Jefferson Encada

Jefferson Encada
	Encada in 2024
Personal information
Full name	Jefferson Anilson Silva Encada
Date of birth	17 April 1998 (age 28)
Place of birth	Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Positions	Right-back; winger;
Team information
Current team	Estrela da Amadora
Number	17
Youth career
2013–2017	Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years	Team
2017–2018	Olhanense
2018–2020	Vitória Guimarães B
2019–2020	Vitória Guimarães
2020–2022	Leixões
2022–2025	Pharco
2025–	Estrela da Amadora
International career‡
2021–	Guinea-Bissau
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 May 2026; ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 February 2026

Jefferson Anilson Silva Encada (born 17 April 1998) is a Bissau-Guinean professional footballer who plays as a right-back or winger for Primeira Liga club Estrela da Amadora.

Club career

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]

As of match played 20 March 2025^[4]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps
Guinea-Bissau	2021	4
	2022	7
	2023	5
	2024	12
	2025	1
Total		29

↑ "Vitória Guimarães B 0-1 Paços de Ferreira". ForaDeJogo. 2018-10-28. Retrieved 2018-11-24.
↑ "Rio Ave v Vitória Guimarães game report". Soccerway. 8 September 2019.
↑ "Eswatini v Guinea-Bissau game report". Besoccer. 26 March 2021.^{[permanent dead link]}
↑ "Jefferson Encada". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 27 March 2025.

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