Jonata de Oliveira Bastos (born 26 November 1997), simply known as Jonata, is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a

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for Maltese side

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Professional career

Jonata started his professional career at CRB in his native state. After an outstanding performance in the 2017

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, he was loaned to Cruzeiro until February 2018. He first started at Cruzeiro's U20 team. Playing at the

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, he had several highlighted performances for the team. Leading Cruzeiro's U20 team in goals scored and helping the team to get the Campeonato Brasileiro Sub-20 title. In the absence of several Cruzeiro's forwards due to injuries, Cruzeiro's coach

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promoted him to the senior team. On November 5, 2017 he debuted for Cruzeiro on the match against

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. Jonata replaced Giorgian De Arrascaeta in the game's 84th minute. On November 15, he started his first match for Cruzeiro. Playing 56 minutes in the tie against

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