Jonathas de Jesus

Jonathas Cristian de Jesus (born 6 March 1989), simply known as Jonathas, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Russian club FC Rubin Kazan as a forward.

Early career

Jonathas has played in Cruzeiro's youth teams and a few times in the senior team. He has also been 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.

AZ

Jonathas made his debut for AZ on 28 October 2009, in the cup match against Spakenburg. He scored a goal, and AZ eventually won the match with 5–2. On 21 November 2009, Jonathas played his first league match for the club from Alkmaar. It was in the away match against Limburgian side, Roda JC. He also scored a goal in his league debut, and the 2–4 score for AZ. In the 90th minute of that match, Jonathas was sent off after hitting an opponent with his arm.

Brescia

On 1 February 2011, Jonathas 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. Jonathas scored 16 goals in 2011–12, the team's top scorer.

Pescara and loans

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 for Pescara on 26 August in a 0–3 loss to Inter Milan. Jonathas scored his first goal on 6 January of the following year, in a 2–0 win at Fiorentina.

On 31 January 2013 Jonathas 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 returned to Pescara, and was immediately loaned to Elche CF in La Liga, for two seasons.

Elche (loan)

Jonathas made his debut in the main category of Spanish football on 24 August 2014, starting in a 0–3 loss at FC Barcelona. He scored his first goal in the category on 14 September, netting his side's second in a 3–2 away win against Rayo Vallecano.

On 2 November, Jonathas scored Elche's all goals in a 2–1 home win against RCD Espanyol, taking his tally up to five. On 20 April 2015, after scoring the winner in a home success against Real Sociedad, he became the first player of the Valencians to score 10 goals in a La Liga campaign since 1977–78.

Real Sociedad

On 27 July 2015, Jonathas moved to fellow league team Real Sociedad, after agreeing to a five-year deal.

Rubin Kazan

On 29 July 2016, Rubin Kazan reached an agreement with Real Sociedad for the transfer of Jonathas.

Jonathas has played for numerous national youth teams for his home country Brazil. He played for Brazilian under-19 team at 2008 Sendai Cup, where he has impressed by scoring three goals in the same number of matches.