| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jonathan Jackson De Lima Reis[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 6 June 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Contagem, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Vitesse | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2007 | Atlético Mineiro | ||
| 2007–2010 | PSV | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2007–2011 | PSV | 26 | (11) |
| 2009 | → Tupi (loan) | 22 | (1) |
| 2011– | Vitesse | - | (-) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 4, 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Jonathan Reis (born on 6 June 1989 in Contagem, Minas Gerais), is a Brazilian footballer who plays in the Dutch Eredivisie for Vitesse Arnhem.[2] The majority of Reis' professional career thus far has been played at PSV Eindhoven, where he has had two stints with the club. The first one started after signing a professional 5-year contract with PSV in the summer of 2007, after earlier trials with Ajax and PSV in the fall of 2006. Both stints ended in dramatic fashion though, as Reis was first fired by PSV in January 2010, following the use of forbidden substances.[3] After going to rehab, Reis was accepted again into the ranks of the club when PSV signed him to a 1-year contract.[4] Reis was doing well, but suffered a horrific knee injury in a home game against Roda JC. The player is currently still recovering, while his contract with PSV ran out in the summer.
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In May 2007, Jonathan Reis scored 2 goals to clinch a victory for PSV's A1 squad at the Terborg tournament. The squad beat a Boca Juniors youth team in the final, with three goals to two.
Reis broke his foot in March 2008. He prematurely removed the cast from his foot in the summer of 2008, which caused another crack in his foot and made him miss the PSV pre-season.[5] PSV coach Huub Stevens, furious over this 'unprofessional attitude', relegated him to the reserve squad.[6] Stevens was also dismayed by the bad influence of Reis' Serbian agent Vlado Lemić.[7]
After receiving more disciplinary action for returning too late from a stay in Brazil, where he attended his grandmothers funeral, his career at PSV looked over.[8] Fellow Dutch league teams Roda JC en FC Utrecht and the Portuguese side Vitoria Setubal showed interest, but Reis stayed at PSV.[9]
With the arrival of a new trainer Fred Rutten and after some impressive pre-season performances, Reis got a new chance. In the Europa league group K match at Sparta Prague (17 September 2009), he was brought on after 64 minutes, just before Prague went 1–0 ahead. In the 80th minute Reis scored the equaliser. PSV fell behind again, but was awarded a penalty kick when Danko Lazović was fouled in stoppage time. Jonathan slotted the spot kick cooly home, thus salvaging a point and becoming an unlikely hero.[10] On 23 September, Jonathan plays his first full match for PSV in the 2–1 Dutch Cup win against first division side De Graafschap.
The 2009–10 season started fruitfully for Reis, as he netted 3 goals in the Eredivisie, 4 goals in the Europa League, and another one in the Dutch cup, even though he has been a starter at PSV on only a handful of occasions. Manager Fred Rutten officially promoted Reis to the first-team squad. On 24 January 2010 however, his contract was terminated after he tested positive for a banned substance and subsequently refused the club's offer of help to treat drug addiction.[11] If Reis will sign at another club, PSV will start a lawsuit against the player to try to get back some of the money the club had invested in the player.[1]
Reis made his return at PSV on July 17, 2010, when he was offered a new contract at the club. The new contract meant that he would stay at the club for a period of one year, with the option of extending the contract into a 3-year deal. He netted a hat-trick against Feyenoord in a 10-0 victory on the 24th October 2010 and scored several other goals for PSV, before seriously injuring his knee against Roda JC on December 19. Reis was operated twice by famous knee surgeon Richard Steadman in the US before starting his revalidation back in Eindhoven.
In the summer of 2011, during his period of rest after the operation, his contract with PSV ran out.
On December 4, 2011, Reis signed a contract until the end of the 2011-12 season with Vitesse.[12]
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