Geovane Jesus

{{Short description|Brazilian footballer (born 2001)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}

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|fullname = Geovane de Jesus Rocha

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|birth_place = Riacho de Santana, Bahia

|height = 1.80 m

|position = Defender

|currentclub = FC Dallas

|clubnumber = 2

|youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2020

|youthclubs1 = Palmeiras

|youthyears2 = 2020–2021

|youthclubs2 = Cruzeiro

|years1 = 2021–2022

|clubs1 = Cruzeiro

|caps1 = 27

|goals1 = 2

|years2 = 2023–

|clubs2 = FC Dallas

|caps2 = 19

|goals2 = 0

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Geovane de Jesus Rocha (born 31 July 2001) is a Brazilian footballer who plays for MLS side FC Dallas as a defender.

Career

=Debut for Cruzeiro=

From Riacho de Santana, Bahia he played in the youth teams of Palmeiras before joining Cruzeiro in 2020. On 25 April 2021 he made his professional debut for Cruzeiro in the Campeonato Mineiro against Clube Atlético Patrocinense.{{Cite web|url=https://www.otempo.com.br/mobile/sports/cruzeiro/cruzeiro-vendido-ao-dallas-fc-relembre-ano-de-geovane-jesus-1.2786502|title= Cruzeiro: sold to Dallas FC, remember the year of Geovane Jesus|website=Otempo.com.br}} In March 2022 Jesus signed a new contract with Cruzeiro taking him to 2025 with the club.{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com.br/futebol/artigo/_/id/10038141/cruzeiro-renova-com-lateral-geovane-jesus-ate-o-fim-de-2025?|title=Cruzeiro renews with Geovane Jesus until the end of 2025|website=Espn.com}} Jesus made his Campeonato Brasileiro Série B league debut on 27 April

2022 in a 1–0 win for Cruzeiro against Londrina Esporte Clube.{{Cite web|url=https://www.uol.com.br/esporte/futebol/ultimas-noticias/2022/04/26/cruzeiro-x-londrina.htm|title= With Edu's return, Cruzeiro overcomes Londrina and appears in the G4 for the 1st time|website=uol.com.br}} Just a few days later he scored his first league goal on 30 April 2022 against Chapecoense.{{Cite web|url=https://ge.globo.com/sc/futebol/brasileirao-serie-b/jogo/30-04-2022/chapecoense-cruzeiro.ghtml|title= Com gols de Edu e Geovane, Cruzeiro vence a Chapecoense e entra no G-4 da Série B|website=Ge.globo.com}}

=Serie B title=

Jesus played 27 times in the league and 40 times across all competitions as Cruzeiro won the Brazilian Série B title and gained promotion to Série A during the 2022 season. He was predominantly used at right-back.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/fc-dallas/2022/12/22/fc-dallas-signs-defender-geovane-jesus-from-cruzeiro/|title= FC Dallas signs defender Geovane Jesus from Brazil's Cruzeiro|website=Dallas News}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bigdsoccer.com/platform/amp/fc-dallas-transfer-news-rumors/2022/12/10/23503018/rumor-fc-dallas-brazilian-right-back-geovane-jesus|title=Rumor: FC Dallas linked with Brazilian right back Geovane Jesus|website=Bigdsoccer.com}} He scored in what would become his final match for Cruzeiro on 6 November 2022 as Cruzeiro won 3–2 against CSA to crown their promotion and relegate their opponents.{{Cite web|url=https://ge.globo.com/mg/futebol/brasileirao-serie-b/jogo/06-11-2022/cruzeiro-csa.ghtml|title= No jogo da entrega da taça, Cruzeiro vira nos acréscimos e rebaixa o CSA à Série C|website=ge.globo.com}}

=FC Dallas=

In December 2022 it was confirmed the player would take an international roster slot for FC Dallas of MLS, signing a contract through 2026 with an option for a further year.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/fc-dallas-sign-defender-geovane-jesus-from-brazil-s-cruzeiro|title=FC Dallas sign defender Geovane Jesus from Brazil's Cruzeiro|website=MLS Soccer}} He made his MLS debut on February 26, 2023 against Minnesota United FC.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fcdallas.com/news/fc-dallas-falls-to-minnesota-united-fc|website=FCDallas.com|title=FC Dallas Falls to Minnesota United FC|date= February 26, 2023|access-date=February 27, 2023}} Jesus missed the entire 2024 season recovering from a torn ACL. It was announced on February 26, 2025 that he would also miss the entire 2025 season following a second surgery to his injured knee. {{Cite web |date=2025-02-26 |title=FC Dallas defender Geovane Jesus will miss 2nd MLS season in a row because of right knee injury |url=https://apnews.com/article/dallas-geovane-jesus-knee-injury-mls-8a074ecc0684cd0722f6c88412f7f6e6 |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=AP News |language=en}}

Career Statistics

=Club=

{{updated|match played 3 September 2024}}{{Soccerway|691958|access-date=12 September 2024}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|State League

!colspan="2"|National cup

!colspan="2"|Continental

!colspan="2"|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan="3"|Cruzeiro

|2021

|Série B

|0

01{{efn|name="MI1"|Appearance(s) in Campeonato Mineiro}}000colspan="2"|—10
2022

|Série B

|27

29{{efn|name="MI1"}}030colspan="2"|—392
colspan="2"|Total

!27

210030colspan="2"|—402
rowspan="3"|FC Dallas

|2023

|MLS

|19

0colspan="2"|—104{{efn|name="LEC"|Appearance(s) in Leagues Cup}}0240
2024

|MLS

|0

0colspan="2"|—000000
colspan="2"|Total

!19

0colspan="2"|—1040240
colspan="3"|Career Total

!46

21004040642

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Honours

=Club=

;Cruzeiro

References

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