#8Midfield - Defensive Midfield

Jefferson Lerma

Jefferson Andrés Lerma Solís

ColombiaAge31Defensive Midfield

Market Value€6.00m

Crystal Palace· Premier League

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Position

Midfield - Defensive Midfield

Main Position

Defensive Midfield

Date of Birth

1994-10-25(31)

Height

1,80

Preferred Foot

right

Place of Birth

Cerrito

Citizenship

Colombia

Contract & Agent

Joined

2023-07-01

Contract Until

2026-06-30

Agent

ABADSPORT

Outfitter

adidas

Market Value

€6.00m

Last Updated

2026-06-03

Honours

Conference League winnerEnglish FA Cup winnerEnglish Super Cup winnerSpanish 2nd tier champion

Career Achievements

Lerma has won the Conference League, the English FA Cup, and the English Super Cup, as well as the Spanish second division title. These honors highlight his success in both English and Spanish football.

Biography

Jefferson Lerma is a Colombian defensive midfielder who currently plays for Crystal Palace in the Premier League. Born in Cerrito, he began his professional career in Colombia before moving to Europe, where he notably played for Levante and Bournemouth. Lerma has been a key figure for the Colombian national team, earning multiple caps and participating in major international tournaments.

Playing Style

Lerma is a tenacious defensive midfielder known for his physicality, tackling ability, and work rate. He excels at breaking up opposition play and providing cover for the backline, though his passing range and creativity in possession are more limited. His tactical discipline and stamina make him a reliable shield for the defense.

Market Value History

Season Stats (UEFA Conference League)

All seasons (60)

Season	Comp	Apps	G	A	YC	RC	Min
25/26	UEFA Conference League	11	0	0	0	0	504
25/26	Community Shield	1	0	0	0	0	5
25/26	Premier League	31	0	4	7	0	1724
25/26	International Friendlies	7	2	1	1	0	413
25/26	FA Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0
25/26	UEFA Conference League Qualifying	2	0	0	0	0	180
25/26	EFL Cup	3	0	2	0	0	125
24/25	Premier League	33	0	1	9	0	2277
24/25	FA Cup	6	0	0	0	0	329
24/25	EFL Cup	3	0	0	1	0	200
23/24	World Cup qualification South America	14	0	0	0	0	1087
23/24	Premier League	28	1	1	8	0	2404
23/24	International Friendlies	4	0	1	2	0	329
23/24	FA Cup	2	0	0	1	0	155
23/24	EFL Cup	1	0	0	0	0	90
22/23	Premier League	37	5	0	7	0	3255
22/23	International Friendlies	4	0	0	0	0	273
22/23	FA Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0
22/23	EFL Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0
21/22	Championship	34	1	3	8	2	2860
21/22	International Friendlies	1	0	0	1	0	77
21/22	FA Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0
21/22	EFL Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0
2024	Copa América	5	2	0	2	0	425
2021	Copa América	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019	Copa América	2	0	1	1	0	116
2018	World Cup	4	0	0	0	0	175
2016	Olympic Games	3	0	0	1	0	121
2015	Copa Colombia	0	0	0	0	0	0
2015	Liga DIMAYOR Apertura	18	1	1	1	0	1373
2015	Fase Final Liga DIMAYOR I	1	0	0	0	0	27
2015	Liga Dimayor Finalización	4	1	0	1	0	360
2014	Copa Colombia	7	1	0	0	0	499
2014	Liga DIMAYOR Apertura	16	3	0	7	0	1408
2014	Fase Final Liga DIMAYOR II	5	0	0	2	0	450
2014	Liga Dimayor Finalización	16	1	1	2	0	1307
2013	Copa Colombia	1	0	0	0	0	90
2013	Liga DIMAYOR Apertura	10	0	2	4	0	855
2013	Liga Dimayor Finalización	14	0	1	6	0	961
20/21	World Cup qualification South America	11	1	0	4	0	703
20/21	Championship Play-Offs	2	0	0	1	0	180
20/21	Championship	42	3	2	11	1	3351
20/21	FA Cup	3	0	0	2	0	124
20/21	EFL Cup	1	0	0	0	0	28
19/20	Premier League	33	1	2	11	0	2709
19/20	International Friendlies	6	0	0	3	0	344
19/20	FA Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0
19/20	EFL Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0
18/19	Premier League	30	2	0	12	0	2510
18/19	International Friendlies	2	0	0	0	0	135
18/19	FA Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0
18/19	EFL Cup	2	0	0	0	0	180
17/18	International Friendlies	4	0	0	1	0	157
17/18	LaLiga	26	0	1	16	0	2137
17/18	Copa del Rey	2	0	0	1	0	104
16/17	International Friendlies	1	0	0	0	0	90
16/17	LaLiga2	30	2	1	9	0	1675
16/17	Copa del Rey	1	0	0	0	0	120
15/16	LaLiga	33	1	2	10	0	2689
15/16	Copa del Rey	1	0	0	0	0	90

