Jefferson Lerma

Jefferson Lerma
Personal information
Full name Jefferson Andrés Lerma Solís[1]
Date of birth (1994-10-25) 25 October 1994
Place of birth El Cerrito, Colombia
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 AFC Bournemouth
Number 8
Youth career
Atlético Huila
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Atlético Huila 84 (6)
2015–2016 → Levante (loan) 33 (1)
2016–2018 Levante 56 (1)
2018– AFC Bournemouth 5 (0)
National team‡
2016 Colombia Olympic 5 (0)
2017– Colombia 9 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 October 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 July 2018

Jefferson Andrés Lerma Solís (born 25 October 1994) is a Colombian footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Premier League club AFC Bournemouth and the Colombia national team. Lerma has also been used as a defensive midfielder and as a right back.

Club career

Early career and Atlético Huila

Born in El Cerrito, Valle del Cauca, Lerma graduated with Atlético Huila's youth setup. After being promoted to the main squad in January 2013, he made his professional debut on 30 March, starting in a 0–0 home draw against Millonarios.[2]

Lerma appeared in 20 matches during his first professional season, as his side finished 13th. He scored his first professional goals on 6 February 2014, scored two goals in a 3–1 home success over Fortaleza, the first of which was the club's 1,000th.[3]

Levante

On 13 August 2015, Lerma moved abroad for the first time in his career, agreeing to a one-year loan contract with Spanish La Liga club Levante.[4] He made his debut later that month, appearing as a late substitute for Nabil Ghilas in a 0–0 away draw against Las Palmas.[5][6] He scored his first goal in the main category of Spanish football on 7 December 2015, scoring the match's first goal in a 1–1 away draw with Espanyol. After appearing in 25 matches for the club, he signed a four-year contract effective 1 July 2016 for a €600,000 transfer fee.[7]

AFC Bournemouth

On 7 August 2018, Lerma joined English Premier League club AFC Bournemouth for a club record transfer fee.[8]

International career

In June 2018, Lerma was named to Colombia's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of 1 October 2018[10]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Atlético Huila 2013 Categoría Primera A 24020—00260
2014 Categoría Primera A 37471—00445
2015 Categoría Primera A 23200—00232
Total 84691—00937
Levante 2015–16 La Liga 33110—00341
2016–17 Segunda División 30210—00312
2017–18 La Liga 26020—00280
Total 89340—00933
AFC Bournemouth 2018–19 Premier League 4000100050
Career total 1779131100019110

International

As of 3 July 2018[11]
Colombia
YearAppsGoals
201720
201870
Total90

References

  1. 1 2 "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia: List of players: Colombia" (PDF). FIFA. 10 June 2018. p. 5. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "Huila y Millonarios no levantaron su juego y por eso empataron 0–0" [Huila and Millonarios did not bring their game up and drew 0–0] (in Spanish). FutbolRed. 31 March 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Huila gana a Fortaleza y llega al gol no. 1000" [Huila defeats Fortaleza and reaches the goal no. 1000] (in Spanish). Huila's official website. 6 February 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "Jefferson Lerma, nuevo jugador del Levante" [Jefferson Lerma, new Levante player] (in Spanish). Levante's official website. 13 August 2015. Archived from the original on 17 August 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "Las palmas no puede romper el cerrojo" [Las Palmas cannot break the deadlock] (in Spanish). Marca. 30 August 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  6. ↑ Jefferson Lerma Archived 16 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine.. rio2016.com
  7. ↑ "Lerma suma 25 partidos y será ´granota´ hasta 2020" [Lerma reaches 25 matches and will be granota until 2020] (in Spanish). Levante-EMV. 20 March 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  8. ↑ "Lerma Signs In Club Record Deal". A.F.C. Bournemouth. 7 August 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  9. ↑ http://www.goal.com/en-gb/amp/news/revealed-every-world-cup-2018-squad-23-man-preliminary-lists/oa0atsduflsv1nsf6oqk576rb
  10. ↑ Jefferson Lerma at Soccerway
  11. ↑ "Jefferson Lerma". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
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