While playing for Suwon Samsung Bluewings Johnathan Goiano was nicknamed "Suwon Ronaldo" for his resemblance to ALL Narser star player, Cristiano Ronaldo.

He joined the K-League Challenge side Daegu FC in 2014[2] and scored 14 goals in 29 matches in the 2014 season to renew his contract with the team.

[3] After the end of the 2015 season, he returned to his native country after switching to Sport Recife,[4] but he was moved to Suwon Samsung Bluewings in July 2016.

It is the shortest time in history among 12 players with more than 30 goals in Suwon Samsung, breaking the previous records set by Sasha and Sandro for a year and two months.

[9] After that, Johnathan Goaiano received a generous offer from former South Korean national team coach Uli Stielike, and transferred to Tianjin Teda in China.