mexican football player

dos Santos and the second or maternal family name is Ramírez. In this spanish identify, the first or parental surname isand the second gear or maternal class list is Jonathan dos Santos Ramírez ( spanish pronunciation : [ ˈɟʝonatan doctor of osteopathy ˈsantos ] ; brazilian portuguese : [ ˈʒonatɐ̃ dus ˈsɐ̃tus ] ; born 26 April 1990 ) is a mexican master football player who plays as a midfielder for Liga MX club América and the Mexico national team.

early life [edit ]

Born in Monterrey, Mexico, [ 3 ] Jonathan was competing along with his buddy Giovani in a youth tournament in France, where he was spotted by FC Barcelona scouts who decided to bring him and his brother to La Masia for a test .

Club career [edit ]

Barcelona [edit ]

2008–09 temper [edit ]

In the 2008–09 season, Dos Santos was in Juvenil A where he was captain of the team. [ 4 ] During that lapp season, he obtained a spanish passport and thereby acquired Citizenship of the European Union, which enabled him to play in the first team. [ 5 ]

2009–10 season [edit ]

In the summer of 2009, Dos Santos was selected by FC Barcelona B director Luis Enrique to form separate of the second gear team. [ 6 ] Subsequently, Pep Guardiola called him up to the beginning team during pre-season in England and the tour in the United States. [ 7 ] On 15 August 2009, Dos Santos was called up for his first gear official game with the first team in the Supercopa de España against Athletic Bilbao, although he was finally ruled out and saw the game as a spectator. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] He made his introduction with Barcelona B on 5 September 2009 against Mallorca B. The equal finished in a 1–1 hook. [ 10 ] Jonathan made his debut for Barcelona on 28 October 2009, coming on as a substitute for Seydou Keita in the eightieth hour in an away Copa del Rey equal against Cultural Leonesa, which Barcelona won 2–0. [ 11 ] He made his Champions League debut for Barcelona on 24 November 2009 against Internazionale in a 2–0 win at the Camp Nou when he replaced Andrés Iniesta in the 92nd moment. [ 12 ] due to the drawn-out 2009–10 season, many Barcelona first-team players were given breaks towards the end of the year. This meant the first team was going to be a few men short, and hence four Barça B players were called up by Guardiola on 29 December 2009. Among these four were Dos Santos, Thiago, Gai Assulin and Víctor Vázquez. [ 13 ] His La Liga debut came on 2 January 2010 when he started against Villarreal CF before being substituted by Iniesta in the sixtieth minute. [ 14 ]

2010–11 season [edit ]

Dos Santos was called up by Pep Guardiola to the Barcelona beginning team during pre-season along with other players from Barcelona B. In the foremost three matches, Guardiola played him as defensive midfielder, a position he had never played before. Nevertheless, Dos Santos said, “ I ‘ve felt comfortable in this position. ” [ 15 ]

2011–12 season [edit ]

On 26 July 2011, Dos Santos started, and scored a goal, in the 2–2 draw against Sport Club Internacional in the 2011 Audi Cup. The match went to a punishment gunfight, where he scored angstrom well. Barcelona advanced to the final, where they beat FC Bayern Munich 2–0. He was separate of the starting line-up in both matches, though he played at right field back in the final. He made his season debut on 29 August in the 5–0 home winnings against Villarreal, coming in as a substitute for Cesc Fàbregas in the seventieth minute. On 24 November 2011, Dos Santos signed a compress propagation which would keep him at Barcelona until 2015. [ 16 ] On 6 December, he appeared in the start squad and played 58 minutes against FC BATE Borisov for the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League group stage match. [ 17 ]

2012–13 season [edit ]

Despite rumours of a transportation to other spanish clubs such as real number Betis and Málaga CF, [ 18 ] and Sevilla FC, [ 19 ] newly appointed bus Tito Vilanova formally called up Dos Santos to Barcelona ‘s first team squad, handing him the issue 12 shirt. [ 20 ] On 6 April 2013, against RCD Mallorca, he came on as a substitute for Andrés Iniesta in the fiftieth minute and competed against his brother Giovani dos Santos .

