![]() Encada in 2024 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jefferson Anilson Silva Encada | ||
Date of birth | 17 April 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Bissau, Guinea-Bissau | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Pharco | ||
Number | 17 | ||
Youth career | |||
2013–2017 | Sporting CP | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2018 | Olhanense | 20 | (3) |
2018–2020 | Vitória Guimarães B | 28 | (4) |
2019–2020 | Vitória Guimarães | 1 | (0) |
2020–2022 | Leixões | 30 | (5) |
2022– | Pharco | 33 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2021– | Guinea-Bissau | 29 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 February 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2025 |
Jefferson Anilson Silva Encada (born 17 April 1998) is a Bissau-Guinean professional footballer who plays for Egyptian club Pharco as a forward.
On 28 October 2018, Encada made his professional debut with Vitória Guimarães B in a 2018–19 LigaPro match against Paços Ferreira. [1]
He made his Primeira Liga debut for Vitória Guimarães on 8 September 2019 in a game against Rio Ave. [2]
He made his debut for Guinea-Bissau national football team on 26 March 2021 in an AFCON 2021 qualifier against Eswatini. [3]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Guinea-Bissau | 2021 | 4 | 0 |
2022 | 7 | 0 | |
2023 | 5 | 0 | |
2024 | 12 | 0 | |
2025 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 29 | 0 |