Jonathan Luiz Moreira Rosa Júnior (born 28 April 1999), simply known as Jonathan or Jonathan Júnior, is a Brazilian professional
footballer who plays as a
forward for
II liga club
Stal Stalowa Wola.
Club career
Born in
Capão da Canoa,
Rio Grande do Sul
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, Jonathan joined
Internacional's youth setup in 2009, aged ten, after two years at
Juventude. In September 2018, he moved to
Avaí and was assigned to their under-20 squad. After being the latter club's top goalscorer in the 2019
Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior and the 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro de Aspirantes, he was promoted to the main squad by manager
Alberto Valentim.
Jonathan made his first team – and
Série A – debut on 2 September 2019, coming on as a second-half
substitute for
Brenner in a 1–0 away win against
Fluminense. He scored his first goal thirteen days later, netting the game's only in an away defeat of
Athletico Paranaense.
On 9 August 2023, Jonathan made his first career move abroad to join Polish
third tier club
Kotwica Kołobrzeg on a two-year deal. During the
2023–24 season, he scored 23 goals in 30 II liga appearances, including two hat-tricks. He was the league's best goalscorer across the regular season,
as Kotwica finished 2nd in the standings and were promoted to the
I liga for the first time in the club's history. In November 2024, he filed for his contract to be unilaterally terminated, citing unpaid wages. Kotwica denied Jonathan's claims in an official statement a few days later, before counter-suing him for 300,000
PLN in early December. On 13 January 2025, he left the club by mutual consent.
On 17 January 2025, Jonathan signed with
Ekstraklasa club
Radomiak Radom on a six-month contract with a one-year extension option. On 23 February 2025, he left the club by mutual consent without making an appearance.
Hours later, he returned to the second division and joined
Stal Stalowa Wola.
He made his debut the following day as a substitute in a goalless draw against
Warta Poznań.
Honours
Avaí
*
Campeonato Catarinense:
2019,
2021
Individual
*
II liga top scorer:
2023–24[
* Polish Union of Footballers' II liga Team of the Season: 2023–24][
]
References
External links
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1998 births
Living people
Footballers from Rio Grande do Sul
People from Capão da Canoa
Brazilian men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
Avaí FC players
Club Athletico Paranaense players
Associação Chapecoense de Futebol players
Athletic Club (MG) players
Pouso Alegre Futebol Clube players
Kotwica Kołobrzeg (football) players
Radomiak Radom players
Stal Stalowa Wola players
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players
Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players
I liga players
II liga players
Brazilian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Poland
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Poland
21st-century Brazilian sportsmen