Jairo Pinheiro Palmeira Neto (born 4 March 1994), simply known as Jairo Neto, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward. Despite having no links with East Timor, he had been naturalised and played for the country's national team between 2015. On 19 January 2017, the Asian Football Confederation declared Jairo Neto and eleven other Brazilian men's footballers ineligible to represent East Timor. Two months later, the East Timorese passport he had received have been declared ‘null and void’ by the Ministry of Justice of East Timor.

Career

Neto made his debut for Timor Leste in the first round of

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against Mongolia, and scored on debut in their 4–1 victory.

International Goals

''Correct as of 3 June 2015''

under-23

Senior

:''Scores and results list East Timor's goal tally first.''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Neto, Jairo 1994 births Living people People from Camaçari Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Brazilian expatriate men's footballers ŠK Slovan Bratislava players C.F. União de Coimbra players Taliya SC players Associação Desportiva Cabofriense players Associação Atlética Aparecidense players Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia Expatriate men's footballers in Syria Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Syria Syrian Premier League players East Timorese men's footballers Timor-Leste men's international footballers Footballers from Bahia