Janderson de Carvalho Costa

Janderson de Carvalho Costa (born 6 May 1999), simply known as Janderson, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward for Süper Lig club Göztepe.

Club career Early career Janderson was born in São João de Meriti, Rio de Janeiro, but played for Inhumas as a youth. Back to his native state, he made his senior debut with Angra dos Reis and played for Duque de Caxias before joining São José-MA for the 2022 season.

After scoring six goals in the 2022 Campeonato Maranhense, Janderson moved to Série D side Bahia de Feira in April of that year, and was the club's top scorer in the competition with seven goals.

Botafogo On 8 August 2022, Janderson signed for Botafogo and was initially assigned to the under-23 team. Promoted to the first team for the 2023 season, he renewed his contract with Bota until 2025 on 10 April 2023, and made his debut with the main squad ten days later, coming on as a second-half substitute for Tiquinho Soares in a 4–0 Copa Sudamericana home routing of Universidad César Vallejo. Seven days after that, he scored his first goal for the club, netting the second in a 2–0 win over Ypiranga-RS also at the Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos, for the year's Copa do Brasil.

Janderson made his Série A debut on 11 May 2023, again replacing Tiquinho in a 3–0 home win over Corinthians. He scored his first goal in the category on 6 December, but in a 3–1 away loss to Internacional.

Vitória On 19 April 2024, Janderson signed a contract with fellow top tier side Vitória until December 2027, for a rumoured fee of R$ 5 million.

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