Jair Xavier de Brito

Jair Xavier de Brito (born 7 September 1974), simply known as Jajá, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as winger.

Career Having spent time in Cruzeiro's youth sectors, Jajá began his professional career with Botafogo-SP. After standing out in the 1995 Copa SP de Futebol Jr., he was incorporated into the professionals. He was loaned to Juventus-SP and Coritiba, in addition to having a spell in Mexican football at Veracruz. In 2000, in a new spell at Botafogo-SP, he was one of the highlights of the team that achieved promotion to Série A1 of the Campeonato Paulista.

In August 2002, while playing for Paysandu, the player was attacked with an elbow by defender Horacio Ameli in a match against São Paulo. Jajá also stood out playing for Caxias, a club for which he was state champion in 2000 and accumulated three spells, the last being in 2005.

Personal life Jajá is the father of two other football players also called by the nickname Jajá: Jair Diego and Jair Vinícius. He is currently a businessman and lives in the city of Catanduva.

Honours Caxias Campeonato Gaúcho: 2000

Paysandu Campeonato Paraense: 2002 Copa Norte: 2002 Copa dos Campeões: 2002