Jonas Gonçalves Oliveira (born 1 April 1984), known as Jonas (), is a Brazilian former professional

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who played as a

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. A Brazilian international on twelve occasions, he could also play as an

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. Jonas started his career in Brazil with Guarani, later joining Santos, Grêmio ( Bola de Prata in 2010) and Portuguesa before moving to Spanish side

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in 2011. Three years later, he joined Benfica in Portugal playing there for 5 seasons, collecting several individual awards since, most notably the Primeira Liga Player of the Year (2015, 2016) and the Bola de Prata (2016, 2018). Moreover, collectively, he won four

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titles, one

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, two

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and two

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Club career

Guarani

Jonas started his senior career at Guarani in 2005. He made his debut against

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. While playing for Guarani, Jonas scored 13 goals, 12 of them in 25 league matches.

Santos

In 2006, Jonas transferred to Santos, where he won the 2006 Campeonato Paulista scoring five goals in six matches. However, he had a serious knee injury that kept him out of action for six months. In 2007, he returned to the pitch and scored four goals in the Paulista, helping Santos win the tournament for the second time in a row. After spending only one year at Santos, Jonas transferred to Grêmio in 2007.

Grêmio

On 12 September 2007, Grêmio signed a four-year deal which transferred 50% of Jonas' rights. He made his debut in the

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derby, leaving injured early in the second half. After the arrival of more forwards in 2008, Jonas lost his place, sometimes even failing to make the reserves list. The most consistent criticism from the press was his lack of physical strength when playing up front against powerful defenders. By July, he decided to leave the club.

Portuguesa (loan)

Despite not being able to avoid relegation to the Série B in 2008, Jonas was one of the best players in the team, scoring 18 goals during his stay, nine in the Campeonato Brasileiro, ahead of teammate

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's eight.

Return to Grêmio

After the end of the loan, Jonas returned to Grêmio for the 2009 season. He played in the

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, and after playing his worst game in the tournament (incredibly missing three chances to score in the same attack) against

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he was dubbed "the worst forward of the world" ("''el peor delantero del mundo''") by Spanish newspaper ''

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''. Jonas, however, scored 14 goals in the

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and was amongst the top goal scorers. He enjoyed further success throughout the 2010 season: he was top-scorer for Grêmio in the

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and finished the top goal scorer in the Série A with 23 goals.Jonas, 40 gols no ano, já bateu duas metas na temporada , globoesporte.com
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Valencia

Due to a low release fee (€1.25 million), Jonas rescinded his contract with Grêmio, where he was finally transferred to Spanish club

on 24 January 2011. His first goal for ''Los Che'' came on 27 February, scoring a late winner in a 2–1 away victory for Valencia against

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. He scored his second goal in a match against

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on 24 April, which ended 3–6. On 1 November 2011, Jonas scored the second fastest goal in

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history by netting inside 10.5 seconds to give Valencia a 1–0 lead over

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. He fell just short of former

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and Netherlands national team striker Roy Makaay's record of 10.13 seconds that he set against Real Madrid in the 2006–07 edition of the tournament. Valencia won the match 3–1. Jonas scored both goals for Valencia in a 2–0 Champions League win against

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on 2 October 2012. In the

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, he scored a personal-season high of 13 goals for Valencia. On 1 December 2013, Jonas hit an eight-minute hat-trick as Valencia defeated ten-man

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in a home league match. On 1 September 2014, he rescinded his link with the club.

Benfica

2014–15 season

On 12 September 2014, Jonas signed for Portuguese

champions Benfica on a two-year deal. On 5 October, he debuted for the club in a 4–0 win against Arouca, scoring his side's fourth goal. On 18 October, he scored a hat-trick as Benfica defeated

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2–3 in the

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. On 22 November, he scored twice against

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(4–1) in the

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. On 30 December, he scored the only goal in a home win against

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in the

of the

, thus scoring in every domestic competition. On 21 January 2015, Jonas scored at Moreirense in the league cup and became the Brazilian with the best average number of goals in Europe (0.81), surpassing

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(0.74) and

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(0.70), with 13 goals in 16 matches. On 28 February, Jonas scored twice in the thrashing of

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(6–0) in the league. On 14 March, Jonas scored his 20th goal for Benfica (in 25 matches) and set his season goal record in Europe, as Benfica beat

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(2–0) in the Primeira Liga. On 4 April, he scored two goals against Nacional in the league. On 11 April, he scored twice against Académica de Coimbra (5–1) in the league. On 18 April, he scored twice in a third consecutive league match, in a win at

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(0–2), and became the second best top scorer in Primeira Liga with 16 goals in 22 matches. On 23 May 2015, after winning the league title, Jonas netted two goals in a home win against Marítimo (4–1) in his last league match of the season in which he could have become the league's top scorer with 21 goals, but one of his three goals was wrongly invalidated for offside. On 29 May, he scored the first goal in a 2–1 win against Marítimo in the Taça da Liga final, being elected as man of the match. In this season, he was the top scorer in the league cup with five goals, and in the Taça de Portugal with six goals. On 4 July, he won the league's Player of the Year award.

