Salgueiros 08 8 (4)
2008 Pedras Rubras
2009 Nelas 7 (0)
2010 Santa Maria 8 (0)
2011 Artsul
2018–2019 HKFC Wanderers 19 (15)
2019–2024 HKFC 44 (13)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 May 2024

Jean Carllo Maciel (born 28 February 1989) is a Brazilian-born Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. [1] [2] He was a former restaurant manager at Pirata Group and managed the Pici chain in Hong Kong. Maciel is currently a youth coach.

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Senior career

HKFC

Jean was promoted to the HKFC first team squad ahead of the 2019-20 First Division season and was with the club in the Premier League between 2021-22 and 2023-24, retiring aged 35 and transitioning into a coach for the club's youth sides.

Personal life

A former restaurant manager at the Pirata Group in Hong Kong, Jean had youth stints in Boavista and Salgueiros youth when he moved to Portugal as a young child before coming to Hong Kong in 2018, enlisting himself for HKFC's amateur sides.

2021 Hong Kong match fixing scandal

In October 2021, HKFC player Brian Fok offered a bribe to Maciel to play an unfair match against Hong Kong Rangers. [3] However, Maciel rejected the offer and reported it to the club. In May 2023, the ICAC arrested 11 football players, including Brian Fok. [4]

Career statistics

Club

Updated as of 7 May 2023

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupLeague CupTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Salgueiros 08 2008–09Porto FA Second Division840084
Nelas 2009–10 Terceira Divisão 700070
Santa Maria 800080
Club Wanderers2018–19Yau Yee Football League1712003 [a] 52017
2019–2023000023
Total191500352220
HKFC 2019–20 First Division 74000074
2020–21 1170000117
2021–22 Premier League 30103 [b] 070
2022–23 111107 [b] 2193
Total3212201024414
Career total7431201378938
Notes
  1. Appearances in the Yau Yee League Cup
  2. 1 2 Appearances in the Sapling Cup

References

  1. Jean Maciel at ForaDeJogo (archived)
  2. "Profile". Hong Kong Football Association . Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  3. Pao, Ming. "涉假波賭外圍 3球員1「艇仔」被控 起訴行賄及串謀賭博作弊 兩隊友拒受賄告發". www.mingpaocanada.com. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  4. "假波案⎮ 廉署去年拘 23 人 今落案控三球員一艇仔". Yahoo News (in Chinese). 15 February 2024. Retrieved 18 February 2024.