Juan Jesus

Juan Jesus

Personal information
Full name	Juan Guilherme Nunes Jesus
Date of birth	(1991-06-10) 10 June 1991
Place of birth	Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Central defender / Left back
Club information
Current club	Inter Milan
Number	5
Youth career
2006–2009	Internacional
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2010–2012	Internacional	25	(0)
2012–	Inter Milan	48	(1)
National team‡
2009–2011	Brazil U-20	17	(0)
2012	Brazil U23	6	(0)
2012–	Brazil	4	(0)
Honours Competitor for  Brazil Men's Football Silver 2012 London Team Competition
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 May 2013. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 February 2013

Juan Guilherme Nunes Jesus (born 10 June 1991 in Belo Horizonte) usually known as Juan Jesus or simply Juan, is a Brazilian football defender/left back. He currently plays for Inter Milan.

Technical features

He mainly plays as a centre back, but can also play as a full back. As a defender he has drawn similarities to Lúcio, who Juan Jesus claims to be his idol. He is known for being aggressive, strong and very physical. He is left footed.

Career

Sport Club Internacional

After initially started with the Brazilian team of Futsal, in 2007 he joined in the Sport Club Internacional Youth Club. He made his debut in first team in 2010, winning the Copa Libertadores. On 16 December 2011, the International sold for just over 2.6 million euros, 65% of the defender's agent Giuliano Bertolucci card to pay off the debts with the latter that had accumulated when he was signed to renew the playmaker Oscar, who was also assisted by Bertolucci.

Inter Milan

On 30 January 2012, Juan joined Serie A club Inter Milan. Juan Jesus made his first Serie A appearance for Inter on 13 May 2012, in the 1–3 loss against Lazio after coming on as a last minute substitute for Diego Milito.

During the 2012/2013 season, Juan Jesus emerged as part of Inter's first choice starting eleven, featuring alongside Andrea Ranocchia and Walter Samuel in a 3-5-2 system. He scored his first goal vs Udinese in 19.5.2013.

On 12 July 2013, Juan took shirt number #5, after departure of Inter legend Dejan Stanković.

National team

After having played in the Under-18 selections and Under-19 national team, in early 2010 in the Under-20 receives the call of Ney Franco. In January 2011 took part in the successful expedition to the South American Under-20 2011, playing all eight matches of the competition. In the same year he took part to the World Under-20, in which the verdict was imposed again. He made his Brazil first team debut against Denmark on the 26th of May 2012 playing the full 90 minutes. He played the full 90 minutes in Brazil's 4–3 defeat to Argentina on 9 June 2012.

Career statistics

As of 11 August 2013.^[1][2][3]

Honours

References

External links

v t e Brazil men's football squad – 2012 Summer Olympics – Silver Medalists 1 Gabriel 2 Rafael 3 Thiago Silva (c) 4 Juan Jesus 5 Sandro 6 Marcelo 7 Lucas 8 Rômulo 9 Leandro Damião 10 Oscar 11 Neymar 12 Hulk 13 Bruno Uvini 14 Danilo 15 Alex Sandro 16 Ganso 17 Pato 18 Neto Coach: Mano Menezes