2015–16 season

In the 2015–16 season, Jonas scored a

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in a 4–1 win at Nacional, increasing his tally to 18 goals in 17 league matches. On 5 February 2016, he scored twice in a league victory at Belenenses (0–5). On 16 February, he scored a

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with a header in the 91st minute to give Benfica a home win against

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(1–0) in the first leg of

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. On 29 February, Jonas netted two goals against

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(2–0) in the

and equalised

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's scoring record at Benfica in the 2009–10 season. On 14 March 2016, Jonas scored twice against

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in a 4–1 home league win and became Benfica's top scorer in the 21st century, with 30 goals. Six days later, he scored the winning goal at Boavista (0–1) in the 93rd minute. On 15 May, he scored his 32nd league goal, in a home win against Nacional (4–1) on the final day, and received the Bola de Prata award during the league title celebration. Throughout the season, he was a candidate to win the

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, and even lead the race,Bota de Ouro: Jonas volta a isolar-se, conheça os 10 primeiros
Maisfutebol but ultimately he finished fourth. On 15 July, Jonas was awarded the Top Goalscorer and the Best Player awards in Primeira Liga for the 2015–16 season.

2016–17 season

Jonas opened the 2016–17 season with a goal in the 3–0 win over

for the

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. Days later, he required surgery for

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s, which ended up ruling him out until late December. Despite not opening his account for the league season until the 16th matchday in a 2–0 win at

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, Jonas finished the campaign with 13 goals from 19 games, making him the league's fifth-highest scorer of the season and Benfica's second. On 1 April 2017 he scored his first goal against another member of the Big Three in a 1–1 home draw with

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, and in doing so reached 65 league goals for Benfica – leapfrogging the Swede Mats Magnusson as the club's highest foreign goalscorer in the competition, behind Paraguay's

(112).

2017–18 season

In the

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against Vitória de Guimarães at the

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, Jonas opened the scoring after six minutes of a 3–1 win for Benfica. He scored five times in the four league matches of August 2017, including a hat-trick in a 5–0 win over neighbours

on 19 August. On 26 November, he scored twice in a 6–0 home win over

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to pass 100 goals for Benfica, and also became only their second player after Julinho (1949–50) to net in ten consecutive league fixtures. He picked up the league's Player of the Month award five months running from October/November 2017 to March 2018. On 3 March 2018, Jonas scored a hat-trick in a 5–0 home win over Marítimo. He ended the season with 34 goals from 30 games in the league, finishing as top scorer for the second time, seven goals ahead of Sporting's

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; Benfica missed out on the league title to Porto, and Jonas missed several games towards the end of the season.

2018–19 season

On 3 November 2018 Jonas reached 100 Primeira Liga goals for Benfica, in the second minute of a home game against

that ended in a shock 3–1 loss. Following his return from injury in the 2018–19 season, Jonas scored twice to seal a 10–0 home thrashing of Nacional in the league on 11 February 2019. On 9 July 2019, he announced his retirement.

International career

Jonas was called up for the Brazil national team for the first time and made his debut in a friendly against

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at the

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on 27 March 2011. He came on as a substitute for

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in the 78th minute, and Brazil went on to win the match 2–0. Jonas scored his first goals with the ''Seleção'' in a friendly against

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on 14 November 2011, netting a brace in a 2–0 victory. On 30 March 2016, Jonas earned his ninth cap for Brazil – the first since 11 September 2012. He replaced

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in the 80th minute of the match against

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that ended with a 2–2 draw, in the

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. On 20 May, Jonas was called up to replace injured Ricardo Oliveira in the Brazil's

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squad.

Personal life

Jonas was born in the city of

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and was raised in Taiúva, a neighbour municipality in the state of

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. He was born to teachers Ismael (father) and Maria Luiza (mother). He has two older brothers, Tiago and Diego. In August 2015, Jonas gained Italian citizenship.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Jonas goal.''

Honours

Grêmio *

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Santos *

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Benfica *

: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19 *

: 2016–17 *

: 2014–15, 2015–16 *

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Individual

* Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Team of the Year:

* Bola de Prata: 2010 *

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Award: 2010 *

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Awards – Footballer of the Year: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 * SJPF Player of the Month: February 2015, April 2015, January 2016, February 2016 March 2016, December 2017, January 2018, February 2018, March 2018 *

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's Player of the Year in Portugal: 2014–15 *

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: 2014–15, 2015–16 * CNID Awards – Footballer of the Year: 2016 *

Top scorer: 2015–16, 2017–18 * SJPF Primeira Liga Team of the Year: 2016, 2017 * O Jogo Primeira Liga Team of the Year:

* ''

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s Player of the Year: 2017Jonas eleito o jogador do ano por ''A Bola''
(archived)

References

External links

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