Villarreal [edit ]

On 9 July 2014, Dos Santos signed a five-year distribute with Villarreal, and going to play with his brother Giovani. [ 21 ] On 21 December, Dos Santos scored his inaugural La Liga goal in a 3–0 victory against Deportivo de La Coruña. [ 22 ]

LA Galaxy [edit ]

On 27 July 2017, MLS cabaret LA Galaxy announced the sign language of Dos Santos as a Designated Player, [ 23 ] reuniting him with his brother, Giovani, at the american club. Villarreal sold Jonathan for a fee reportedly around €5–6 million. [ 24 ]

América [edit ]

On 23 December 2021, Dos Santos joined Club América on a complimentary transfer after LA Galaxy parted ways with the former designated musician in late November. [ 25 ] [ 26 ]

International career [edit ]

Dos Santos playing for Mexico in 2011 Dos Santos made his introduction for the Mexico national team when he started in a friendly against Colombia on 30 September 2009. He was substituted for Patricio Araujo in the 72nd infinitesimal ; Colombia won the plot 2–1. [ 27 ] [ 28 ] This entail that he represented his national team before debuting for his club team. [ 29 ] On 3 March 2010, Dos Santos played 61 minutes against New Zealand. During the match, away a corner from Cuauhtémoc Blanco, the ball rolled towards him and he shot from outside the box but hit the crossbar. Dos Santos was left out of Mexico ‘s 23-man final examination squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] In May 2011, Dos Santos was left out of the 2011 Gold Cup final team. On 24 May 2011, he was called up to play the Copa América. [ 32 ] He was subsequently dismissed from the team due to indiscipline. [ 33 ] On 29 February 2012, Dos Santos returned to the Mexico national team for a friendly against Colombia in Miami, Florida, in which they lost 2–0. [ 34 ] In November 2014, after a biennial absence with the national team, Dos Santos was called up by coach Miguel Herrera for the friendly matches against the Netherlands and Belarus on 12 and 18 November, respectively. In 2015, Dos Santos was called up to Mexico ‘s friendly against Ecuador and Paraguay. Jonathan did not start nor play in Ecuador ‘s friendly, but he started in Paraguay ‘s friendly which led to a 1–0 succeed against them at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. He was called back up for two friendlies against Costa Rica and Honduras where both matches were drawn, and he was besides called up for the 2015 Gold Cup, starting in every equal as Mexico won the tournament. In June 2018 he was named in Mexico ‘s 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. [ 35 ] [ 36 ] On 26 March 2019, he scored his inaugural always senior international finish, opening the score in a 4–2 friendly win over Paraguay. [ 37 ] In June 2019, he was named in Mexico ‘s 23-man squad for the 2019 Gold Cup. [ 38 ] He scored the lone goal in a 1–0 victory over the United States in the final. [ 39 ] He was subsequently listed in the tournament ‘s Best xi. [ 40 ]

manner of play [edit ]

Dos Santos is described as a versatile midfielder, with LA Galaxy he much plays as a holding midfielder. [ 41 ] He is known for his solve rate, technical foul acuteness, defensive doggedness, vision and ability to create outer space and opportunities for teammates. [ 42 ] [ 43 ]

personal life [edit ]

Jonathan is the son of erstwhile brazilian football player Zizinho, who played for the Mexican football clubs América and León in the former 1980s. His mother, Liliana Ramírez, is a mexican home ; two brothers and two half-brothers – the elder, Éder do Santos, who used to play for América as a defensive midfielder before withdraw, and Giovani do Santos, who most recently played for Club América. [ 44 ]

career statistics [edit ]

baseball club [edit ]

As of 7 November 2021[45][46]

International [edit ]

As of 8 September 2021[47][46]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Mexico 2009 1 0
2010 4 0
2012 1 0
2014 2 0
2015 10 0
2016 1 0
2017 13 0
2018 6 0
2019 9 3
2020 2 0
2021 10 2
Total 59 5
Scores and results list Mexico’s goal tally first, score column indicates score after each dos Santos goal.

Honours [edit ]

Barcelona
Mexico
Individual

References [edit ]