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Jair Amador

Spanish association football player

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 6, 2026
Entity authorityQ24279006 ↗
Source-derived summary

Jair Amador Silos (born 21 August 1989), also simply known as Jair, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Spanish club SD Eibar. Born in Portugal, he holds Spanish citizenship.

Club career

Early career

Born in São Jorge de Arroios, Lisbon, Jair never knew his parents (who were Cape Verdian) and was adopted by a Spanish family, moving to Villanueva de la Serena, Badajoz, Extremadura afterwards. A UD La Cruz Villanovense youth graduate, he made his debut as a senior with CD Hernán Cortés in 2008, on loan from CF Villanovense.

Jair appeared rarely for Villanovense in 2010–11, and was loaned to CD Miajadas in Tercera División in the 2011 summer. He remained with the side for two years, being brought back to his parent club in July 2013 after it was relegated from Segunda División B.

Jair was a regular starter during the 2013–14 campaign, as the club returned to the third level at first attempt. On 6 July 2015 he signed for Levante UD, being assigned to the reserves also in the third division.

Huesca

On 24 June 2016, Jair signed a two-year contract with Segunda División club SD Huesca. He made his professional debut on 20 August, starting in a 0–0 away draw against AD Alcorcón.

Jair scored his first professional goal on 2 December 2017, netting his team's second in a 3–1 home win against Córdoba CF. He finished the campaign as an undisputed starter, featuring in all league matches and scoring four goals as his side achieved a first-ever promotion to La Liga.

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Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Jair Amador” is spanish association football player. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Jair, Amador and Spanish, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1989, 2008, 2010, 2011—that can be checked directly. The authority record carries competing date values—1989-08-21, 1989-06-29—which should remain separate until their references and qualifiers are resolved. For this dossier, Jair, Amador and Spanish is the immediate research focus.
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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q24279006. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1989, 2008, 2010 and 2011.

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This entry incorporates text from “Jair Amador” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.