Brazilian footballer (born 1996)
Joelinton Cassio Apolinario de Lira
(born 14 August 1996) is a Brazilian professional
footballer
who plays as a
midfielder
or
winger
for
Premier League
club
Newcastle United
and the
Brazil national team
.
Starting his career with
Sport Recife
, Joelinton joined
Hoffenheim
in 2015, and was loaned to
Rapid Wien
for two years from 2016, before joining
Newcastle United
in 2019, where he was converted from a
striker
to a
midfielder
under the management of
Eddie Howe
. He has also been capped for the
Brazil under-17 national team
, and made his debut for the
senior team
in 2023.
Club career
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Sport Recife
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Born in
Alianca
,
Pernambuco
, Joelinton joined
Sport Recife
in 2012 and spent two years playing in the youth team. He was promoted to the senior squad in 2013, but it was not until March 2014 that he made his professional debut, in a
Copa do Nordeste
match against city rivals
Santa Cruz
. He came on as a 62nd-minute substitute for
Neto Baiano
in the 2?1 away semi-final win (4?1 aggregate).
[3]
Sport won the cup with a 3?1 aggregate win over
Ceara
in the final; Joelinton did not play. He was on the bench six times in the
Campeonato Pernambucano
season, which they also won.
[
citation needed
]
In the
2014 Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A
season, Joelinton made seven appearances towards the end of the campaign. He scored his first career goal on 23 November in a 2?2 home draw with
Fluminense
, and on the last day he scored the only goal against
Sao Paulo
after four minutes.
[4]
Joelinton established himself in the first team in the 2015 state league. However, he received two straight red cards in the second phase, against Santa Cruz and
Nautico
.
[5]
[6]
1899 Hoffenheim
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In June 2015,
1899 Hoffenheim
signed Joelinton on a five-year contract.
[7]
He played only once in his first season in Germany, as a last-minute substitute for
Jonathan Schmid
in a 1?0 loss at
Schalke 04
on 18 December.
[8]
Loan to Rapid Wien
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Joelinton playing for
Rapid Wien
in 2017
On 23 June 2016, Joelinton was loaned to
Rapid Wien
for two years.
[9]
He made his debut on 8 July in the first round of the
Austrian Cup
against
Regionalliga Ost
club
FC Karabakh Wien
, scoring the opening goal of a 3?1 victory.
[10]
In the semi-finals on 26 April 2017, he scored an added-time winner at home to
LASK Linz
as
Die Grun-Weißen
reached the final for the first time in 12 years.
[11]
He equalised in the final at the
Worthersee Stadion
on 1 June, but
FC Red Bull Salzburg
won 2?1.
[12]
Joelinton played all ten of Rapid's
2016?17 UEFA Europa League
matches, scoring in a 3?2 win over
Genk
on 15 September and a 1?1 draw with
Athletic Bilbao
at the
Allianz Stadion
on 8 December.
[13]
[14]
On the domestic front in the
Austrian Football Bundesliga
, he recorded 8 goals in 33 games ? including one to cap a 4?1 victory at
city rivals
FK Austria Wien
on 7 August
[15]
? but the Viennese club finished 5th of 10 teams and missed out on European football.
On 22 July 2017, the first game of the
new season
, Joelinton was sent off after 23 minutes in a 2?2 home draw with
SV Mattersburg
, for kicking back after being fouled by
Michael Novak
.
[16]
Return
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On his return to Hoffenheim, Joelinton was given a first start in a
DFB-Pokal
first-round match at
1. FC Kaiserslautern
, and scored a
hat-trick
in a 6?1 victory.
[17]
He netted his first
Bundesliga
goal on 22 September to open a 1?1 home draw with
Borussia Dortmund
,
[18]
and as a substitute on 23 October he scored an added-time equaliser for a 3?3 draw against
Lyon
in a Champions League group game at the
Rhein-Neckar-Arena
.
[19]
Newcastle United
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Joelinton playing for
Newcastle United
in 2021
On 23 July 2019, Joelinton joined
Newcastle United
on a six-year deal for a reported club record fee of £40 million.
[20]
[21]
He made his debut on 11 August, starting in their 1?0 home loss to
Arsenal
; he and teammate
Miguel Almiron
were criticised by the club's all-time record scorer
Alan Shearer
for their performances.
[22]
Joelinton scored his first Premier League goal on 25 August in a 1?0 victory away at
Tottenham Hotspur
.
[23]
It took him until 14 January 2020 to score his second goal for the club, netting the final goal in a 4?1
FA Cup
third round replay victory over
Rochdale
.
[24]
He scored his first home league goal on 21 June in a 3?0 win over
Sheffield United
, ending a 2,130-minute drought.
[25]
Joelinton scored two goals in 38 appearances for the club, of which six came from the bench in the 2019?20 season.
[26]
In the 2020?21 season he doubled his tally to four goals, which came from 31 appearances of which eight were from the bench.
[27]
After
Eddie Howe
took over as Newcastle United manager during the 2021?22 season, Joelinton was moved from a forward to a box-to-box
central midfielder
, receiving praise from fans and pundits for his efforts and performances.
[28]
He was awarded the Newcastle United Player of the Year Award for the
2021?22 season
.
[29]
On 11 April 2024, Joelinton signed a new long-term contract with Newcastle.
[30]
International career
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Joelinton was capped four times by the
Brazil national under-17 team
in 2012, scoring two goals.
[
citation needed
]
On 28 May 2023, Joelinton received his first call-up to the
senior team
.
[31]
He made his debut on 17 June, scoring the opening goal in a 4?1 win over
Guinea
.
[32]
Personal life
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Joelinton has been in a relationship with Thays Gondim since 2015, whom he married in May 2024.
[33]
The couple have two children together and announced in December 2022 they were expecting a third.
[34]
In February 2023, Joelinton and Gondim held a
gender reveal party
on the pitch at
St James’ Park
.
[35]
On 25 June, the couple announced the arrival of their second son.
[36]
Joelinton was arrested in the early hours of 12 January 2023 in
Newcastle upon Tyne
and charged with drink driving his
Mercedes G-Wagen
. He pleaded guilty at Newcastle Magistrates Court two weeks later and received a 12-month driving ban, to be reduced to nine months in the event of rehabilitation. He was fined £29,000, in addition to a £2,000 surcharge and £85 costs.
[37]
Joelinton's home was broken into by three men in the later hours of 13 January 2024, while he was attending
Newcastle United
's home match over
Manchester City
.
[38]
Career statistics
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Club
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]
- As of match played 19 May 2024
[39]
International
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- As of match played 21 November 2023
[49]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team
|
Year
|
Apps
|
Goals
|
Brazil
|
2023
|
5
|
1
|
Total
|
5
|
1
|
- Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first.
[49]
Honours
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Sport Recife
Newcastle United
Individual
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