Gabriel Jesus Height Weight Age Biography Family Wiki Net Worth, Affairs, Marriage & much more. Gabriel Fernando de Jesus (born 3 April 1997) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Arsenal and the Brazil national team.
Jesus began his senior club career at Palmeiras, where he was voted Best Newcomer at the 2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A and won the Copa do Brasil. In 2016, he won the Bola de Ouro helping Palmeiras win their first national league title in 22 years. Jesus signed with English club Manchester City in January 2017 in a transfer worth £27 million, and won four Premier League titles, three EFL Cups, and the FA Cup. In July 2022, he joined Arsenal in a deal worth £45 million.
After winning 21 caps and scoring seven goals at youth level, including reaching the final of the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup and winning an Olympic gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Jesus made his senior debut for Brazil in September 2016, and was part of the squad that took part at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, later also participating at the Copa América in 2019 and 2021, winning the former tournament.
Early life
Born in São Paulo, Jesus grew up in the neighborhood of Jardim Peri. After initially playing street football, he joined amateur clubs in the region, his last one being Associação Atlética Anhanguera.
Personal life
Gabriel Jesus came to England with his mother and older brother, along with two friends. He comes from a religious family and reportedly chose to wear the number 33 in tribute to the age at which Jesus Christ is believed to have been crucified. He and Neymar got matching tattoos in August 2016 depicting a boy overlooking a favela.
In EA Sports’ FIFA video game series, Jesus’s goal celebration – ‘Alô-mãe’ (“Hello, mother” in English), where he makes a telephone gesture – features in FIFA 19.
On 25 September 2021, after scoring the only goal in a victory against Chelsea, Jesus announced he was expecting his first child.
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Arsenal
On 4 July 2022, Jesus signed a long-term contract with Arsenal. He was assigned the number 9 shirt. The fee and the duration of the contract were undisclosed, yet it was reported the Brazilian signed a five-year contract on a £45 million deal. On 5 August, he made his club debut in a 2–0 away win against Crystal Palace in the Premier League. On 13 August, in his second match and first at the Emirates, he scored his first and second competitive goals against Leicester City and also provided two assists in a 4–2 win.
Style of play
A talented and versatile forward, Jesus is capable of playing in several attacking positions: he has been deployed as a centre forward, as an out-and-out striker, as a false 9, as an inside forward, as a winger or as an attacking midfielder, and is renowned for his pace, technical skills, dribbling ability, creativity, finishing, movement, and work ethic. Former Brazilian striker Ronaldo has praised Jesus and touted him for future success with the Brazilian national team.
In October 2019, Jesus said he was open to switching to a winger role at Manchester City in the hope of getting more playing time, though he acknowledged that there was still intense competition in the team for a starting spot out on the wing.
International career
Jesus was part of the Brazil under-20 team that finished as runners-up at the 2015 U-20 World Cup in New Zealand. He scored their first tournament goal in a 4–2 win over Nigeria in New Plymouth, and converted as they advanced past Uruguay and Portugal on penalties.
In 2016, he was chosen in Dunga’s provisional 40-man squad for the Copa América Centenario in the United States, and was considered as a replacement for the injured Douglas Costa in the final selection but missed out through the lack of a U.S. visa. Later that year, he was one of five forwards named in the squad for the team’s hosting of the Olympic tournament. He scored once against Danish keeper Jeppe Højbjerg in their final group game against Denmark, an eventual 4–0 win, and in the semi-final against Honduras he added two more in a 6–0 victory. Jesus won the Olympics with his team against Germany in a penalty shoot-out, scoring one of the penalties.
Jesus made his debut for the senior team on 1 September 2016, in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification game against Ecuador in Quito. He started the match and scored twice, as Brazil won 3–0. Jesus was Brazil’s highest scorer in the CONMEBOL World Cup qualifiers, with 7 goals in 10 matches. In May 2018, he was named in Tite’s final 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Jesus started all five games for Brazil at the tournament without scoring a goal.
In May 2019, Jesus was included in Brazil’s 23-man squad for the 2019 Copa América on home soil. In the final against Peru on 7 July, at the Maracanã Stadium, he assisted the opening goal scored by Everton Soares, and later scored the match-winning goal late in the first half; however, he was sent off in the second half after collecting a second yellow card during the final following a collision with Carlos Zambrano. Brazil won the match 3–1 to win the title. In August 2019, Jesus was handed a 2-month international ban from CONMEBOL, due to his behavior after being red carded in the 2019 Copa América Final.
In June 2021, he was included in Brazil’s squad for the 2021 Copa América on home soil.
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | State league | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Palmeiras | 2015 | Série A | 20 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 3 | — | — | — | 37 | 7 | |
| 2016 | Série A | 27 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | 5 | 4 | — | 46 | 21 | |
| Total | 47 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 3 | — | 5 | 4 | — | 83 | 28 | ||
| Manchester City | 2016–17 | Premier League | 10 | 7 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 11 | 7 | |
| 2017–18 | Premier League | 29 | 13 | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 4 | — | 42 | 17 | |
| 2018–19 | Premier League | 29 | 7 | — | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 21 |
| 2019–20 | Premier League | 34 | 14 | — | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 23 |
| 2020–21 | Premier League | 29 | 9 | — | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | — | 42 | 14 | |
| 2021–22 | Premier League | 28 | 8 | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 13 |
| Total | 159 | 58 | — | 20 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 38 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 236 | 95 | |
| Arsenal | 2022–23 | Premier League | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 2 |
| Career total | 209 | 76 | 20 | 5 | 31 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 43 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 322 | 125 |
