Joeano Pinto Chaves (born 12 August 1979), known simply as Joeano, is a Brazilian former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Born in

Fortaleza Fortaleza (, locally , Portuguese for ''Fortress'') is the state capital of Ceará, located in Northeastern Brazil. It belongs to the Metropolitan mesoregion of Fortaleza and microregion of Fortaleza. It is Brazil's 5th largest city and the t ...

Ceará Ceará (, pronounced locally as or ) is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country, on the Atlantic coast. It is the eighth-largest Brazilian State by population and the 17th by area. It is also one of the ...

, Joeano moved to

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, where he would remain for the majority of his career, at the age of 20, signing with amateurs

C.D. Arrifanense Clube Desportivo Arrifanense is a Portugal, Portuguese Association football, football club from Arrifana (Santa Maria da Feira), Arrifana, Santa Maria da Feira Municipality, Santa Maria da Feira. Founded in 1931, the club currently plays at the E ...

from local

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. In the 2002–03 season he scored 29 goals with

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club

A.D. Sanjoanense Associação Desportiva Sanjoanense is a Portuguese football club based in São João da Madeira. Founded in 1924, it currently plays in the Liga 3, holding home games at ''Estádio Conde Dias Garcia Estádio Conde Dias Garcia is a multi-us ...

, helping his team rank ninth and attracting the attention of

UD Salamanca Unión Deportiva Salamanca, S.A.D. () was a historical Spanish football team based in Salamanca, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 9 February 1923 and nicknamed ''Los Charros'', the club played in white shirts and black ...

of the Spanish second level. In the 2004 January

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, however, Joeano returned to Portugal and signed for Académica de Coimbra, netting six times in only 13 games to help the side avoid relegation from the

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. In summer 2006, after having scored 12 goals for the ''Students'' in his second full campaign, he joined

Beitar Jerusalem F.C. Beitar Jerusalem Football Club ( he, מועדון כדורגל בית"ר ירושלים, Moadon Kaduregel Beitar Yerushalayim), commonly known as Beitar Jerusalem () or simply as Beitar (), is an Israeli football club based in the city of Jerus ...

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

. After failing to meet expectations at the

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, Joeano returned to his previous club in January 2007, on loan, with Académica also agreeing to pay half of his salary. On 4 February he played his first league match, coming on as a 32nd-minute substitute and scoring the only goal of the away fixture against

Associação Naval 1º de Maio Associação Naval 1º de Maio or Associação Naval 1893, commonly known as Naval, is a Portuguese football club based in Figueira da Foz, Coimbra District. Founded on 1 May 1893, it plays in the Division of Honour in the Coimbra Football Associ ...

with eight to go. Joeano played two seasons in

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with

Ermis Aradippou FC Ermis Aradippou () is a Cypriot professional football club based in Aradippou, a settlement on the outskirts of the city of Larnaca. The club was formed in 1958, and currently plays in the Cypriot Second Division. Ermis' greatest success came ...

, netting a career-best in the professionals 22 goals in 2009–10 (a competition joint-best). In the 2011 offseason, after the team's

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from the First Division, he returned to Portugal and signed for

F.C. Arouca Futebol Clube de Arouca () is a football club based in Arouca, Porto Metropolitan Area, Portugal. Founded in 1951, the club plays in the Primeira Liga, holding home games at Estádio Municipal de Arouca, with a 5,000-seat capacity. History Founde ...

in the second tier.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Joeano 1979 births Living people Sportspeople from Fortaleza Brazilian footballers Men's association football forwards Fortaleza Esporte Clube players Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players A.D. Sanjoanense players Académica de Coimbra (football) players Vitória F.C. players F.C. Arouca players Rio Ave F.C. players Anadia F.C. players U.D. Leiria players F.C. Pampilhosa players Segunda División players UD Salamanca players Israeli Premier League players Beitar Jerusalem F.C. players Cypriot First Division players Ermis Aradippou FC players Brazilian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Spain Expatriate footballers in Israel Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Israel Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus