João Victor Amaral dos Santos Silva (born 8 May 1993), commonly known as Joãozinho, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a winger.
Career Born in Campinas, São Paulo, Joãozinho joined Paulínia's youth setup in 2010, and made his first team debut later in that year. In 2013, he moved to Red Bull Brasil, and served a loan stint at Foz do Iguaçu in September before joining Capivariano.
Joãozinho subsequently continued to appear in his native state, representing Guarani, Votuporanguense, União Barbarense, Penapolense, back at Capivariano and XV de Piracicaba before moving to Mexico in 2018, with Leones Negros. In 2020, he joined Tlaxcala of the Liga de Expansión MX.
On 2 December 2021, Joãozinho was announced at Joinville for the upcoming season. On 2 November of the following year, after a short stint at , he agreed to a deal with ASA.
On 19 October 2023, after impressing with in the Copa FMF, Joãozinho signed for Luverdense. The following 15 April, after scoring ten goals in the Campeonato Mato-Grossense, he moved to Botafogo-PB in the Série C.
Joãozinho began the 2025 campaign at Portuguesa-RJ, before being announced at ABC on 28 February of that year. He later played for Maracanã, before reuniting with head coach Evaristo Piza at Campinense on 17 October.
On 14 March 2026, Joãozinho left Campinense to join Juventus-SP.
Career statistics
+Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueState LeagueCupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsPaulínia2010Paulista 2ª Divisão—42———422011Paulista A3—71———71Total—113———113Red Bull Brasil2013Paulista A2————6060Capivariano2014Paulista A2—120———120Guarani2014Série C60————60Votuporanguense2015Paulista A3—211———211União Barbarense2015Paulista A2————9595Penapolense2016Paulista A2—102———102Capivariano2017Paulista A2—90———90XV de Piracicaba2017Série D————2020Leones Negros2017–18Ascenso MX184————1842018–19297—20——3172019–20197—20——217Total6618—40——7018Tlaxcala2020–21Liga de Expansión MX82————82Joinville2022Catarinense—30———302022Catarinense Série C—85———85ASA2023Série D1339210—322672023Mato-Grossense 2ª Divisão————5151Luverdense2024Mato-Grossense—1510———1510Botafogo-PB2024Série C227————227Portuguesa-RJ2025Carioca—91———91ABC2025Série C1324000——172Maracanã2025Série D————4040Campinense2026Paraibano—112———112Juventus-SP2026Paulista A2—20———20Career total1283212426500040828666
Honours Capivariano Campeonato Paulista Série A2: 2014
Maracanã Copa Fares Lopes: 2025
Juventus-SP Campeonato Paulista Série A2: 2026
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