Jubal Rocha Mendes Júnior (born 29 August 1993), simply known as Jubal, is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a

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for club

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Club career

Born in

Inhumas Inhumas () is a municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil. The population was 52 866 (2019 estimate) in a total area of 613.3 km² (10/10/2002). Inhumas is a large producer of sugarcane, poultry, milk, and meat. Distances and Location *Dis ...

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, Jubal began his career on Vila Nova. He made his professional debut on 13 February 2011, against Aparecidense for the

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championship. In June, Jubal was transferred to Santos, being assigned to the youth setup. He made his debut for the club on 30 January 2013, starting in a 1–0

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away win against Ituano; it was his maiden appearance of the year. Profiting from

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's injury, Jubal started the first game of the 2014 campaign, a 1–0 home success over

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on 18 January. Three days later he scored his first professional goal, netting the last through a header in a 1–1 away draw against Audax. Jubal made his Série A debut on 20 April, coming on as a substitute for Neto in a 1–1 home draw against

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. On 11 June 2015 he was loaned to fellow league team

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, until the end of the year. On 29 January 2016, Jubal rescinded with Santos and moved to Primera Liga side Arouca, with his former club retaining 50% of his federative rights. After being a regular starter, he moved to fellow league team

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on 18 August 2017, on a one-year loan deal. On 2 September 2019, Jubal signed with

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Career statistics

Honours

Santos *

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: 2013 Brazil U20 *

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jubal 1993 births Living people Sportspeople from Goiás Brazilian footballers Association football defenders Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Vila Nova Futebol Clube players Santos FC players Avaí FC players F.C. Arouca players Vitória S.C. players Portimonense S.C. players Boavista F.C. players Vitória F.C. players AJ Auxerre players Brazil under-20 international footballers Brazilian expatriate footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate footballers in Portugal Expatriate footballers in France