Jardel — commonly known as Mário Jardel de Almeida Ribeiro (usually just “Jardel”) — is a retired Brazilian striker notable for his prolific goal scoring, especially in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Below are key details focused on his time at Grêmio and general career highlights.

• Full name: Mário Jardel de Almeida Ribeiro
• Date of birth: September 18, 1973
• Nationality: Brazil
• Position: Centre-forward / Striker

Grêmio (early career)

• Jardel began his professional career at Grêmio in Porto Alegre. He graduated from their youth setup and made his senior debut there in the early 1990s.
• He showed early signs of his goal-scoring ability at Grêmio, which led to moves abroad later in his career. Exact senior appearances and goal totals for Grêmio are limited in many public summaries because most of his club fame came from later spells in Europe and Turkey.

Major clubs and peak years

• FC Porto (Portugal) — Jardel’s most famous period. He won multiple Portuguese league titles and was the league’s top scorer in consecutive seasons (mid-to-late 1990s). He also won the UEFA Cup with Porto in 2003 (part of broader European success of the club during that era).
• Galatasaray (Turkey) — another prolific spell; Jardel was a high scorer in the Turkish league and helped the club domestically and in European campaigns.
• He later had shorter spells at clubs including Sporting CP (Portugal), Bolton Wanderers (England), and various Brazilian teams among others.

Style of play and strengths

• Jardel was a classic penalty-box striker: excellent in the air, strong positional sense, and an instinctive poacher with great finishing ability from close range.
• He scored many goals from headers and simple yet ruthless finishes — a natural goal-scorer rather than a creator.

Achievements & honors (selection)

• Multiple Primeira Liga (Portugal) top-scorer awards
• Domestic league titles with FC Porto
• UEFA Cup success with Porto (part of club’s strong era)
• Domestic trophies with Galatasaray

International career

• Limited appearances for the Brazil national team despite his club success; competition for attacking places in Brazil was extremely strong in his era.

Later life

• After his peak years, Jardel’s career declined with several short contracts and off-field issues at times. He retired from professional football in the 2010s.

Note: If you want exact statistics (appearances and goals) for Jardel at Grêmio or any specific season, I can provide season-by-season numbers drawn from available historical records.