Standout in Romania, Brazilian tries to take his team to the Conference League

With great experience in European football, the Brazilian midfielder Jair Tavares is one of the highlights of FC Petrolul, from Romania, who will try to secure a place in the Conference League next season. The competition is the third most important at the continental level, and is extremely important for teams residing where football has less visibility.

Since last year in the team, Jair has already played in 28 games in the season, having scored three goals and one assist. In Romanian football, the top six in the first phase compete for places in the Champions League and in the Europa League, leaving the rest in the “playout”, which is the second phase from the seventh onwards, who seek a place in the Conference League.

“Our goal is to stay in first or second in the playout. So that we can compete for a place in the UEFA Conference League, which is our main objective. In my opinion, we started the competition well and played great matches. But in the final stretch, I think the team lacked a little more daring. The feeling is a bit of frustration. We know that there are other great teams in the tournament as well, but there’s that taste that you could enter the playoffs of the league. We missed several opportunities to be in the top six, but that’s football. Now let’s focus on this final phase”, said the athlete.

Formed in the base categories of Ituano, Jair lasted little in Brazil after his professionalization, and ended up going to Finland, where he spent three clubs in the last six years. Thus, in the middle of 2022, the player decided to look for new airs and accept Petrolul’s proposal, in Romanian football.

In the period in which he has been playing in Europe, the Brazilian also had the opportunity to participate in the preliminary stages of the Champions League and the Europa League, in addition to playing in the Conference League for two consecutive seasons. The player currently has 156 games in European football.