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Newton

Newton

Midfield - Defensive Midfield  at Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas
Age26
CitizenshipBrazil
Height1.88 m
Footright
BornMarch 12, 2000
at Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas 874 days · joined 2024-01-01
👕100+ Apps
Market value €1.00m
Rating · 2025 5.1 Average
Defensive Midfield Midfield

Career snapshot

4
clubs played for
2019
debut season
0.05
goals / match
Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas
top club · 40 apps

Position rank · 2025

#312
goals rank
#179
assists rank
5
season goals
2
season assists

Among 359 Midfield - Defensive Midfields · ≥200 mins

Career highs

€1.00m
peak value · 2025
€190k
top transfer fee · 23/24
3
best season · 2022
int'l / penalties
101Appearances
5Goals
2Assists
22Yellow cards
0Red cards
36Full matches (90′)
Full nameNewton
Name in home countryNewton Araujo da Costa Júnior
Date of birth2000-03-12 (26 yrs)
Place of birthSalvador, Brazil
CitizenshipBrazil
PositionMidfield - Defensive Midfield (main: Midfield)
Footright
Height188.00 m
Current clubBotafogo de Futebol e Regatas
Joined2024-01-01
Contract expires2027-12-31
AgentTalents Sports
Jul 2025
2025 — Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas
30 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 7 competitions
Dec 2024
Transfer: Criciúma EC → Botafogo
24/25 · Return from loan
Jul 2024
2024 — Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas, Criciúma Esporte Clube
40 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 5 competitions
Apr 2024
Transfer: Botafogo → Criciúma EC
23/24 · Loan
Jan 2024
Transfer: Jacuipense-BA → Botafogo
23/24 · Transfer · €190k
Dec 2023
Transfer: Botafogo U23 → Jacuipense-BA
23/24 · Return from loan
Jul 2023
2023 — Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas
1 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Aug 2022
Transfer: Jacuipense-BA → Botafogo U23
22/23 · Loan
Jul 2022
2022 — Esporte Clube Jacuipense (BA)
22 matches · 3 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Sep 2021
Transfer: AD Bahia-BA → Jacuipense-BA
21/22 · Return from loan
Jul 2021
2021 — Esporte Clube Jacuipense (BA), AD Bahia de Feira (BA)
4 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jun 2021
Transfer: Jacuipense-BA → AD Bahia-BA
20/21 · Loan
Jul 2020
2020 — Esporte Clube Jacuipense (BA)
2 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2019
2019 — Esporte Clube Jacuipense (BA)
2 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €1.00m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 262 other Midfield - Defensive Midfields with ≥500 minutes in 2025. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals1 total · 0.17/90
63
Assists1 total · 0.17/90
74
G+A2 total · 0.33/90
70
Yellow cards6 total · 0.99/90
10
3,245 min
Minutes played by club
Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas 16.8%
Criciúma Esporte Clube 70.9%
Esporte Clube Jacuipense (BA) 12.3%
AD Bahia de Feira (BA) 0.0%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas 3 2023 2025 40 1 1 544
Criciúma Esporte Clube 1 2024 2024 31 1 1 2,301
Esporte Clube Jacuipense (BA) 4 2019 2022 28 3 0 400
AD Bahia de Feira (BA) 1 2021 2021 2 0 0 0

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

12232022 — 3 goals (Esporte Clube Jacuipense (BA))320222024 — 1 goals (Criciúma Esporte Clube)2024 — 1 assists220242025 — 1 goals (Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas)2025 — 1 assists22025GoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

2019: 0020192020: 0020202021: 0020212022: 3320222023: 0020232024: 1120242025: 112025

