Jean Carlos Chera (born 12 May 1995), known as Jean Chera or simply Chera, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.
Club career Born in Vera, Mato Grosso, Chera joined Santos' youth setup in 2005, aged ten, after impressing while playing for ADAP. He was considered one of the club's brightest youth prospects,Aposta da base do Santos, Chera quer fazer história na Vila (Santos' youth bet, Jean Chera wants to make history at Vila); IG, 1 April 2009 but left the club on 25 March 2011, after rejecting offers of renewal and with his father having altercations with the team's board.Antes de chegar ao profissional, Jean Chera anuncia sua saída do Santos (Before arriving at the professionals, Jean Chera announces his departure of Santos); Globo Esporte, 25 March 2011
Two months after leaving Peixe, Chera signed a three-year deal with Serie A club Genoa, being assigned to the Primavera squad.Após brigar com o Santos, promessa Jean Chera acerta contrato com o Genoa (After an altercation with Santos, prospect Jean Chera signs contract with Genoa); UOL Esporte, 25 May 2011 However, he returned to Brazil in November, and joined Flamengo.Sem poder jogar no Genoa, Jean Chera rescinde contrato e faz exames pelo Fla (Without playing at Genoa, Jean Chera rescinds contract and makes exams at Fla); Veja, 17 November 2011
Chera rescinded with Fla in December 2012,'Novo Neymar', Jean Chera não se firma no Fla e rescinde contrato ('New Neymar', Jean Chera does not establish himself at Fla and rescinds contract); Globo Esporte, 5 December 2012 and moved to fellow league team Atlético Paranaense in February of the following year.'Novo Neymar', Jean Chera posa com a camisa atleticana no CT do Caju ('New Neymar', Jean Chera appears with the atleticana shirt in CT do Caju); Globo Esporte, 22 February 2013 He was released in August 2013,Promessa do Santos, Jean Chera não fica mais no Atlético-PR (Santos' prospect, Jean Chera does not stay in Atlético-PR anymore); Terra, 21 August 2013 and signed for Cruzeiro in the following month;Chera tenta reviravolta na carreira e ganha chance na base do Cruzeiro (Chera tries a comeback in career and gets chance in Cruzeiro's youth setup); UOL Esporte, 5 September 2013 he was also shown the door by the latter in December 2013.Antes tido como novo Neymar, Chera acumula novo fracasso e deixa o Cruzeiro (Before being appointed as Neymar, Chera collects another failure and leaves Cruzeiro); UOL Esporte, 30 December 2013
On 28 January 2014 Chera signed a professional deal with Oeste,'Novo Neymar', Jean Chera acerta com o Oeste para Paulistão e Série B ('New Neymar', Jean Chera signs with Oeste for the Paulistão and the Série B); Globo Esporte, 28 January 2014 being released on 28 March, after his side was relegated from Campeonato Paulista.Ex-joia, Jean Chera entra em pacotão de dispensas do rebaixado Oeste (Former pearl, Jean Chera is included in relegated Oeste's list of releases); Globo Esporte, 28 March 2014 On 19 June he agreed a contract with CS Universitatea Craiova,Após fracasso em Santos, Fla e Cruzeiro, Jean Chera vai jogar na Romênia (After failures in Santos, Fla and Cruzeiro, Jean Chera will play in Romania); UOL Esporte, 23 June 2014 but was released just ten days later.Jean Chera é dispensado de clube romeno dez dias após contratação (Jean Chera is released from Romanian club ten days after his signature); UOL Esporte, 29 June 2014
In July 2014 Chera switched teams and countries again, joining Greek Football League side Paniliakos. He finally made his professional debut on 17 October, coming on as a second half substitute in a 0–2 home loss against Panegialios.Πανηλειακός – Παναιγιάλειος 0–2 (Paneliakos – Panegialios 0–2); OnSports, 17 October 2014
In November Chera moved to Spanish Tercera División's SD Buelna,El brasileño Chera se incorpora al Buelna (Brazilian Chera joins Buelna); Valle de Buelna FM, 24 November 2014 but returned to his home country in January 2015, signing for Cuiabá.Com 19 anos, Jean Chera assina com Cuiabá, seu décimo clube da carreira (19 years old, Jean Chera signs with Cuiabá, the tenth club of his career); Globo Esporte, 9 January 2015 On 21 May he was released, after appearing in only two state league matches (41 minutes of action).Com apenas 41 minutos em campo, Jean Chera é dispensado do Cuiabá (With only 41 minutes on the field, Jean Chera is released from Cuiabá); Globo Esporte, 21 May 2015
On 30 July 2015 Chera returned to Santos, signing a four-month deal and being initially assigned to the under-23s."Ajuda de custo": Modesto diz que Jean Chera ganhará R$ 900 por mês ("Allowance": Modesto says that Jean Chera will earn R$ 900 per month); Globo Esporte, 30 July 2015 On 29 December he was loaned to Vitória das Tabocas,Santos acerta empréstimo de Jean Chera ao Vitória (Santos agrees loan of Jean Chera to Vitória); Vitória's official website, 29 December 2015 but it the loan did not materialize shortly after.
On 3 February 2016 Chera was loaned to Portuguesa Santista, along with another 13 Santos players, after a partnership between both clubs was established.Santos empresta Jean Chera e mais 13 para a Portuguesa Santista; veja lista (Santos loans Jean Chera and 13 more to Portuguesa Santista; see the list); Globo Esporte, 3 February 2016
On 18 July 2016, Chera announced his retirement from professional football at the age of 21, returning to his hometown with his family and his girlfriend, 8-month pregnant at the date.Jean Chera desiste do futebol, vende tudo e vai morar com namorada no MT (Jean Chera quits football, sells everything and goes to live with girlfriend in MT); Globo Esporte, 18 July 2016 The following day, however, he stated that he would return after his child's birth.Jean Chera nega aposentadoria e diz que volta ao futebol após filho nascer (Jean Chera denies retirement and says he returns to football after his son's birth); UOL Esporte, 19 July 2016 His contract with Santos was rescinded on 26 July.Santos rescinde contrato de Jean Chera, que decidiu se aposentar (Santos rescind contract of Jean Chera, who decided to retire); Globo Esporte, 26 JUly 2016
On 22 November 2016, Chera stepped out of retirement and signed for Sinop ahead of the following season.Aos 21 anos, Jean Chera acerta com o Sinop como reforço para 2017 (Aged 21, Jean Chera signs with Sinop as an addition to 2017); UOL Esporte, 22 November 2016 He terminated his contract with the club the following September, after being rarely used.
Chera retired for the 2018 season.
Honours Cuiabá Copa Verde: 2015
References
External links Jean Chera at Instagram