PLAYER DETAILS
Joelinton profile
- Club
- Newcastle United
- Position
- Central Midfield
- Nationality
- Brazil
- Date of birth
- 1996-08-14
- Birthplace
- Aliança, Brazil
- Height
- 6 ft 1 in
- Weight
- 179 lbs
- Shirt number
- 7
- Signing / transfer fee
- £39.60m
PLAYER BIOGRAPHY
About Joelinton
Joelinton Cassio Apolinário de Lira (born 14 August 1996), known as Joelinton, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre forward for English club Newcastle United. Starting his career with Sport Recife, Joelinton joined Hoffenheim in 2015, and was loaned to Rapid Wien for two years from 2016. He has also been capped for the Brazil under-17 national team.