Joelinton

Joelinton

Personal information
Full name	Joelinton Cassio Apolinário de Lira
Date of birth	(1996-08-14) 14 August 1996
Place of birth	Aliança, Brazil
Height
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Hoffenheim
Number	40
Youth career
2010–2014	Sport Recife
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2015	Sport Recife	34	(7)
2015–	Hoffenheim	0	(0)
International career‡
2012	Brazil U17	4	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 June 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 June 2015

Joelinton Cassio Apolinário de Lira (born 14 August 1996), known as Joelinton, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for German club 1899 Hoffenheim, as a forward. Starting his career with Sport Recife, Joelinton joined his current club Hoffenheim in 2015. He has also been capped for the Brazil under-17 national team.

Club career

Sport Recife

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 Santa Cruz. He made a total of nine appearances for the senior team in that year, having scored two goals.

In 2015, he established himself in the first team, having put up good performances in the Campeonato Pernambucano and the Campeonato Brasileiro. In total, he made 34 appearances and scored 7 goals for the club.

Hoffenheim

On 5 June 2015, Sport Recife and Hoffenheim announced that they had reached an agreement for the transfer of Joelinton. The deal was reportedly settled in €2 million.

International career

Joelinton has been capped four times by the Brazil under-17 national team and scored two goals.

Honours

Club

Sport Recife

• Campeonato Pernambucano: 2014
• Copa do Nordeste: 2014

External links

• Joelinton career stats - Topforward
• footballzz.co.uk