João Alves de Assis Silva (born 20 March 1987), known as Jô () or João Alves, is a Brazilian professional

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. He has previously played for Nagoya Grampus, CSKA Moscow,

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, Everton, Galatasaray,

Internacional Sport Club Internacional (), commonly known as Internacional or simply Inter, is a Brazilian professional football club based in Porto Alegre. They play in the Série A, the first division of the Brazilian league, as well as in Campeonato ...

, Atlético Mineiro and

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. Jô made his full international debut for Brazil in 2007, and was in the squads which took bronze at the 2008 Olympics and won the

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, and also played at the

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Club career

Corinthians

Born in

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, Jô played for Brazilian side

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debuting at the 2003 season at the age of 16, being the youngest football player who ever played and scored a goal for the professional team. He made 54 appearances scoring 23 goals. In 2005, he was transferred to Russian club CSKA Moscow.

CSKA Moscow

Jô scored 14 goals in his first 18 appearances for CSKA Moscow. In the

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, Jô scored two goals in the matches against

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, one being in a dramatic 4–2 loss at the

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. Altogether Jô appeared in 77 games for CSKA Moscow, scoring 44 goals.

Manchester City

On 31 July 2008,

signed Jô for an undisclosed value thought to be worth about £19 million, a club record at the time. He scored just one league goal in 4 matches for Manchester City, against Portsmouth, and also scored a brace in the UEFA Cup against

Omonia Nicosia Athletic Club Omonia Nicosia ( el, Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Oμόνοιας Λευκωσίας, ΑΣΟΛ; ''Athlitikos Sillogos Omonias Lefkosias'', ''ASOL''), commonly known as Omonia Nicosia, or simply Omonia (" Harmony"; also tran ...

. Jô found it difficult to establish himself in the City team and featured in just 6 games at the start of the 2008–09 season. João Alves de Assis Silva

Jô joined Everton on loan in February 2009, until the end of the 2008–09 season. He made his debut at

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against

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, scoring twice in a 3–0 win. He finished the season with five goals from twelve league appearances, though missed out on Everton's run to the

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as he was

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after playing the last 20 minutes of Manchester City's third round defeat to

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. He returned to Manchester City at the end of the season, but re-joined Everton on a season-long loan for 2009–10, with the option of a permanent move at the end of that period. His first competitive goal in the loan spell was scored against AEK Athens in a

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group game, which Everton went on to win 4–0. After returning to Brazil without permission over the Christmas period, Everton manager

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suspended him for a breach of conduct. After the breach of conduct at Everton, he returned to Manchester City and was loaned to Galatasaray on the very same day. He scored three goals during his loan spell at Galatasaray. He returned to Manchester City after his loan spell at Galatasaray expired. Jô scored in his first game back against

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and was also successful in further pre-season

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against

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Borussia Dortmund Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, commonly known as Borussia Dortmund (), BVB (), or simply Dortmund (), is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its men's professional footb ...

and Valencia CF respectively. He then went on to score in the Europa League win against Salzburg and in the League Cup loss to

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, his fourth and fifth goals for the club. On 21 November 2010 Jô made a rare start for Manchester City in his team's 4–1 win over

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. Jô also featured in Manchester City's 3–1 win away to

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before Christmas and scored City's only goal in a 1–1 draw with

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in the

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. City won the

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, and despite being left out of the squad for the

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, he contributed five appearances earlier in the cup run.

Sport Club Internacional

On 20 July 2011, following a disappointing spell at

, only scoring six goals in 41 appearances, Jô decided to return to Brazil and join

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Atlético Mineiro

In May 2012, Jô signed with fellow Brazilian side Atlético Mineiro, where he formed a striking partnership with

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. He won the

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and helped the club win its first

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title in 2013, scoring in the final game at

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against Olimpia and finishing as the top scorer in the competition with 7 goals. He also played in both games of Atlético's

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win in 2014. On 4 November 2014, after a string of acts of indiscipline, Jô was reported released from the club by officials. On 10 January 2015, however, he was reinstated to the squad along with Emerson Conceição and André, who had also been suspended, by manager Levir Culpi. On 3 May 2015, after more than 1 year without scoring a single goal, Jô came up as a substitute in the 2015

final against Caldense and scored the winning goal of the match from an offside position, as Atlético won 2-1 and were crowned champions of the competition for the 43rd time.

Al Shabab

In July 2015, Jô signed a deal with Emirati club Al Shabab.

