Summoned by Dorival Júnior to the Brazilian team, Joelinton It is part of the cast of Brazil that faces Colombia This Thursday (20), in Brasilia, Mané Garrincha, and Argentina Next Tuesday (25), for the World Cup qualifiers.
The player entered the first stage, in the place of Gerson, who was injured, but eventually failed in the Colombian goal, losing the ball to James Rodríguez. Following, the midfielder touched Luis Díaz to score.
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Joelinton It was first called for the Brazilian National Team in June 2023, for friendly against Guinea and Senegal. At the time, he was a starter in both games under the command of the then interim coach Ramón Diaz.
Even with five games already played for Brazil and owner of great idolatry in the Newcastlefrom England, where he operates alongside Bruno Guimarães and Joelinton is unknown to part of the Brazilian public for leaving very early from Brazilian football.
The player is famous for being no longer center forward, where he was prominent on the European continent, to become a more defensive midfielder, a function that made him gain prominence in England and space in the Brazilian team.
Who is Joelinton?
- Age: 28 years (14/08/2025)
- Naturalness: Alliance, Pernambuco (Brazil)
- Preferred foot: right
- Height: 1,86
- Career Times: Sport (2014-2015), Hoffenheim (2015-2019), Rapid Vienna (2016-2018, loan), Newcastle (2019-current)
Where was Joelinton revealed?
Born in alliance, in the interior of Pernambuco, Joelinton made the base categories and was revealed in the Reef sports. He debuted in 2014 at the age of 18 in a classic against Santa Cruz for the Northeast Cup. The then young center forward played the Brasileirão in 2014 and 2015 for Lion and soon caught the attention of the European market.
Joelinton Featured in Germany
In July 2015, the Lovefrom Germany. He got Joelinton’s purchase from Sport for 2.20 million euros to the place of another Brazilian who had left the German club: Roberto Firmino.
The nickname ‘New Firmino’, however, was not confirmed at first. Joelinton spent two seasons on loan to Rapid Vienna, from Austria, where it was featured.
He returned to Hoffeheim for the 2018/2019 season and not only won his space, but was the biggest highlight of the German team at that time and was harassed by European giants.
Greater hiring in the history of Newcastle
In the middle of 2019, Joelinton arrived at Newcastlefrom England, as the greatest hiring in the history of the English club at that time. The then center forward cost 43.5 million euros to magpies, a very high value in a less inflated market six years ago.
The Brazilian did not live up to expectations and scored only four goals in every season.
Joelinton’s turn
The trajectory of Newcastle It was still without much prominence, with the club fighting against relegation until mid -season 2021/2022. Until at the end of 2021, the club was acquired by a powerful Saudi Arabia background that besides the other Brazilian Bruno Guimarãeshired the coach Eddie Howe.
It was the new coach who changed Joelinton with position and retreated the player on the field. Always more positioned on the left, time on the sides, time on the center of the field, the Pernambuco has become the kind of midfielder who covers the entire field, from defense to attack.
It was in the new position that it became one of the best in the English league, became seen by the national team and was summoned by Dorival Júnior for this week’s games.
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Brazil x Colombia: Data Sheet
- Conmebol qualifiers – 13th round
- Data: Thursday, March 20
- Time: 21h45 (from Brasilia)
- Transmission: TV Globo (Open TV) and SporTV (Pay TV), with Globoplay relay (streaming)
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Likely Brazil lineup: Alisson, Vanderson, Marquinhos, Gabriel Magalhães and Guilherme Arana; Bruno Guimarães, Gerson, Raphinha and Rodrygo; Vinicius Jr and João Pedro. Technical: Dorival Junior
Probable lineup of Colombia: Camilo Vargas; Daniel Muñoz, Dávinson Sánchez, Jhon Lucumí and Cristian Borja; Richard Ríos and Jefferson Lerma; Jhon Arias and James Rodríguez; Luis Díaz E Rafael Borré; Technical: Néstor Lorenzo
