Juninho (footballer, born 1986)

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Juninho
Juninho do Duque de Caxias.jpg
Personal information
Full name Paulo Roberto Valoura Júnior
Date of birth (1986-03-20) 20 March 1986 (age 35)
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 América Mineiro
(on loan from Fortaleza)
Number 55
Youth career
2005 Madureira
2006 America-RJ
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007 Serrano-RJ
2007–2014 Duque de Caxias 177 (18)
2013 → America Mineiro (loan) 16 (1)
2014 Tombense 15 (0)
2015 Macaé 51 (6)
2016–2019 Bahia 83 (10)
2018–2019 → Ceará (loan) 33 (3)
2019 → Fortaleza (loan) 32 (3)
2020– Fortaleza 38 (4)
2021– → América Mineiro (loan) 17 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:38, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

Paulo Roberto Valoura Júnior (born 20 March 1986), commonly known as Juninho, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for América Mineiro, on loan from Fortaleza.

Club career[]

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Juninho started his senior career with neighbouring Serrano in 2007. Late in the year he moved to Duque de Caxias, and went on to feature regularly for the club in the following seven seasons, only split by a loan deal at América Mineiro in 2013.[1][2]

In June 2014, Juninho opted not to renew his contract with Duque and signed for Tombense. After finishing the year as a starter and champion of the Série D, he agreed to a contract with Macaé.[3]

One of the spotlights of the 2015 Série B, Juninho signed a contract with fellow league team Bahia.[4] An undisputed starter for the campaign, he contributed with six league goals in 33 appearances as his side returned to the main category after two years.

On 14 May 2017, Juninho made his Série A debut at the age of 31, starting in a 6–2 home routing of Atlético Paranaense.

In May 2019, he was loaned to Fortaleza from Bahia until the end of the season.[5]

Career statistics[]

As of 13 October 2021[6]
Club Season League State League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Duque de Caxias 2008 Série C 24 3 3 0 — — 6[a] 0 33 3
2009 Série B 27 2 13 1 — — — 40 3
2010 19 0 17 2 — — — 36 2
2011 12 0 14 4 — — — 26 4
2012 Série C 19 3 14 0 — — — 33 4
2014 0 0 15 3 0 0 — — 15 3
Subtotal 101 8 76 10 0 0 — 6 0 183 18
América Mineiro (loan) 2013 Série B 7 0 9 1 4 0 — — 20 1
Tombense 2014 Série D 15 0 — — — — 15 0
Macaé 2015 Série B 37 5 14 1 — — — 51 6
Bahia 2016 Série B 33 6 11 1 3 0 — 8[b] 4 55 11
2017 Série A 28 2 11 1 1 0 — 11[b] 2 51 5
Subtotal 61 8 22 2 4 0 — 19 6 106 16
Ceará (loan) 2018 Série A 16 1 10 1 4 1 — 6[b] 0 36 3
2019 0 0 7 1 4 1 — 6[b] 0 17 2
Subtotal 16 1 17 2 8 2 — 12 0 53 5
Fortaleza (loan) 2019 Série A 32 3 — — — — 32 3
Fortaleza 2020 Série A 32 3 5 1 2 0 2[c] 1 9[b] 0 50 5
2021 0 0 1 0 1 0 — 4[b] 0 6 0
Subtotal 32 3 6 1 3 0 2 1 13 0 56 5
América Mineiro (loan) 2021 Série A 15 2 2 0 — — — 17 2
Total 316 30 146 17 19 2 2 1 50 6 533 56
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in Copa Rio
  2. ^ a b c d e f Appearance(s) in Copa do Nordeste
  3. ^ Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana

Honours[]

Tombense
Bahia
Ceará

References[]

  1. ^ "América Mineiro apresenta oficialmente Edmário e Juninho" [América Mineiro officially present Edmário and Juninho] (in Portuguese). FutRio. 14 December 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Duque acerta volta de Juninho e Leandro Teixeira para o Carioca" [Duque agree the return of Juninho and Leandro Teixeira for the Carioca] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 12 December 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  3. ^ "Meia Juninho confirma acerto com o Macaé: "Me apresento no dia 26"" [Midfielder Juninho confirms deal with Macaé: "I present myself on the 26th"] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Bahia confirma seu terceiro reforço para a temporada" [Bahia confirm their third addition for the season] (in Portuguese). Lance!. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  5. ^ "FORTALEZA ACERTA CONTRATAÇÃO DO VOLANTE JUNINHO". Fortaleza Esporte Clube. 30 April 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  6. ^ Juninho at Soccerway. Retrieved 15 May 2017.

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