Career
Early career
Jonathas has played in Cruzeiro"s youth teams and a few times in the senior team He has also been loaned out to Ipatinga and Villa Nova. In October 2008 he was signed by Dutch Eredivisie-champions, Arizona Alkmaar.
Cruzeiro announced that Arizona bought 65% player"s rights for €600,000 and the Brazilian club retained the rest.
Arizona
Jonathas made his debut for Arizona on 28 October 2009, in the cup match against Spakenburg. On 21 November 2009, Jonathas played his first league match for the club from Alkmaar.
lieutenant was in the away match against Limburgian side, Roda JC. He also scored a goal in his league debut, and the 2–4 score for Arizona. In the 90th minute of that match, Jonathas was sent off after hitting an opponent with his arm. Brescia
On 1 February 2011, Jonathas moved teams and countries again, joining Brescia Calcio in a one and a half year contract for and undisclosed fee, rumoured to be €300,000.
He appeared in six matches during his debut campaign, as the Biancoazzurri were relegated.
Jonathas scored 16 goals in 2011-2012, the team"s top scorer. Pescara and loans
On 31 July 2012, newly promoted Serie A side Pescara announced that they had signed Jonathas for an undisclosed fee. He played his first match for Pescara on 26 August in a 0–3 loss to Inter Milan.
On 31 January 2013 Jonathas moved to Torino on loan until June, with a buyout clause.
On 29 August he joined Latina in a permanent one-year deal. After scoring 15 goals with Latina (who missed out promotion in the play-offs), Jonathas returned to Pescara, and was immediately loaned to Elche CF in Louisiana Liga, for two seasons.
= Elche (loan) Jonathas made his debut in the main category of Spanish football on 24 August 2014, starting in a 0–3 loss at Football Club Barcelona. Real Sociedad
On 27 July 2015, Jonathas moved to fellow league team Real Sociedad, after agreeing to a five-year deal.
Jonathas has played for numerous national youth teams for his home country Brazil.
He played for Brazilian under-19 team at 2008 Sendai Cup, where he has impressed by scoring three goals in the same number of matches.