When Gabriel Jesus was eight years old, he was practicing his art while thinking of becoming a football star.

The 25-year-old new boy at Arsenal was seen drawing the streets of his Sao Paulo neighborhood as a teenager, as Brazil got ready to host the 2014 World Cup.

After a year, eager Jesus was already making a name for himself at Palmeiras and becoming one of the best players in his country.

By the end of 2016, the striker had already made a huge move to Europe with Manchester City. He also played for his country and scored twice on his debut. All of this before they turned 19.

Because of how well Jesus played for City after his huge rise, Pep Guardiola called him the “best in the world.”

You can make your dreams come true.

They caught Jesus with a paintbrush while he was painting the streets of Sao Paulo. He was only 17 years old and played for Palmeiras’ youth team.

To get into the mood of the 2014 World Cup, which the country was hosting, the people there did this.

So, Jesus jumped right into his Jardim Peri neighborhood and added his style to make it more interesting. This was an area that was known for having bad living conditions.

In honor of his home, Jesus has a tattoo of a little boy with a football under his arm looking back at the slum where he used to live.

He got better at football thereby playing on dirt fields in what the locals call the “Varzea way.”

From the age of eight to fourteen, he worked hard at Pequeninos do Meio Ambiente, a football club in the nearby city of Tremembe.

Because he couldn’t afford the bus price, he would walk an hour and a half to training every Saturday in flip-flops and old football boots. He may be the tireless and hard-working player he is today because of that eight-mile round trip.

Vera, Jesus’ mother, raised him and has been very strict with him since he became famous.

His father died soon after he was born, and his mother worked three jobs to support her four kids. She also saw that Jesus was good with a ball.

Jesus has never forgotten how hard things were for her. He also does his famous “phone call celebration” every time he scores to honor his mother.

Early life

In 2013, Jesus got a deal with Palmeiras as a young player. But he did well in school too.

After he did well on his tests, his old headteacher at Guilherme de Almeida State College said he could have been a biologist.

But the desire to play sports was too strong.

In 2014, he scored 37 goals in 22 games for Palmeiras in the u17 state title.

At that time, the best clubs in Europe were already taking notice of his skills. He would have to wait to do well in school.

In 2015, Jesus was thrown into the Palmeiras first team and often played off the bench. He made 37 appearances across all categories and scored seven goals.

It would get even better the next year. He would play in 46 games and score 21 goals.

Even better, he would lead Palmeiras to their first league win in 22 years.

It was clear that he was going to play on a bigger stage when he was 19.

Good to have you in the Premier League.

In 2016, Manchester City paid a reported £30 million to get Jesus ahead of several other teams.

He told them when he got there, “I want to win titles, and Manchester City is a club that does that.” City is always in the running for the title in the competitions it plays in, which was a big plus, along with the boss, Pep Guardiola, and the team. It was a guess about what would happen next.

His first game for the club would be in January 2017, and he would score seven goals in his first eleven games.

Even though he broke his metatarsal in only his fourth game, that didn’t stop him from settling in wonderfully.

He would win his first Premier League winners’ medal the next season, and then he would win back-to-back titles the next year.

Jesus scored 45 goals in his first 100 games for the club when he was competing with Sergio Aguero for the center-forward spot.

But things didn’t go as planned at the 2018 World Cup.

Not Working with Brazil

Brazil was a favorite to do well before that big game in Russia.

A year ago, captain Dani Alves said that Jesus was like Ronaldo, a World Cup hero, and there was a lot of hope for him.

But he was so young and under a lot of stress that he stumbled as he led his country’s line.

When this happens, Brazil’s No. 9 is likely to score goals. In that way, Jesus failed—he got no points.

They lost to Belgium in the quarterfinals and were out of the tournament.

In the end, Jesus was very critical of his work and bravely admitted that it bothered him.

“That elimination of ours was a blow for all of us, especially for me,” he said later.

“I was a key player going to the World Cup, but I didn’t score any goals.” It changes you.

“That hurt me a lot.” Gabriel, who didn’t score in the World Cup, will always be remembered.

There are questions about whether he is naturally good at scoring goals, and he is often played out wide instead of center forward. This may have made him less effective lately.

Someone who likes Pep

Man City boss Pep Guardiola stood by his player even though some people didn’t think he was very good at scoring goals.

Last season, Jesus scored four goals against Watford in his first game without Aguero as a shadow. This showed his boss how valuable he was.

At that point, rumors of a move to Arsenal were already going around.

Guardiola talked about how important he is to the team in a press meeting after the game.

“I have something to tell you. Gabriel plays for us. “He plays for Manchester City, but I don’t know what will happen,” the Spanish player said.

“But Gabriel doesn’t have to play like he did today and score four goals to know what he can do.” In the FA Cup game against Liverpool, he had two clear one-on-one chances that he missed, but he is always there, Gabriel is so good because he always wants what’s best for the team.

“He makes a million moves, but he doesn’t get the ball. He still makes a million moves for the other balls.” And I’m the happiest man in the world on nights like these because he’s always there for me.

“If he doesn’t play he’s there training the day after like it’s his last day, that’s why he will have a long career, he will have a successful career because of the incredible positivity in his mind and thinks for the team.”

“What we have done this season, we have done with Gabriel. Gabriel is one of the best,” Guardiola would also say.

Jesus has a daughter named Helena with Wag Raiane. He will bring that infectious energy to Arsenal, where he will be reunited with Mikel Arteta, who used to be his assistant coach at City.

As a tribute to his work so far, people in the area made a mural of his face to honor their favorite son. The only thing left to do is paint it red.