Jairo Neto

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Pinheiro and the second or paternal family name is Palmeira. "Neto" is a generational suffix meaning "grandson", which is used for someone whose name is the same as their father and grandfather, like "III" in English.

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

Jairo Neto

Personal information
Full name	Jairo Pinheiro Palmeira Neto[1]
Date of birth	(1994-03-04) 4 March 1994 (age 31)[2]
Place of birth	Camaçari, Brazil
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Cabofriense
Youth career
2008	Assisense
2008	Bahia
2009	Vitória
2009	Cruzeiro
2010	Bahia
2010	Corinthians Alagoas
2011	Cruzeiro
2011	São Francisco
2012–2013	União Coimbra
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2012	Slovan Bratislava	0	(0)
2012–2013	União Coimbra	7	(2)
2015	Taliya
2015	Cabofriense
2016	Aparecidense
International career‡
2015	Timor-Leste U23	4	(1)
2015	Timor-Leste	6	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 October 2015

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.^[3][4] Two months later, the East Timorese passport he had received have been declared ‘null and void’ by the Ministry of Justice of East Timor.^[5]

Career

Neto made his debut for Timor Leste in the first round of 2018 World Cup Qualifying against Mongolia, and scored on debut in their 4–1 victory.^[6]

International Goals

Correct as of 3 June 2015

under-23

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	3 June 2015	Bishan Stadium, Bishan, Singapore	Brunei	1–0	2–1	2015 Southeast Asian Games

Senior

Scores and results list East Timor's goal tally first.^[7]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	12 March 2015	National Stadium, Dili	Mongolia	4–0	4–1	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification