Jakson Follmann

Jakson Follmann's story stops me cold every time. A goalkeeper for Chapecoense, he survived the 2016 LaMia crash that killed 71 people, including 19 of his teammates — one of only six who walked away from that disaster. He lost a leg and his playing career, yet rebuilt himself as a commentator and singer. What strikes me isn't the tragedy alone but what he did with the aftermath: refusing to be defined solely as a survivor. That kind of resilience is easy to romanticize and hard to actually live. I have enormous respect for the second act he chose to build.

Name (English)

Jakson Follmann

Name (Japanese)

ジャクソン・ハグナル・フォウマン

Reading

じゃくそん・はぐなる・ふぉうまん

Born

March 14, 1992 (age 34)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Monkey

Origin

Alecrim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Height

186 cm

Occupation

association football player

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%82%AF%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%82%B0%E3%83%8A%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%82%A6%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3

Tags

• Rio Grande do Sul
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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