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Biography
Gabriel Fernando de Jesus was born on 3 April 1997 to the family of Diniz de Jesus and Vera Lucia Jesus in São Paulo, Brazil. Gabriel Jesus is a Brazilian professional footballer. He is currently Twenty-six years old. He plays the role of a forwarder for Premier League club Arsenal and the Brazil national team.
Gabriel Jesus started his senior club career at Palmeiras, where he was voted Best Newcomer at the 2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A and won the Copa do Brasil. In 2016, he won the Bola de Ouro helping Palmeiras win their first national league title in 22 years. In January 2017, Gabriel Jesus signed with English club Manchester City in a transfer amount of £27 million, and won four Premier League titles, three EFL Cups, and the FA Cup.
In July 2022, he joined Arsenal in a deal amounting £45 million.
After winning 21 caps and scoring seven goals at youth level, including reaching the final of the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup and winning an Olympic gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympic.
In September 2016, Gabriel Jesus made his senior debut for Brazil. he was part of the squad that took part at the FIFA World Cup in 2018 and 2022. he also participated at the Copa América in 2019 and 2021, winning the former tournament
| Full Name: | Gabriel Fernando de Jesus |
| Current club: | Premier League club Arsenal F.C Brazil national team. |
| Born: | April 4, 1997 |
| Place of Birth: | São Paulo, Brazil. |
| Nationality: | Brazilian |
| Height: | 6 feet 0 inches |
| Parents: | Diniz de Jesus (father) and Vera Lucia Jesus (mother) |
| Siblings: | Filipe Jesus, Caique Jesus, and Emanuele Jesus |
| Wife • Spouse: | N/A |
| Zodiac sign: Aries | |
| Children: | N/A |
| Occupation: | Football player |
| Net Worth: | $75 million. |
Brazilian Championship (Campeonato Brasileiro) 2016
Olympic champion 2016
Early Life & Education
Gabriel Fernando de Jesus was born on 3 April 1997 to the family of Diniz de Jesus and Vera Lucia Jesus in São Paulo, Brazil.
Gabriel Jesus grew up in the neighbourhood of Jardim Peri, in a very poor conditions because his mother was a single mother to him and his two brothers. he first started playing football by organizing street football, he then later joined amateur clubs in the region, his last one being Associação Atlética Anhanguera.
Gabriel Jesus took Ronaldo Luis Nazario de Lima, as his role model because he inspired him to become a goal scorer. At the age of 9, he started at the Club Pequeninos football school, where from the first training, he showed that he was different, he was a talented player. Most of the boys were low-income and playing in that club was an opportunity to take advantage of the food they were given after playing. But José Francisco Mamede, the team’s coach, was the first to realize that Gabriel Jesus was not there for the food, but to play. He was the best in his category and the most responsible of all, he never missed training. Moreso, he always showed his determination to become a professional and represent the Brazilian national team.
At the age of 14, young Gabriel Jesus was forced to leave the Pequeninos club and started playing in the city’s teenage leagues where he was quickly chosen by a scout to try out for Palmeiras. Sao Paulo is one of the most football-rich states in Brazil, with its regional championship, which is played with more than 100 teams and takes place before the start of the Brazilian football league. And Palmeiras is one of the most awarded teams in Brazilian football.
According to Gabriel Jesus he said that when he was a child, his mother always talked to him about his work to know if he was well and if he didn’t answer she would start talking to his friends’ houses until she found him. Today he celebrates every goal, calling her, to remember that even in the heights of success one must always remember his origins and thank the people who led him to become an international footballer.
Personal Life
Gabriel Fernando de Jesus was born on 3 April 1997 to the family of Diniz de Jesus and Vera Lucia Jesus in São Paulo, Brazil.
Gabriel Jesus grew up in the neighbourhood of Jardim Peri, in a very poor conditions because his mother was a single mother to him and his two brothers. he first started playing football by organizing street football, he then later joined amateur clubs in the region, his last one being Associação Atlética Anhanguera.
