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Jersey Number 10
Joao Lima
- Position:
- Midfielder
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Senior
- Weight:
- 165
- Hometown:
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- High School:
- Escola Americana do Rio de Janiero
- Previous Club:
- Fluminense FC
- College:
- Enrolled at Columbia College
Honors & Awards:
- 2023 All-Ivy League Honorable Mention
- Ivy League Rookie of the Week (Oct. 10, 2022)
2024: Played and started 11 of the team's 14 matches ... Took 12 shots on the season, five on goal ... Totaled 607 minutes ... Scored one goal and had one assist ... Played 65 minutes in Columbia's 1-0 win over reigning Ivy League Tournament champion Yale (Oct. 5) ... Found the back of the net in the 20th minute at Villanova (Oct. 8) ... Assisted a goal against 16th-ranked Cornell (Nov. 9).
2023: All-Ivy League Honorable Mention ... Played in all 14 matches and started 11 times, totaling 858 minutes ... Scored a team-high four goals and registered a team-high eight points ... Ranked top 10 in the Ivy League in goals scored ... Took a team-high 28 shots, putting 14 on goal ... Ranked No. 49 in the NCAA and No. 7 in the Ivy League in shot accuracy (.500) ... Among the top 10 in the Ivy League and top 150 in the NCAA in shots on goal per game (1.00) ... Scored his first goal of the campaign to double Columbia's lead in a 1-0 win against Quinnipiac (Sept. 19) ... Netted his second goal of the season against Harvard (Sept. 30) ... Buried a 79th-minute equalizer to help Columbia snag a point from league-leading Dartmouth (Oct. 13) ... Took a career-high seven shots and five shots on goal against the Big Green ... Scored in back-to-back matches with a another 79th-minute equalizer at Yale (Oct. 22).
2022: Played in 12 of the team's 16 games as a first-year, earning a spot in the Starting XI on seven occasions ... Scored two goals and took eight shots, five on goal, through the season ... Totaled 498 minutes of game action ... Played 10 minutes off the bench in his season debut at George Washington (Sept. 2) ... Scored his first collegiate goal in game-winning fashion, putting the Lions ahead in the 27th minute of a 1-0 victory over perennial powerhouse St. John's (Sept. 12) ... Also earned his first start in the game against St. John's ... Started and played a season-high 78 minutes at Harvard (Oct. 8), scoring a 56th-minute equalizer in a 1-1 draw against the Crimson ... Named Ivy League Rookie of the Week (Oct. 10) ... Started and played 71 minutes in a 1-1 draw with Princeton (Oct. 15).
Prior to Columbia: Played two years playing at Greenwich High School and another at Beachside Soccer Club in Norwalk, Connecticut ... Originally from Brazil ... Competed in Fluminense Football Club's academy in 2021-22 in Brazil ... Scored nine goals with eight assists as a freshman at Greenwich ... Posted 15 goals and 17 assists as a sophomore ... Two-time all-conference selection ... 2019-20 all-state honoree ... Named to the "Top 10 Uncommitted Players in New England" by New England Soccer Journal ... Made New England Soccer Journal list of "Top 20 High School Players for the 2019 Season" ... Scored 11 goals and assisted seven as a junior for Beachside Soccer Club ... Three-year High Honor Roll student ... Recipient of multiple academic honors, including the ESL Global Studies Student of the Year Award and ESL Willingness to Help Others Award.
- 2023 All-Ivy League Honorable Mention
- Ivy League Rookie of the Week (Oct. 10, 2022)
2024: Played and started 11 of the team's 14 matches ... Took 12 shots on the season, five on goal ... Totaled 607 minutes ... Scored one goal and had one assist ... Played 65 minutes in Columbia's 1-0 win over reigning Ivy League Tournament champion Yale (Oct. 5) ... Found the back of the net in the 20th minute at Villanova (Oct. 8) ... Assisted a goal against 16th-ranked Cornell (Nov. 9).
2023: All-Ivy League Honorable Mention ... Played in all 14 matches and started 11 times, totaling 858 minutes ... Scored a team-high four goals and registered a team-high eight points ... Ranked top 10 in the Ivy League in goals scored ... Took a team-high 28 shots, putting 14 on goal ... Ranked No. 49 in the NCAA and No. 7 in the Ivy League in shot accuracy (.500) ... Among the top 10 in the Ivy League and top 150 in the NCAA in shots on goal per game (1.00) ... Scored his first goal of the campaign to double Columbia's lead in a 1-0 win against Quinnipiac (Sept. 19) ... Netted his second goal of the season against Harvard (Sept. 30) ... Buried a 79th-minute equalizer to help Columbia snag a point from league-leading Dartmouth (Oct. 13) ... Took a career-high seven shots and five shots on goal against the Big Green ... Scored in back-to-back matches with a another 79th-minute equalizer at Yale (Oct. 22).
2022: Played in 12 of the team's 16 games as a first-year, earning a spot in the Starting XI on seven occasions ... Scored two goals and took eight shots, five on goal, through the season ... Totaled 498 minutes of game action ... Played 10 minutes off the bench in his season debut at George Washington (Sept. 2) ... Scored his first collegiate goal in game-winning fashion, putting the Lions ahead in the 27th minute of a 1-0 victory over perennial powerhouse St. John's (Sept. 12) ... Also earned his first start in the game against St. John's ... Started and played a season-high 78 minutes at Harvard (Oct. 8), scoring a 56th-minute equalizer in a 1-1 draw against the Crimson ... Named Ivy League Rookie of the Week (Oct. 10) ... Started and played 71 minutes in a 1-1 draw with Princeton (Oct. 15).
Prior to Columbia: Played two years playing at Greenwich High School and another at Beachside Soccer Club in Norwalk, Connecticut ... Originally from Brazil ... Competed in Fluminense Football Club's academy in 2021-22 in Brazil ... Scored nine goals with eight assists as a freshman at Greenwich ... Posted 15 goals and 17 assists as a sophomore ... Two-time all-conference selection ... 2019-20 all-state honoree ... Named to the "Top 10 Uncommitted Players in New England" by New England Soccer Journal ... Made New England Soccer Journal list of "Top 20 High School Players for the 2019 Season" ... Scored 11 goals and assisted seven as a junior for Beachside Soccer Club ... Three-year High Honor Roll student ... Recipient of multiple academic honors, including the ESL Global Studies Student of the Year Award and ESL Willingness to Help Others Award.
Highlights: MSOC | Columbia 5, Fordham 1
Tuesday, October 28
Postgame: MSOC | Zielinski on 5-1 Win vs. Fordham
Tuesday, October 28
Postgame: MSOC | Newman on 3-1 Win Over Harvard
Saturday, October 25
Highlights: MSOC | Columbia 3, Harvard 1
Saturday, October 25
