Yuri Matias

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is de Sousaand the second or paternal family name is Matias.

Yuri Matias

Matias with CFR Cluj in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Jefferson Yuri de Sousa Matias
Date of birth	(1995-02-10) 10 February 1995 (age 30)
Place of birth	Campina Grande, Brazil
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Ajman Club
Number	44
Youth career
0000–2013	América-PE
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2016	América-PE	25	(0)
2016–2020	Académica	58	(3)
2020	Tractor	2	(0)
2020–2022	Gaz Metan Mediaș	47	(6)
2022–2023	CFR Cluj	49	(4)
2023–2025	Neftchi Baku	58	(7)
2025–	Ajman Club	0	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 June 2025

Jefferson Yuri de Sousa Matias (born 10 February 1995) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for UAE Pro League club Ajman Club. ^[1]

Career

Born in Campina Grande, Brazil, Matias joined Académica de Coimbra on 27 June 2016 on a one-year loan. ^[2] He made his debut on 30 July 2016, in an away draw against Gil Vicente F.C. ^[3]

On 3 April 2017, he signed a permanent deal to stay at Académica. ^[4]

In January 2020, Académica terminated his contract on mutual consent and Yuri signed a six month deal with Persian Gulf Pro League side Tractor S.C. ^[5]

Career statistics

As of match played 4 May 2025 ^[6]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup [a]		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
América-PE	2014	State league	—		—		—		1 [b]	0	1	0
	2015	State league	—		—		—		10 [b]	0	10	0
	2016	Série D	—		—		—		14 [b]	0	14	0
	Total		—		—		—		25	0	25	0
Académica	2016–17	Liga Portugal 2	15	1	0	0	—		1 [c]	0	16	1
	2017–18	Liga Portugal 2	13	0	2	0	—		1 [c]	0	16	0
	2018–19	Liga Portugal 2	27	2	—		—		—		27	2
	2019–20	Liga Portugal 2	3	0	—		—		0	0	3	0
	Total		58	3	2	0	—		2	0	62	3
Tractor	2019–20	Persian Gulf Pro League	2	0	—		—		—		2	0
Gaz Metan Mediaș	2020–21	Liga I	27	2	1	0	—		—		28	2
	2021–22	Liga I	20	4	1	1	—		—		21	5
	Total		47	6	2	1	—		—		49	7
CFR Cluj	2021–22	Liga I	14	0	—		—		—		14	0
	2022–23	Liga I	35	4	2	0	13 [d]	2	1 [e]	0	51	6
	Total		49	4	2	0	13	2	1	0	65	6
Neftçi Baku	2023–24	Azerbaijan Premier League	30	5	4	0	4 [f]	0	—		38	5
	2024–25	Azerbaijan Premier League	28	2	5	3	—		—		33	5
	Total		58	7	9	3	4	0	—		71	10
Career total			214	20	15	4	17	2	28	0	274	26

1. Includes Taça de Portugal, Cupa României, Azerbaijan Cup
2. Appearance(s) in Campeonato Pernambucano Série A1
3. Appearance(s) in Taça da Liga
4. One appearance in UEFA Champions League, twelve appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa Conference League
5. Appearance in Supercupa României
6. Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

CFR Cluj

• Liga I: 2021–22
• Supercupa României runner-up: 2022

Individual

• Liga I Team of the Season: 2022–23, ^[7]

References

1. Soccerway profile
2. "Yuri é reforço da Académica" [Yuri strengthens Académica] (in Portuguese). Académica's official website. 27 June 2016. Archived from the original on 10 July 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
3. "Gil Vicente 0-0 Académica". Footballzz.
4. "Yuri Matias até 2020" [Yuri Matias until 2020] (in Portuguese). Académica de Coimbra. 3 April 2017. Archived from the original on 10 July 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
5. "Yuri ruma ao Irão" [Yuri goes to Iran] (in Portuguese). Record. 26 January 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
6. Yuri Matias at Soccerway
7. "S-a stabilit echipa sezonului trecut din Superliga. Care este echipa cu cei mai mulți reprezentanți" [Last season's Superliga team has been decided. Which team has the most representatives?] (in Romanian). Playsport.ro. 9 June 2023. Retrieved 18 June 2023.

External links

• Yuri Matias at ForaDeJogo (archived)