Gabriel Jesus has three siblings, named Filipe Jesus, Caique Jesus, and Emanuelle Jesus. Gabriel’s father has no place in his family, as he went to pursue another love life and left her wife with little Gabriel and his brothers and sister.
currently, Gabriel Jesus does not have a girlfriend or a wife. He was in relationship with the Brazilian model Fernanda Queiroz before they parted ways. Their breakup was done, when Gabriel unfollowed Fernanda on Instagram. Because of some restrictive unwritten rules made by Gabriel’s mother, like forbidden public kissing, which be difficult for any girl to build a relationship with Gabriel Jesus.
Gabriel Jesus is a Philanthropist, despite coming from a poor background, he has been helping the people of his homeland. Gabriel Jesus donated 400 baskets of food to the neighborhood of Jardim Peri, where he grew up. He also donated 300 tons of food to residents of favelas in Brazil.
Career
Gabriel Jesus started his professional career at Palmeiras in 2015. He made a total number of thirty-seven (37) appearances for the club and registered to score seven goals. His goals at the first season were divided into league and national cup. The second season at Allianz Parque (also known as Palestra Italia Arena – the stadium of Palmeiras) saw Gabriel Jesus experiencing a development.
Gabriel Jesus made 46 appearances and scored a total number of twenty-one (21) goals for the club, including four goals in Copa Libertadores, the major continental competition in South America. With the overall statistics of 28 goals in 83 matches. At the age of Nineteen Gabriel Jesus moved from his homeland to the English Premier League.
In England, Gabriel Jesus easily shocked everyone with his outstanding start. He joined Manchester City in January and until the end of 2016-2017 season, the Brazilian scored seven goals in his first ten Premier League appearances.
In the 2017-2018 season of Premier League, Jesus scored 13 goals in 29 matches. At the same season, he managed to make first appearances and score first goals in the UEFA Champions League, as he played nine matches and scored 4 times.
Next season, Gabriel Jesus scored a total number of seven goals in 29 PL matches, however, he was a star in other competitions and scored a combination of 14 goals in 17 matches in EFL Cup, FA Cup, and UEFA Champions League. Finally, his latest complete season at Etihad saw him play in 34 PL fixtures and score 14 goals. He also scored 6 goals in his 8 UCL appearances.
Gabriel Jesus, whose career at Manchester City is going on, has made an overall of 162 appearances and has scored a total number of seventy-two (72) goals in all competitions for the club.
In 2016, Gabriel Jesus started his international career at senior level. Before that, he had played 17 matches for Brazil U 20 and U 23 combined, and he had scored a total of six goals. Since 2016, Jesus has won 41 international caps for Selecao and has scored 18 goals for the FIFA World Cup record holders. His last two goals for Brazil were scored at 2019 Copa America, respectively against Argentina and Peru, the latter was in the Final match.
Gabriel Jesus has achieved many honors from the initial steps of his senior career. At Palmeiras, he won the 2015 Copa do Brazil and the 2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, which was achieved after twelve years of drought. Moreover, Gabriel Jesus at Palmeiras collected as many as individual honors as he could. Firstly, he was named the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Best Newcomer in 2015, and later in 2016, he won all of these awards: Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Best Player, Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Team of the Year member, Bola de Ouro, Bola de Prata.
At Manchester City, Gabriel Jesus also collected all possible domestic trophies. He has won two titles of Premier League, a single FA Cup trophy, two EFL Cups, and also two FA Community Shields. They are yet to win European trophies.
Gabriel Jesus has won a Copa America title and as well collected an Olympic gold medal.
Net Worth
Gabriel Fernando de Jesus has worked as a Footballer right from youth. he has accumulated a satisfactory fortune from playing football. Gabriel Fernando de Jesus has an astonished net worth of $75 million.
Social Media
Gabriel Fernando de Jesus as humble and hardworking as he is discovered that he also has some social media platforms where he can be connected.
- @Gabriel Fernando de Jesus (@dejesusofficial) is his Instagram handle.
- @Gabriel Fernando de Jesus (@gabrieljesus9) is his Twitter handle.