Jiangsu Suning

On 5 February 2016, Jô Joined Jiangsu Suning of the

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Return to Corinthians

Jô signed a three-year deal, on 2 November 2016, to mark his return to his first club

. Despite of signing for the club in November 2016, he was only permitted to play from 2017 onwards. In 2017, the Brazilian lived a return full of uncertainties augmented by the media putting pressure on Corinthians that was mocked as being the "fourth force of São Paulo state" and his recent past of exaggerated festivities. However, he answered as a professional player performing many consistent and some delightful matches during season (2017). Jô became known as "Rei dos Clássicos" that could be translated as king of derbys, after scoring decisive goals against all of Corinthians regional rivals. On 15 November 2017, Jô scored two goals as Corinthians beat Fluminense 3–1 and helped his team clinch the league title and this way, he confirmed his best league season scoring more than 17 goals in Campeonato Brasileiro. Corinthians obtained its seventh trophy in the competition, one of the most disputed leagues in the world; known by its traditional rivalries, fanatic supporters, athletes formation and frequent presence of its teams in Intercontinental Cup and

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. A very curious fact that demonstrates Jô's huge change of conduct was seen after the confirmation of Corinthians 2017 league title when he literally refused a cup of beer on the pitch celebration.

Nagoya Grampus

On 3 January 2018, Nagoya Grampus announced the signing of Jô. On 24 February, he scored his first goal for the club in a 3–2 win over Gamba Osaka. On 5 August 2018, he scored a hat-trick in a 3-2 win against Gamba Osaka. On 26 August, he scored a hat-trick again in a 4-1 win against Urawa Reds. In August 2018, he scored 10 goals in 5 matches.

Third spell at Corinthians

On 17 June 2020, Corinthians announced that Jô would make his second return to the club and wear the number 77 as an allusion to the

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. Jô's third spell at ''Timão'', however, was surrounded by controversy. The striker went to a resort during the height of the coronavirus pandemic in Brazil, wore a green boot – which indirectly alluded to rival

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– and missed training. In June 2022, after another absence, Jô and Corinthians terminated their contract.

International career

Brazil-Japan, Confederations Cup 2013 (3)

Jô received his first call-up to the

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in May 2007 and was in the squad to play against

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, but did not play. He then made his international debut in a friendly against

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, in June 2007 aged 20. On 7 June 2013, Jô was called to replace

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for

, who was withdrawn from the original squad due to an injury. In the opening match on 15 June 2013, he scored his first international goal in a 3–0 victory over

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. He then scored his second goal for

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against

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on 19 June 2013. Jô was selected in the Brazilian squad for the

. He made his first appearance in the competition in the second group game, coming on for the last 22 minutes in place of

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in a goalless draw with

. He made another substitute appearance for the same player in the Round of 16 match against

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, and played the full 90 minutes of the third-place play-off defeat to the

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. After Tite was appointed manager of the Brazil national team, Jô believes he can be called up again to ''Seleção''. According to him, it only depends on his working for

, club where he came back to play for in 2017.

Career statistics

Club

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year ''Statistics accurate as of match played 12 July 2014'' :''Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first.'' International goals

Honours

Corinthians *

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (; English: "Brazilian Championship A Series"), commonly referred to as the Brasileirão (; English: "Big Brazilian"), and also known as Brasileirão Assaí due to sponsorship with Assaí Atacadista, is a Br ...

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

Campeonato Paulista The Campeonato Paulista Série A1, commonly known as Campeonato Paulista, nicknamed Paulistão, is the top-flight professional association football, football league in the Brazilian States of Brazil, state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo. Run b ...

CSKA Moscow * Russian Premier League:

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* Russian Cup: 2005–06, 2007–08 * Russian Super Cup:

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

Manchester City *

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: 2010-11 Internacional * Campeonato Gaúcho:

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...

Atlético Mineiro *

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2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

* Recopa Sudamericana:

Brazil U23 * Olympic Men's Football Bronze:

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Brazil *

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Individual * Copa Libertadores Top Scorer:

Team of the year:

* Bola de Prata: 2017 *

Bola de Ouro The ''Bola de Ouro'' (Golden Ball) is an annual award given each year, since 1973, by Brazilian sports magazine ''Placar'' to the best player in the Campeonato Brasileiro. A group of sports journalists watch every match of the competition and rat ...

: 2017 * Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Top Scorer:

* Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Best Player:

* Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Team of the Year: 2017 *J.League Player of the Month: August 2018 *

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* J.League Best XI: 2018

References

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