Jhonatan Luiz da Siqueira (born 8 May 1991) is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

Rio Ave Rio Ave Futebol Clube, commonly known as Rio Ave (), is a Football in Portugal, Portuguese professional Association football, football club based in Vila do Conde, that competes in the Primeira Liga. The club is named after the Ave River, which ...

Club career

Born in

São Miguel do Oeste São Miguel do Oeste is a municipality of the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. It is located 730 km west of Florianópolis. It has a population of 40,868 (2020/IBGE) and an area of 234 kmª. It is the largest Brazilian city from the border with A ...

, Jhonatan joined the youth setup of Guarani at the age of fifteen. Two years later, he switched to the

Joinville Joinville () is the largest city in Santa Catarina, in the Southern Region of Brazil. It is the third largest municipality in the southern region of Brazil, after the much larger state capitals of Curitiba and Porto Alegre. Joinville is also a ...

academy and was promoted to the senior team in 2010. In 2015, he joined Operarário on loan for the

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season. In March, he scored a goal against

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in a 2–1 away victory. During his loan spell, he went on to win the

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with the club. On 7 July 2017, Jhonatan moved abroad and signed for Portuguese first tier club

Moreirense Moreirense Futebol Clube is a Portuguese professional football club based in Moreira de Cónegos, Guimarães Municipality, in Minho. Founded on 1 November 1938, it plays in the Liga Portugal 2, holding home games at Parque de Jogos Comendador Joa ...

on a two-year contract. On 16 July 2021, he joined

on a season-long loan.

Honours

Individual *

Goalkeeper of the Month: January 2019

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jhonatan 1991 births Living people Men's association football goalkeepers Brazilian men's footballers Joinville Esporte Clube players Operário Ferroviário Esporte Clube players Moreirense F.C. players Vitória S.C. players Vitória S.C. B players Rio Ave F.C. players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Campeonato de Portugal (league) players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal People from São Miguel do Oeste