João Soares de Almeida Neto (born 30 January 1980), known as Joãozinho Neto, is a Brazilian footballer, currently playing for

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Career

Joãozinho started his career at Cruzeiro, one of the biggest club of Minas Gerais. He left Brazil for Spanish side

Recreativo de Huelva Real Club Recreativo de Huelva, S.A.D. () is a Spanish football club based in Huelva, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 23 December 1889, 2 days before Christmas, they are the oldest football club in Spain, and currently play i ...

on 29 January 2003. He left Brazil again for

Litex Lovech Litex ( bg, Литекс) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Lovech, which currently competes in the Second League. The club was founded in 1921 as Hisarya Sports Club. The club's home ground is the Gradski Stadion ...

on 20 July 2004. He moved back to Brazil for Brasiliense on 15 August 2005, signing a contract until the end of the 2006 season. he played for the club at

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before left for

Portuguesa Portuguesa is a Portuguese, Catalan, and Spanish feminine adjective meaning "Portuguese". It may also refer to: Places *Portuguesa (state), one of the 23 states of Venezuela *Portuguesa (Rio de Janeiro), a neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ...

and

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. In January 2007, he signed a one-year contract with

Esporte Clube Vitória Esporte Clube Vitória, commonly referred to as Vitória, is a Brazilian professional club based in Salvador, Bahia founded on 13 May 1899. It competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, the second tier of Brazilian football, as well as ...

. He extended his contract for an additional year in September 2007, and he also played for the club at

Copa do Brasil 2007 The Copa do Brasil 2007 is the 19th staging of the Copa do Brasil. The competition started on February 14, 2007 and concluded on June 6, 2007 with the second leg of the final, held at the Estádio Orlando Scarpelli in Florianópolis, in which ...

. Joãozinho would lead Vitória to the

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B is commonly referred to as the Brasileirão Série B (Série B), and until 2022 was officially called Brasileirão Sportingbet by sponsorship reasons. It is the second tier of the Brazilian football league system ...

title, scoring 19 goals during the season. In January 2008, he went on loan to Mexican Primera División side Monarcas Morelia. In June 2008, he signed a 2-year contract with

Atlético Paranaense Club Athletico Paranaense (commonly known as Athletico and formerly known as Atlético Paranaense) is a Brazilian football team from the city of Curitiba, capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná, founded on March 26, 1924. The team ...

. In January 2009, he left for

. In April 2009, he was signed by

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Personal life

He also known as ''Joãozinho Neto'' to avoid confusion with other his former teammate at Portuguesa, Joãozinho.

References

External links

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