Jonathan dos Santos
Jonathan playing for Villarreal in 2015
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| Full name | Jonathan dos Santos Ramírez | ||||||||
| Date of birth | 26 April 1990 | ||||||||
| Place of birth | Monterrey, Mexico | ||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||||||||
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Current team
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Villarreal | ||||||||
| Number | 8 | ||||||||
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| 2002–2009 | Barcelona | ||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||
| 2009–2012 | Barcelona B | 81 | (6) | ||||||
| 2009–2014 | Barcelona | 14 | (0) | ||||||
| 2014– | Villarreal | 73 | (4) | ||||||
| National team‡ | |||||||||
| 2009– | Mexico | 20 | (0) | ||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 February 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21 May 2016 |
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Jonathan dos Santos Ramírez (born 26 April 1990) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Villarreal CF and the Mexico national team as a central or defensive midfielder.
Born in Monterrey, Mexico, Jonathan was competing along with his brother Giovani in a youth tournament in France, where he was spotted by FC Barcelona scouts who were impressed with what they saw and decided to bring him and his brother to La Masia for a trial.
In the 2008–09 season, Dos Santos was in Juvenil A where he was captain of the team. During that same season, he obtained a Spanish passport and thereby acquired Citizenship of the European Union, which enabled him to play in the first team.
In the summer of 2009, Dos Santos was selected by FC Barcelona B manager Luis Enrique to form part of the second team. Subsequently, Pep Guardiola called him up to the first team during pre-season in England and the tour in the United States. On 15 August 2009, Dos Santos was called up for his first official game with the first team in the Supercopa de España against Athletic Bilbao, although he was eventually ruled out and saw the game as a spectator. He made his debut with Barcelona B on 5 September 2009 against Mallorca B. The match finished in a 1–1 draw. Jonathan made his debut for Barcelona on 28 October 2009, coming on as a substitute for Seydou Keita in the 80th minute in an away Copa del Rey match against Cultural Leonesa, which Barcelona won 2–0. 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 minute. Due to the lengthy 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 Alcântara, Gai Assulin and Víctor Vázquez. His La Liga debut came on 2 January 2010 when he started against Villarreal CF before being substituted by Iniesta in the 60th minute.
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