National Team Matches (100)

Date	Opponent	H/A	Result	Competition	Min	G	A	YC
2026-06-07	Colombia	✈	0:0	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2026-06-01	Costa Rica	🏠	3:1	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2026-03-29	Colombia	✈	3:1	International Friendlies	90	0	1	0
2026-03-26	Colombia	✈	2:1	International Friendlies	63	0	0	0
2025-11-19	Colombia	✈	0:3	International Friendlies	9	1	0	1
2025-11-16	Colombia	✈	1:2	International Friendlies	90	0	0	0
2025-10-15	Colombia	✈	0:0	International Friendlies	11	0	0	0
2025-10-12	Colombia	✈	0:4	International Friendlies	86	1	0	0
2025-09-09	Colombia	✈	3:6	World Cup qualification South America	86	0	0	0
2025-09-04	Bolivia	🏠	3:0	World Cup qualification South America	82	0	0	0
2025-06-11	Colombia	✈	1:1	World Cup qualification South America	90	0	0	0
2025-06-06	Peru	🏠	0:0	World Cup qualification South America	75	0	0	0
2025-03-26	Paraguay	🏠	2:2	World Cup qualification South America	90	0	0	0
2025-03-21	Colombia	✈	2:1	World Cup qualification South America	90	0	0	0
2024-11-19	Ecuador	🏠	0:1	World Cup qualification South America	-	0	0	0
2024-11-16	Colombia	✈	3:2	World Cup qualification South America	-	0	0	0
2024-10-15	Chile	🏠	4:0	World Cup qualification South America	90	0	0	0
2024-10-10	Colombia	✈	1:0	World Cup qualification South America	27	0	0	0
2024-09-10	Argentina	🏠	2:1	World Cup qualification South America	90	0	0	0
2024-09-07	Colombia	✈	1:1	World Cup qualification South America	90	0	0	0
2024-07-15	Colombia	✈	1:0	Copa América	105	0	0	0
2024-07-11	Colombia	✈	0:1	Copa América	90	1	0	0
2024-07-06	Colombia	✈	0:5	Copa América	-	0	0	0
2024-07-03	Colombia	✈	1:1	Copa América	90	0	0	1
2024-06-28	Colombia	✈	0:3	Copa América	72	0	0	0
2024-06-24	Colombia	✈	1:2	Copa América	68	1	0	1
2024-06-15	Colombia	✈	0:3	International Friendlies	66	0	0	1
2024-06-08	Colombia	✈	1:5	International Friendlies	83	0	1	0
2024-03-26	Romania	🏠	3:2	International Friendlies	90	0	0	1
2024-03-22	Colombia	✈	0:1	International Friendlies	90	0	0	0
2023-12-17	Colombia	✈	2:3	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2023-12-10	Venezuela U23	🏠	1:0	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2023-11-21	Colombia	✈	0:1	World Cup qualification South America	90	0	0	0
2023-11-17	Brazil	🏠	2:1	World Cup qualification South America	7	0	0	0
2023-10-17	Colombia	✈	0:0	World Cup qualification South America	-	0	0	0
2023-10-12	Uruguay	🏠	2:2	World Cup qualification South America	-	0	0	0
2023-09-13	Colombia	✈	0:0	World Cup qualification South America	90	0	0	0
2023-09-07	Venezuela	🏠	1:0	World Cup qualification South America	90	0	0	0
2023-06-20	Colombia	✈	0:2	International Friendlies	77	0	0	1
2023-06-16	Colombia	✈	0:1	International Friendlies	90	0	0	0
2023-03-28	Colombia	✈	1:2	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2023-03-24	Colombia	✈	2:2	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2023-01-29	Colombia	✈	0:0	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2022-11-20	Colombia	✈	0:2	International Friendlies	90	0	0	0
2022-09-28	Colombia	✈	2:3	International Friendlies	3	0	0	0
2022-09-25	Colombia	✈	1:4	International Friendlies	90	0	0	0
2022-06-05	Colombia	✈	0:1	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2022-03-29	Colombia	✈	0:1	World Cup qualification South America	77	0	0	0
