João Alves de Assis Silva

Personal information
João
Full name	João Alves de Assis Silva
Date of birth	20 March 1987
Place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.88 m
Nickname	Jô
Position	Striker
Club information
Current club	CSKA Moscow
Number	10
Youth clubs
2000-2002	Sport Club Corinthians Paulista
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
2003-2005 2006	Corinthians CSKA Moscow	81 (13) 18 (14)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 August 2006.

Jô (João Alves de Assis Silva), born March 23, 1987 in São Paulo is a Brazilian football (soccer) striker, signed with Corinthians. He began his professional career in 2003, at the age of 16. In 2006, while still a teenager, Jo signed with CSKA Moscow and has taken the Russian League by storm. In his debut season in Russia Jo has already scored 21 goals in just his first 25 appearances in the Russian Premier League and Parlament Russian Super Cup, which his new club won.

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PFC CSKA Moscow - Current Squad
1 Mandrykin \| 2 Šemberas \| 4 Ignashevich \| 6 A. Berezoutski \| 7 Carvalho \| 8 Gusev \| 9 Olić \| 10 Jô \| 11 Vagner Love \| 15 Odiah \| 17 Krasić \| 18 Zhirkov \| 20 Dudu \| 22 Aldonin \| 24 V. Berezoutski \| 25 Rahimić \| 35 Akinfeev \| 37 Kochubei \| 39 Taranov \| 40 Salougin \| 50 Grigoryev \| 56 Tatarchuk \| 77 Gaboulov