Gabriel Jesus

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Gabriel Jesus
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Gabriel Jesus (2018)
Personnel
Surname Gabriel Fernando de Jesus
birthday April 3, 1997
place of birth São Paulo ,  Brazil
size 175 cm
position Storm
Juniors
Years station
Associação Atlética Annexuera
2013-2015 Palmeiras São Paulo
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2015-2016 Palmeiras São Paulo 67 (21)
2017– Manchester City 98 (38)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2015 Brazil U20 6 0(1)
2016 Brazil Olympic selection 6 0(3)
2016– Brazil 39 (18)
1 Only league games are given.
As of July 8, 2020

2 As of November 19, 2019

Gabriel Jesus , with full name Gabriel Fernando de Jesus (born April 3, 1997 in São Paulo ), is a Brazilian soccer player . The striker has played for Palmeiras São Paulo since 2012 and moved to Manchester City in January 2017 .

Career

society

Gabriel Jesus was born in São Paulo and grew up in the Cachoeirinha district , where he started playing street football at an early age . He joined various smaller clubs in the neighborhood. He started at Pequeninos do Meio Ambiente . Here the coach initially used him as a defender. Its last stadium was the Associação Atlética Annexuera . In 2013, shortly before his 16th birthday, he moved to the youth department of the traditional Palmeiras São Paulo club .

Palmeiras São Paulo

Gabriel Jesus in the jersey of Palmeiras (2014)

In January 2014, Gabriel Jesus signed a professional contract with Palmeiras. In 2014, he scored 37 goals in 22 games in the U-17 championship. From August 2014 he was in the squad of the relegation-threatened professional team several times without being used. Some fans asked for his use by petition.

Gabriel Jesus made his professional debut on March 7, 2015 in the state championship in São Paulo , and he was used eight times during the season. Palmeiras lost in the final on penalties against FC Santos . On April 29th he had his first appearance in the Copa do Brasil and shortly afterwards in the Série A , the top Brazilian division. In 20 appearances in the 2015 season he scored four goals and was voted the best young player in the league. In the cup, he scored three times in nine games. He was also on the field in the two legs of the final, which Palmeiras was able to win against Santos.

Gabriel Jesus made his international debut on February 17, 2016 in the Copa Libertadores group game against CA River Plate , where he also scored a goal in the 2-2 draw. He scored four times in a total of five appearances in the group stage, and another four goals in ten games during the national championship.

Manchester City

In August 2016, Gabriel Jesus was signed by Manchester City and given a contract dated June 30, 2021. He finished the 2016 season for Palmeiras and joined the squad coached by Pep Guardiola in January 2017 .

He made his debut for Manchester City at 2-2 on Matchday 22 against Tottenham Hotspur . The following day he scored his first goal for his new club in a 4-0 win against West Ham United . In the 2-1 win over Swansea City on Matchday 24, he scored both goals for Manchester City. On February 14, 2017, his club announced that Gabriel Jesus suffered a broken metatarsal in the game against AFC Bournemouth . It has been estimated that he will be out for up to three months.

National team

Gabriel Jesus took part in the 2015 U-20 World Cup in New Zealand with the Brazilian U-20 national team. He played in all six games up to the final, scoring a goal and converting his attempt on penalties in the eighth and quarter-finals. In the final, the Brazilian selection lost to the Serbs 1: 2 after extra time.

In August 2016 he took part in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro . On August 20, 2016, he finally won Olympic gold in the final against Germany. As part of qualifying for the 2018 World Cup , Gabriel Jesus played his first game for the national team's senior squad on September 1, 2016. In the game against Ecuador he was on from the start. In the game he scored his first goals for the team. He hit with his right foot in the 87th minute after a submission by Marcelo and in the 90th after a submission by Neymar . Also during the 2019 Copa América Gabriel Jesus stood in the squad of the team. With this he was able to win the title. He was in the starting line-up in five games and was substituted on once (two goals). In the final against Peru , he was sent off with a yellow-red card in the 70th minute after seeing yellow in the 30th. His behavior on the field and next to it, after being sent off, was punished by CONMEBOL with a two-month suspension from all international matches.

successes

from left to right: Walace , Gabriel Jesus, Neymar , Gabriel Barbosa and Rafinha with the Olympic gold medal (2016)

title

National team

society

Awards

Private

Jesus grew up without a father. He left the family while his mother was pregnant with him.

Jesus is a fan of the Brazilian hip-hop band Racionais MC's . In particular, their song A Vida é Desafio , published in 2002, is an inspiration to him. The opening verses of the song mean Life is a great challenge , Jesus made this motto his mantra . He hears the song at least once a day and before every game. Jesus had parts of the song tattooed on his chest next to a soccer ball .

Web links

Commons : Gabriel Jesus  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Start as a defender , portrait on telegraph.co.uk from January 11, 2017, page in English, accessed on June 12, 2019
  2. ↑ Joia 2015: famoso na base, Gabriel Jesus é "fenômeno" do Palmeira's article in Globo Esporto from January 1, 2015 (Portuguese)
  3. ↑ Em jogo do ano, torcedor faz abaixo-assinado e "exige" escalação de joia Article in Globo Esporto from December 1, 2014 (Portuguese)
  4. ↑ Manchester City: City sign Gabriel Jesus ( memento from August 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), August 10, 2016, accessed on August 10, 2016.
  5. ↑ Broken metatarsus , report on eurosport.de from February 14, 2017, accessed on February 17, 2017
  6. ↑ First game A-squad of the national team on worldfootball.net
  7. ↑ Misconduct , report on welt.de from July 8, 2019, page in portugal, accessed on September 5, 2019
  8. ↑ Countries match suspension , report on sport1.de of 8 August 2019 page in Portuguese., Accessed on September 5, 2019
  9. ↑ www.cbf.com.br Palmeiras vence a Chapecoense e confirma titulo - accessed on November 27, 2016.
  10. ↑ Portrait on telegraph.co.uk from January 11, 2017, page in English, accessed on June 12, 2019
  11. ↑ Personal , interview on cbf.com.br from June 10, 2019, page in portug., Accessed on June 12, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Jesus, Gabriel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jesus, Gabriel Fernando de (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH April 3, 1997
PLACE OF BIRTH São Paulo , Brazil