Jackson Avelino Coelho

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Personal information
Jajá
Full name	Jackson Avelino Coelho
Date of birth	February 28, 1986 (1986-02-28) (age 22)
Place of birth	Ipatinga, Brazil
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Striker/midfielder
Club information
Current club	FC Metalist Kharkiv
Youth clubs
	América (MG)
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2005 2005 2006-2007 2006 2007 2007 2008-present	Feyenoord → Westerlo (loan) Getafe → Flamengo (loan) → Genk (loan) → Westerlo (loan) FC Metalist Kharkiv	00 0(0) 30 (11) 02 0(0) 05 0(0) 09 0(1) 09 0(4) 00 0(0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Jackson Avelino Coelho, nicknamed Jajá (born 28 February 1986 in Ipatinga), is a Brazilian football (soccer) midfielder. He currently plays for FC Metalist Kharkiv.

[edit] Football career

A youth product of América (MG), Jaja arrived Europe to sign for Feyenoord in November 2004, but signed a loan deal to Westerlo.^[1] Jaja joined Getafe CF in January 2006 after a year loan spell . After only two games for Getafe CF in 2nd half of 2005-06 season, he was then loaned to Flamengo in second half of 2006 season, K.R.C. Genk in 2nd half of 2006-07 season^[2] and Westerlo in 1st half of 2007-08. He signed a three-and-a-half year deal for Ukrainian club FC Metalist Kharkiv in February 2008.