Cléber (footballer, born 1996)

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Bomfim and the second or paternal family name is de Jesus.
Cléber
Personal information
Full name Cléber Bomfim de Jesus
Date of birth (1996-10-22) 22 October 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Salvador, Brazil
Height 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Ceará
Number 89
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 Icasa 2 (2)
2017–2020 Barbalha 29 (18)
2018 → Guarani de Juazeiro (loan) 3 (0)
2018–2019 → Vitória (loan) 4 (0)
2019 → Caucaia (loan) 8 (6)
2019 → Concórdia (loan) 7 (2)
2019 → Guarany de Sobral (loan) 8 (3)
2020– Ceará 128 (23)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 October 2023

Cléber Bomfim de Jesus (born 22 October 1996), simply known as Cléber, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Ceará as a forward.

Club career

Early career

Born in Salvador, Bahia, Cléber began his career in 2017, when invited to play for Icasa after impressing in a seven-a-side football tournament.[1] After just two matches for the club, he moved to Barbalha, where he helped the club in their promotion to the second division of the Campeonato Cearense as champions.[1]

Cléber was loaned to Guarani de Juazeiro for the 2018 Cearense, but appeared rarely and returned to Barbalha, where he was the top scorer of the second division as his club achieved another promotion as champions. On 18 May of that year, he renewed his contract with Barbalha until 2021,[1] being subsequently loaned to Caucaia in July;[2] the move was later declared void as he joined Vitória instead, also in a temporary deal.[3]

Initially assigned to the under-23s, Cléber made his first team debut for Vitória on 15 January 2019, coming on as a second-half substitute for Eron in a 1–1 away draw against CSA, for the year's Copa do Nordeste.[4] After only four appearances for the club, he left and represented Caucaia, Concórdia and Guarany de Sobral, all on loan from Barbalha; with the first two he achieved promotion to the first division of their respective state championships, while being crowned champions with the former.

Ceará

Returning to Barbalha for 2020, Cléber scored seven goals in the year's Cearense, which led to a move to Série A side Ceará on 9 March 2020; he agreed to a three-year contract with the club.[5] At the club, he immediately became a starter and scored in both legs of the 2020 Copa do Nordeste Finals, helping Vozão to win the trophy unbeaten during the whole competition.[6]

Cléber made his debut in the top tier on 7 August 2020, starting and scoring his team's first in a 3–2 away loss against Sport Recife.[7]

Career statistics

As of 25 October 2021[8]
Club Season League State League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Icasa 2017 Cearense Série B — 2 2 — — 3[a] 2 5 4
Barbalha 2017 Cearense Série C — 6 3 — — — 6 3
2018 Cearense Série B — 16 11 — — — 16 11
2019 Cearense — 0 0 — — — 0 0
2020 — 12 7 1 0 — — 13 7
Total — 34 21 1 0 — — 35 21
Guarani de Juazeiro (loan) 2018 Série D 0 0 3 0 — — — 3 0
Vitória (loan) 2018 Série A 0 0 — 0 0 — — 0 0
2019 Série B 0 0 1 0 1 0 — 2[b] 0 4 0
Total 0 0 1 0 1 0 — 2 0 4 0
Caucaia (loan) 2019 Cearense Série B — 8 6 — — — 8 6
Concórdia (loan) 2019 Catarinense Série B — 7 2 — — — 7 2
Guarany de Sobral (loan) 2019 Cearense — 0 0 — — 8[a] 3 8 3
Ceará 2020 Série A 33 6 — — — 5[b] 2 38 8
2021 21 3 4 1 2 1 3[c] 0 7[b] 3 37 8
Total 54 9 4 1 2 1 3 0 12 5 75 16
Career total 54 9 56 32 4 1 3 0 25 10 142 52
  1. ^ a b Appearance(s) in Copa Fares Lopes
  2. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in Copa do Nordeste
  3. ^ Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana

Honours

Barbalha

Caucaia

Ceará

References

  1. ^ a b c "Barbalha renova com atacante e estipula multa de 1 milhão de dólares" [Barbalha renew with forward and set release clause of 1 million dollars] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Badalo. 18 May 2018. Archived from the original on 27 February 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Caucaia EC contrata atacante Cleber, artilheiro da Série B com 11 gols" [Caucaia EC sign forward Cleber, top scorer of the Série B with 11 goals] (in Brazilian Portuguese). É Notícia com Rudi Cascaes. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Presidente do Barbalha-CE revela empréstimo de atacante para o Vitória" [President of Barbalha-CE reveals loan of forward to Vitória] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Bahia Notícias. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  4. ^ "CSA e Vitória começam o Nordestão com um empate e belas jogadas" [CSA and Vitória start the Nordestão with a draw and beautiful plays] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Atacante Cléber fecha com o Ceará e assina contrato de três anos" [Forward Cléber signs with Ceará and agrees to three-year contract] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Ceará SC. 9 March 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Ele veio da favela, foi marinheiro e virou herói do bi do Ceará na Copa do Nordeste: a bela história de Cléber" [He came from the favelas, was a sailor and became a hero of Ceará's double in the Copa do Nordeste: the beautiful story of Cléber] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Correio Braziliense. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Cléber comemora momento no Ceará e fala de ajuda de Sobis nos treinos" [Cléber celebrates form at Ceará and speaks about Sóbis' help in trainings] (in Brazilian Portuguese). O Povo. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  8. ^ Cléber at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 August 2020.