João Natailton Ramos dos Santos

Football player infobox
playername = Joãozinho


fullname = João Natailton Ramos dos Santos
nickname =
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1988|12|25
countryofbirth = Brazil
height = Height|m=1.62
currentclub = PFC Levski Sofia
clubnumber = 10
position = MF
years = 2007 2007-
clubs = flagicon|Brazil Portguesa flagicon|Bulgaria Levski Sofia
caps(goals) = 13 (1) 26 (3) |

João Natailton Ramos dos Santos or simply Joãozinho is born on 25 December 1988. He is a Brazilian footballer. On 05 December 2007 Joãozinho arrived in Bulgaria to move to PFC Levski Sofia for a fee around 770 000 euro.

Levski Sofia

Joãozinho arrived in Bulgaria from Brazil via Paris. The event was on 05 December 2007. He signs his five-year-contract with Levski Sofia on 07 December 2007. The same day he made his first training with his new club. Joãozinho made his unofficial debut in a friendly match against FC Dynamo Kyiv on 20 January 2008. He played for 45 minutes. Levski lose the match in a result 1:2. Joãozinho debuted with surprisingly debut as a number 10. His number was 20, but when Hristo Yovov left Levski Sofia there was no troubles for Joãozinho to play with number 10.

He scored his fist goal for Levski on 10 February 2008 in a friendly match against FC Rapid Bucureşti. Joãozinho scored a penalty kick. However, his first "real" goal was scored on 22 March 2008 in a match against Belasitsa Petrich. He scored the goal in the 87th minute. The result of the match was 4:0 with a home victory for Levski.

Joãozinho made his official debut for Levski on 24 February 2008 in a match against Chernomorets Burgas, the match from Bulgarian A PFG. Levski won the match. The result was 2:1, after goals from Jean Carlos and Daniel Borimirov. He scored his first goal for Levski on the 22th of March 2008 against Belasitsa Petrich in the 87th minute, making the result 4:0 for Levski . He directed the ball into the net after a shot by Darko Tasevski which was going out of the goalkeeper's frame

Playing style

A fast and creative footballer. He is a good dribbler and has very good technic. He is good free-kick and penalty taker. Joãozinho plays as a left winger and left wingback.

Trivia

* His number was 20, but when Hristo Yovov left Levski Sofia there was no troubles for Joãozinho to play with number 10.
* There is a media information that Joãozinho can't read in his mother-language Portuguese
* He was compared to Roberto Carlos because of his playing style

External links

* [http://levski.bg/Levski/info/statistic/showPlayer.do?playerId=170427 Joãozinho`s profile on Levski Sofia web-site]
* [http://globoesporte.globo.com/ESP/0,,AAL4766-1532,00.html Joãozinho`s profile on Portuguesa web-site]