Jonathan Viera Ramos (; born 21 October 1989) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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Club career

Las Palmas

Born in

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, Viera finished his youth career with hometown club

, where he earned the nickname

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. He made his senior debut with the

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, appearing in ten

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games in the 2008–09 season and suffering relegation. On 18 February 2010, he renewed his contract until June 2013. Viera was definitely promoted to the main squad for

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, as the team competed in the

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. He finished the campaign with 31 matches (26 starts) and six goals, including

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in a 5–3 away win against

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on 15 May 2011, which all but certified the

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side's permanence. In January 2012, amidst rumours of a transfer – Las Palmas inclusively had everything arranged with

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but the deal eventually fell through – Viera assured he would stay with his club until the end of the season. He finished as the second-best top scorer in the squad at nine, only trailing another youth graduate, Vitolo, by one goal.

Valencia

On 6 May 2012, one month before the Las Palmas season ended, Viera signed with

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for five years and

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2.5 million. He made his official debut against

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, playing 13 minutes of a 1–0 away loss. Viera scored his first goal in the top flight on 29 September 2012, closing the 2–0 home victory over

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. On 30 August of the following year, he was loaned to

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-based

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in a

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-long move without the option of making the deal permanent afterwards.

Standard Liège

On 1 September 2014, Viera cut ties with Valencia, immediately joining

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. He appeared in only seven competitive matches during his spell in Belgium, scoring in a 2–1 group stage defeat at

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in the

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Return to Las Palmas

On 14 January 2015, Viera was loaned to Las Palmas until June. He contributed seven goals in 21 appearances, as his team returned to the top division after a 13-year absence. Viera signed a permanent three-year deal on 14 July 2015, for €900,000.

Beijing Guoan

On 19 February 2018, Viera joined

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club Beijing Sinobo Guoan on a four-year contract for a fee of around €11 million. The player acknowledged the transfer "took care" of his future, and Las Palmas retained a buy-back option in the future. On 7 April 2019, he was named the competition's Player of the Month for the previous month. Viera completed the second hat-trick of his career on 28 April 2019, by scoring three goals in a 4–1 home defeat of Dalian Yifang in the domestic league. In August, he was loaned to Las Palmas until the end of the year.

Third spell at Las Palmas

On 23 August 2021, Viera returned to Las Palmas on a five-year contract. He scored a personal best 14 goals in his first season, adding seven in

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for the runners-up who thus returned to the top tier. On 14 December 2023, the 34-year-old Viera left by mutual agreement. Shortly before that, he had briefly put his career on hold to take care of his sick wife.

Almería

On 6 February 2024, Viera joined top-flight

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on a deal running until June 2025. On 15 July, however, after suffering relegation, he was allowed to terminate his link.

Later career

On 17 July 2024, Viera signed a one-year contract with

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club

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. He scored on his debut, a 5–1 away loss against

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; in September, however, he severed his ties. Viera joined

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of the

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on 4 February 2025.

International career

Viera played once with the Spain under-21s, featuring the last minutes of the 1–1 friendly draw with

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. On 9 October 2017, as the full side had already qualified as group champions for the

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, manager Julen Lopetegui handed him his debut, and he played the entire 1–0 away win over

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Career statistics

Honours

Beijing Guoan *

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Individual *

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: May 2015, December 2019, May 2022, October 2022 *Chinese FA Cup top scorer: 2018

References

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