Jairo Pinheiro Palmeira Neto (born 4 March 1994), simply known as Jairo Neto, is a Brazilian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who plays as a forward. Despite having no links with

East Timor East Timor (), also known as Timor-Leste (), officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is an island country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the exclave of Oecusse on the island's north-west ...

, he had been naturalised and played for the country's national team between 2015. On 19 January 2017, the

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declared Jairo Neto and eleven other Brazilian men's footballers ineligible to represent

. Two months later, the East Timorese passport he had received have been declared ‘null and void’ by the Ministry of Justice of East Timor.

Career

Neto made his debut for

Timor Leste East Timor (), also known as Timor-Leste (), officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is an island country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the exclave of Oecusse on the island's north-wes ...

in the first round of

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against

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, and scored on debut in their 4–1 victory.

International Goals

''Correct as of 3 June 2015''

under-23

Senior

:''Scores and results list East Timor's goal tally first.''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Neto, Jairo 1994 births Living people People from Camaçari Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Brazilian expatriate men's footballers ŠK Slovan Bratislava players C.F. União de Coimbra players Taliya SC players Associação Desportiva Cabofriense players Associação Atlética Aparecidense players Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia Expatriate men's footballers in Syria Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Syria Syrian Premier League players East Timorese men's footballers Timor-Leste men's international footballers Footballers from Bahia