| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jadson Viera Castro Gonçalves | ||
| Date of birth | (1981-08-04)4 August 1981 (age 44) | ||
| Place of birth | Santana do Livramento, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Nacional Montevideo (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1996–2000 | Cantareira | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2007 | Danubio | 141 | (7) |
| 2005 | →Atlante (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 2007–2010 | Lanús | 65 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | Vasco da Gama | 2 | (0) |
| 2011 | →Nacional (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2012 | Nacional | 17 | (0) |
| 2013–2016 | Danubio | 31 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Rentistas | 13 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2018 | Nacional (assistant) | ||
| 2019–2021 | Talleres (assistant) | ||
| 2022 | Internacional (assistant) | ||
| 2022–2023 | Vélez Sarsfield (assistant) | ||
| 2024–2025 | Boston River | ||
| 2025– | Nacional Montevideo | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Jadson Viera Castro Gonçalves (born 4 August 1981), known asJadson Viera or justJadson, is a Brazilianfootballmanager and former player who played as acentral defender. He is the current manager of Uruguayan clubNacional Montevideo.
Born in Brazil, Jadson also holds Uruguayan nationality.
Jadson was born inSantana do Livramento,Rio Grande do Sul, a city in the Uruguayan border, and started his professional career in 2001 withDanubio in Uruguay. With the club, he won two Apertura, three Clausura and two overallUruguayan Primera División titles.
Jadson spent part of 2005 on loan toAtlante in Mexico before returning to Uruguay in 2006. After helping Danubio to claim the overall league championship in 2007, he moved to Argentina to joinLanús, where he helped the club to win the2007 Apertura tournament, their first ever top flight league title.
In July 2010, Jadson signed withVasco da Gama.[1] After featuring rarely, he returned to Uruguay on 3 February 2011, after being loaned toNacional.[2]
Jadson subsequently signed a permanent deal with Nacional for the 2012 season, but returned to his first club Danubio in 2013. He retired in 2017, after a brief spell withRentistas.
After retiring, Viera was appointed assistant coach atNacional under managerAlexander Medina.[3] The duo left the club at the end of the year.
Viera followed Medina to Argentine clubTalleres de Córdoba in June 2019,[4] and remained working as his assistant atInternacional andVélez Sarsfield. On 18 December 2023, he was appointed manager ofBoston River for the upcoming campaign.[5]
On 27 October 2025, Viera replacedPablo Peirano as manager ofNacional Montevideo.[6]
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