2022-03-24	Bolivia	🏠	3:0	World Cup qualification South America	6	0	0	0
2022-02-01	Colombia	✈	1:0	World Cup qualification South America	-	0	0	0
2022-01-28	Peru	🏠	0:1	World Cup qualification South America	-	0	0	0
2022-01-16	Colombia	✈	1:2	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2021-11-16	Paraguay	🏠	0:0	World Cup qualification South America	80	0	0	1
2021-11-12	Colombia	✈	1:0	World Cup qualification South America	90	0	0	0
2021-10-14	Ecuador	🏠	0:0	World Cup qualification South America	-	0	0	0
2021-10-10	Brazil	🏠	0:0	World Cup qualification South America	53	0	0	1
2021-10-07	Colombia	✈	0:0	World Cup qualification South America	32	0	0	0
2021-09-09	Chile	🏠	3:1	World Cup qualification South America	-	0	0	0
2021-09-05	Colombia	✈	1:1	World Cup qualification South America	-	0	0	0
2021-09-02	Colombia	✈	1:1	World Cup qualification South America	-	0	0	0
2021-07-10	Colombia	✈	2:3	Copa América	-	0	0	0
2021-07-07	Colombia	✈	4:3	Copa América	-	0	0	0
2021-07-03	Colombia	✈	2:4	Copa América	-	0	0	0
2021-06-24	Colombia	✈	2:1	Copa América	-	0	0	0
2021-06-21	Colombia	✈	2:1	Copa América	-	0	0	0
2021-06-17	Colombia	✈	0:0	Copa América	-	0	0	0
2021-06-14	Colombia	✈	0:1	Copa América	-	0	0	0
2021-06-08	Argentina	🏠	2:2	World Cup qualification South America	30	0	0	0
2021-06-04	Colombia	✈	0:3	World Cup qualification South America	-	0	0	0
2020-11-17	Colombia	✈	6:1	World Cup qualification South America	65	0	0	1
2020-11-13	Uruguay	🏠	0:3	World Cup qualification South America	90	0	0	1
2020-10-14	Colombia	✈	2:2	World Cup qualification South America	90	1	0	0
2020-10-09	Venezuela	🏠	3:0	World Cup qualification South America	90	0	0	0
2019-11-20	Colombia	✈	0:1	International Friendlies	17	0	0	0
2019-11-16	Colombia	✈	0:1	International Friendlies	90	0	0	1
2019-10-15	Colombia	✈	3:0	International Friendlies	90	0	0	1
2019-10-12	Colombia	✈	0:0	International Friendlies	28	0	0	0
2019-09-10	Colombia	✈	0:0	International Friendlies	90	0	0	1
2019-09-07	Colombia	✈	2:2	International Friendlies	29	0	0	0
2019-06-28	Colombia	✈	5:4	Copa América	-	0	0	0
2019-06-23	Colombia	✈	0:1	Copa América	90	0	0	0
2019-06-19	Colombia	✈	0:1	Copa América	-	0	0	0
2019-06-15	Colombia	✈	0:2	Copa América	26	0	1	1
2019-06-09	Colombia	✈	0:3	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2019-06-03	Panama	🏠	3:0	International Friendlies	45	0	0	0
2019-03-26	Colombia	✈	2:1	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2019-03-22	Colombia	✈	0:1	International Friendlies	90	0	0	0
2018-10-17	Colombia	✈	1:3	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2018-10-11	Colombia	✈	2:4	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2018-09-12	Colombia	✈	0:0	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2018-09-07	Colombia	✈	1:2	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2018-07-03	Colombia	✈	5:4	World Cup	61	0	0	0
2018-06-28	Colombia	✈	0:1	World Cup	7	0	0	0
2018-06-24	Colombia	✈	0:3	World Cup	17	0	0	0
2018-06-19	Colombia	✈	2:1	World Cup	90	0	0	0
2018-06-01	Colombia	✈	0:0	International Friendlies	81	0	0	0
2018-03-27	Colombia	✈	0:0	International Friendlies	45	0	0	0
2018-03-23	Colombia	✈	2:3	International Friendlies	23	0	0	0
2017-11-14	Colombia	✈	0:4	International Friendlies	90	0	0	0
2017-11-10	Colombia	✈	2:1	International Friendlies	8	0	0	1