Assists by season

2019: 0020192020: 0020202021: 0020212022: 0020222023: 0020232024: 1120242025: 112025
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
2025 Campeonato Carioca Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas 10 0 1 2 0 0
2025 Club World Cup Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas 3 0 0 1 0 0
2025 Copa do Brasil Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas 5 0 0 0 0 0
2025 Libertadores Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas 1 0 0 0 0 0
2025 Recopa Sudamericana Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas 2 0 0 1 0 0
2025 Série A Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas 9 1 0 2 0 544
2025 Supercopa Rei Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024 Campeonato Carioca Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas 7 0 0 1 0 0
2024 Carioca - Taça Rio Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas 2 0 0 0 0 0
2024 Copa do Brasil Criciúma Esporte Clube 1 0 0 0 0 0
2024 Libertadores Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024 Série A Criciúma Esporte Clube 30 1 1 7 0 2,301
2023 Campeonato Carioca Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023 Série A Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas 1 0 0 0 0 0
2022 Campeonato Baiano Esporte Clube Jacuipense (BA) 7 0 0 2 0 0
2022 Série D Esporte Clube Jacuipense (BA) 15 3 0 4 0 400
2021 Campeonato Baiano Esporte Clube Jacuipense (BA) 2 0 0 1 0 0
2021 Série D AD Bahia de Feira (BA) 2 0 0 0 0 0
2020 Série C Esporte Clube Jacuipense (BA) 2 0 0 1 0 0
2019 Campeonato Baiano Esporte Clube Jacuipense (BA) 2 0 0 0 0 0
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
20/21 2021-06-02 Jacuipense-BA AD Bahia-BA Loan 0
21/22 2021-09-03 AD Bahia-BA Jacuipense-BA Return from loan 0
22/23 2022-08-08 Jacuipense-BA Botafogo U23 Loan 0
23/24 2023-12-31 Botafogo U23 Jacuipense-BA Return from loan 0
23/24 2024-01-01 Jacuipense-BA Botafogo Transfer 0 €190k
23/24 2024-04-18 Botafogo Criciúma EC Loan 250000
24/25 2024-12-31 Criciúma EC Botafogo Return from loan 250000

No recorded injuries.

Current€1.00m
Peak€1.00m
Low€250k
Δ since start+€750k
€250k€438k€625k€813k€1.00m197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €250k
Jan 1, 1970 €250k
Jan 1, 1970 €250k

No national team data.

TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Ronald 1 0 992
Miguel Trauco 1 0 952
John Victor 1 0 861
Ruan Levine 1 0 834
Evandro 1 0 670
Marquinhos Gabriel 1 0 497
Mota 1 0 0
Tobias Figueiredo 1 0 0
Allano 1 0 0
Matheus Cabral 2 0 0
Gustavo Barreto 1 0 0
Gustavo 1 0 0
Matheusinho 1 0 0
Railan 1 0 0
Arthur Caíke 1 0 0
Fellipe Mateus 1 0 0
Yannick Bolasie 1 0 0
Claudinho 1 0 0
Rodrigo 1 0 0
Marcelo Hermes 1 0 0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
2022 Série D Esporte Clube Jacuipense (BA) 3 15
2025 Série A Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas 1 9
2024 Série A Criciúma Esporte Clube 1 30

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
2025 Campeonato Carioca Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas 1 10
2024 Série A Criciúma Esporte Clube 1 30

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
24/25 2024-12-31 Criciúma EC Botafogo Return from loan €250k
23/24 2024-04-18 Botafogo Criciúma EC Loan €250k
23/24 2023-12-31 Botafogo U23 Jacuipense-BA Return from loan
22/23 2022-08-08 Jacuipense-BA Botafogo U23 Loan
21/22 2021-09-03 AD Bahia-BA Jacuipense-BA Return from loan
20/21 2021-06-02 Jacuipense-BA AD Bahia-BA Loan

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
2019 Senior debut season
2022 First senior goal

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
2025 30 544 6 0 0 0.99
2024 40 2,301 8 0 0 0.31
2022 22 400 6 1 0 1.58
2021 4 0 1 0 0 0
2020 2 0 1 0 0 0

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

Série D
17 apps
3 G
0 A
Série A
40 apps
2 G
1 A
Campeonato Carioca
17 apps
0 G
1 A
Copa do Brasil
6 apps
0 G
0 A
Campeonato Baiano
11 apps
0 G
0 A

Frequently asked about Newton

Who is Newton?

Newton is a Brazil professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfield for Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas.

How old is Newton?

Newton is 26 years old. He was born on March 12, 2000 in Salvador.

What position does Newton play?

Newton plays as a defensive midfield (Midfield - Defensive Midfield).

What club does Newton play for?

Newton currently plays for Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas.

How many career goals has Newton scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Newton has scored 5 goals in 101 appearances.

What is Newton's market value?

Newton's most recent reported market value is €1.00m.