Jairo Neto

{{short description|Brazilian footballer}}

{{Portuguese name|Pinheiro|Palmeira|Neto}}

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| name = Jairo Neto

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| fullname = Jairo Pinheiro Palmeira Neto{{cite web |url=http://www.the-afc.com/uploads/afc/files/afcdc_decisions_20170119DC01.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=www.the-afc.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170123223128/http://www.the-afc.com/uploads/afc/files/afcdc_decisions_20170119DC01.pdf |archive-date=23 January 2017 |url-status=dead}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1994|3|4|df=y}}{{FIFA player|388946}}

| birth_place = Camaçari, Brazil

| height = {{height|m=1.84}}

| position = Forward

| currentclub = Cabofriense

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| youthyears1 = 2008 | youthclubs1 = Assisense

| youthyears2 = 2008 | youthclubs2 = Bahia

| youthyears3 = 2009 | youthclubs3 = Vitória

| youthyears4 = 2009 | youthclubs4 = Cruzeiro

| youthyears5 = 2010 | youthclubs5 = Bahia

| youthyears6 = 2010 | youthclubs6 = Corinthians Alagoas

| youthyears7 = 2011 | youthclubs7 = Cruzeiro

| youthyears8 = 2011 | youthclubs8 = São Francisco

| youthyears9 = 2012–2013 | youthclubs9 = União Coimbra

| years1 = 2011–2012 | clubs1 = Slovan Bratislava | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2012–2013 | clubs2 = União Coimbra | caps2 = 7 | goals2 = 2

| years3 = 2015 | clubs3 = Taliya | caps3 = | goals3 =

| years4 = 2015 | clubs4 = Cabofriense | caps4 = | goals4 =

| years5 = 2016 | clubs5 = Aparecidense | caps5 = | goals5 =

|nationalyears1= 2015 |nationalteam1= Timor-Leste U23 |nationalcaps1= 4 |nationalgoals1= 1

|nationalyears2= 2015 |nationalteam2= Timor-Leste |nationalcaps2= 6 |nationalgoals2= 1

| ntupdate = 13 October 2015

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Jairo Pinheiro Palmeira Neto (born 4 March 1994), simply known as Jairo Neto, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward.

Despite having no links with East Timor, he had been naturalised and played for the country's national team between 2015. On 19 January 2017, the Asian Football Confederation declared Jairo Neto and eleven other Brazilian men's footballers ineligible to represent East Timor.{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/uploads/afc/files/afcdc_decisions_20170119DC01.pdf|publisher=Asian Football Confederation|title=AFC Disciplinary Committee decision 20170119DC01|date=19 January 2017|accessdate=21 January 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://esportes.estadao.com.br/noticias/futebol,com-brasileiros-falsificados-em-campo-timor-leste-e-banido-de-competicoes,70001635340|title=Com brasileiros 'falsificados' em campo, Timor Leste é banido de competições|trans-title=With Brazilians "falsified" on field, East Timor is banned from competitions|language=Portuguese|date=20 January 2017|accessdate=21 January 2017|first=Jamil|last=Chade|publisher=Estadão}} Two months later, the East Timorese passport he had received have been declared ‘null and void’ by the Ministry of Justice of East Timor.{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/media-releases-timor-leste/timor-leste-passports-declared-%E2%80%98null-and-void%E2%80%99|title=Timor-Leste passports declared 'null and void'|publisher=Asian Football Confederation|date=22 March 2017|accessdate=24 March 2017}}