Jônatas Obina

Jônatas Paulino da Silva Inácio (born 18 December 1985), known as Jônatas Obina, is a footballer who plays as a forward for Operário FC (MS). He earned his nickname after physical comparisons with fellow footballer Obina.[1]

Not to be confused with Jonathan Obika.
Jônatas Obina
Personal information
Full name Jônatas Paulino da Silva Inácio
Date of birth (1985-12-18) December 18, 1985
Place of birth Sete Lagoas, Brazil
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Operário-MS
Youth career
2005 Democrata de Sete Lagoas
2006 Vila Nova
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 → Barra (loan)
2008 Formiga
2008 Tricordiano
2009 Venda Nova
2009 América-TO (13)
2009–2010 Le Mans II
2010 Caldense
2010 Tricordiano
2011 América-TO
2011–2013 Atlético Mineiro 10 (2)
2012 → Ipatinga (loan)
2012 → Boa (loan) 9 (0)
2013 → Ferroviária (loan)
2013 Mixto
2014 Ferroviária
2014 São Caetano 1 (0)
2014 Rio Branco-AC 2 (0)
2015 Matonense
2015 Juventude 11 (1)
2016 Rio Preto
2016 CSA 15 (4)
2017 Veranópolis
2017 Rio Preto
2017 Fluminense Feira 10 (3)
2018 Rio Preto
2018 América-TO
2018 Juventus Jaraguá
2018 Montes Claros
2019 Rio Preto
2019 Leones Vegetarianos
2019 Boston City Brasil 0 (0)
2020– Operário-MS 0 (0)
National team‡
2013 Equatorial Guinea 4 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 June 2013
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 June 2013

Born and raised in Brazil, he has been a member, as a naturalized citizen, of the Equatorial Guinea national team.

Club career

Jônatas Obina started his career at Democrata de Sete Lagoas, where he was discouraged to pursue professional football. After competing in the Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior for Vila Nova in January 2006,[2] Jônatas Obina became a professional footballer and played mostly for Minas Gerais based clubs, being Módulo II do Campeonato Mineiro's top goalscorer with 13 goals in his first stint with América-TO, thus earning him a move to Le Mans where he played with the reserve team for less than a year.

On his return to América-TO, Jônatas Obina was América's top goalscorer in the 2011 Campeonato Mineiro with 10 goals.[3] Immediately after, he was signed by Clube Atlético Mineiro for 2011 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. Jônatas made his debut as a second-half substitute in a 0-4 home loss against Internacional on 30 June 2011,[4] scoring his first goal on his second appearance for the club on 10 July against América Mineiro,[5] also scoring on his next match against Santos.[6] He ended the year with 11 appearances for Galo, one of them during 2011 Copa Sudamericana.

The following year, after manager Cuca declared he was not part of the club plans, he was loaned to Ipatinga and later to Boa for 2012 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.

International career

Jônatas Obina was naturalized Equatoguinean in 2012[7] and made his official debut in a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Cape Verde coming off the bench in a 4-3 win.[8] His second appearance was a lost friendly against Togo. On his next match, also against Cape Verde, he scored his first international goal in a 1-2 loss.[9]

International goals
Scores and results list Equatorial Guinea's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.8 June 2013Estádio da Várzea, Praia, Cape Verde Cape Verde1–20–3
Awarded[note 1]		2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying match

Notes
  1. FIFA awarded Cape Verde a 3–0 win as a result of Equatorial Guinea fielding the ineligible player Emilio Nsue. The match originally ended 2–1 to Cape Verde.[10]

References
  1. http://www.mg.superesportes.com.br/app/noticias/futebol/atletico-mg/2011/07/14/noticia_atletico_mg,189788/jonatas-obina-venceu-criticas-no-inicio-da-carreira-em-sete-lagoas.shtml
  2. Copa São Paulo de Juniores 2006: ECUS Suzano X Vila Nova-GO
  3. "Arquivo Campeonatos // Arquivo 2011 // Módulo I - 2011 // Artilharia" (in Portuguese). Federação Mineira de Futebol. 16 May 2011.
  4. "Campeonato Brasileiro 2011, Fase única - 7ª rodada: Atlético Mineiro 0 x 4 Internacional" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 30 June 2011.
  5. "Campeonato Brasileiro 2011, Fase única - 9ª rodada: Atlético Mineiro 2 x 0 América-MG" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 10 July 2011.
  6. "Campeonato Brasileiro 2011, Fase única - 10ª rodada: Santos 2 x 1 Atlético Mineiro" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 16 July 2011.
  7. (in Portuguese)
  8. http://pt.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/africa/matches/round=258334/match=300181915/index.html
  9. http://pt.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/africa/matches/round=258334/match=300180931/index.html
  10. "Equatorial Guinea sanctioned for fielding ineligible player". fifa.com. 19 July 2013.
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