Jonathas de Jesus

Early career

Jonathas de Jesus played in Cruzeiro's youth teams and a few times in the senior team. He was also loaned out to Ipatinga and Villa Nova. In October 2008 he was signed by Dutch Eredivisie champions, AZ Alkmaar. Cruzeiro announced that AZ bought 65% player's rights for €600,000 and the Brazilian club retained the rest. Jonathas de Jesus made his debut for AZ on 28 October 2009, in the KNVB Cup match against Spakenburg, scoring in a 5–2 away win. On 21 November, he played his first league game away to Roda JC, and scored in a 4–2 win before being sent off for hitting an opponent with his arm. On 1 February 2011, Jonathas de Jesus moved teams and countries again, joining Brescia Calcio in a one-and-a-half-year contract for and undisclosed fee, rumoured to be €300,000. He appeared in six matches during his debut campaign, as the Biancoazzurri were relegated from Serie A. He scored 16 goals in the 2011–12 Serie B, the team's top scorer.

Pescara

On 31 July 2012, newly promoted Serie A side Pescara announced that they had signed Jonathas for an undisclosed fee. He played his first match on 26 August in a 0–3 loss to Inter Milan, and scored his first goal on 6 January of the following year, in a 2–0 win at Fiorentina. On 31 January 2013 Jonathas de Jesus moved to Torino on loan until June, with a buyout clause. On 29 August he joined Latina in a permanent one-year deal. After scoring 15 goals with Latina (who missed out promotion in the play-offs),…

Jonathas de Jesus played for the Brazilian under-19 team at 2008 Sendai Cup, where he scored three goals in the same number of matches.