Jefferson Lerma

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Jefferson Lerma
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Jefferson Lerma (2018)
Personnel
Surname Jefferson Andrés Lerma Solís
birthday October 25, 1994
place of birth El CerritoColombia
size 179 cm
position Defensive Midfield
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2013-2016 Atlético Huila 84 (6)
2015-2016 →  UD Levante  (loan) 33 (1)
2016-2018 Levante UD 56 (1)
2018– Bournemouth AFC 63 (3)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2017– Colombia Olympia 5 (0)
2017– Colombia 19 (0)
1 Only league games are given.
As of January 8, 2020

2 As of December 7, 2019

Jefferson Andrés Lerma Solís (born October 25, 1994 in El Cerrito ) is a Colombian football player who has been under contract with AFC Bournemouth in the English EFL Championship since summer 2018 . The defensive midfielder has been a Colombian international since November 2017 .

Career

society

Jefferson Lerma began his career in his native Colombia with Atlético Huila . After more than 80 competitive appearances for the first division team , the defensive midfielder dared to move to Europe to join the Spanish first division UD Levante in the summer of 2015 , which he loaned for the entire 2015/16 season . Levante secured a purchase option of 600,000, which should activate after 25 completed games. He made his debut on August 30 in a 0-0 draw against UD Las Palmas when he came on for Nabil Ghilas in the closing stages . At the Valencia club he took a place in the starting line-up immediately after his arrival. After he had played his 25th competitive game, he became an integral part of the team in mid-March 2016 and received a four-year contract.

After three seasons at Levante, Lerma moved to AFC Bournemouth in the Premier League on August 7, 2018 for a club-internal record transfer of 28 million euros . In his first season 2018/19 , he made 30 league games in which he scored two goals. In the following 2019/20 season , he played 33 league games in which he scored a goal, but had to accept relegation to the second-rate EFL Championship with the Cherries .

National team

Jefferson Lerma was part of the squad that represented Colombia at the 2016 Olympics in Brazil.

In the senior national team , Lerma made his debut on November 10, 2017 in a friendly against the Republic of Korea , which was lost 2-1. He was also part of the 23-man squad of Colombia who represented the country at the 2018 World Cup . There he was used in all four games and was eliminated with the team in the round of 16 against England on penalties.

Web links

Commons : Jefferson Lerma  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Jefferson Lerma, nuevo jugador del Levante In: Internet Archive (accessed August 11, 2018)
  2. Las Palmas no puede romper el cerrojo In: Marca of August 30, 2015 (accessed December 7, 2019)
  3. Lerma suma 25 partidos y será 'granota' hasta 2020 In: Levante EMV of March 20, 2016 (accessed on November 1, 2019)
  4. Record deal for both clubs: Levantes Lerma moves to AFC Bournemouth In: transfermarkt.at on August 7, 2018 (accessed on August 11, 2018)
  5. Jefferson Lerma - performance data 2018/19 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on May 25, 2019)
  6. Jefferson Lerma - performance data 2019/20 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on August 8, 2020)
  7. World Cup 2018: An overview of all squads In: Laola1.at from June 4, 2018 (accessed on December 7, 2019)
  8. Story of the match: England end shootout hoodoo with win over Colombia In: York Press, July 4, 2018 (accessed December 7, 2019)