Juninho (footballer, born September 1982)

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Juninho
Juninho Tigres.jpg
Juninho with UANL in 2011
Personal information
Full name Anselmo Vendrechovski Júnior
Date of birth (1982-09-16) September 16, 1982 (age 39)
Place of birth Wenceslau Braz, Paraná, Brazil
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
2000–2001 Coritiba
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2004 Coritiba 13 (0)
2005–2007 Botafogo 64 (14)
2008 São Paulo 8 (0)
2009–2010 Botafogo 34 (7)
2010 → Suwon Bluewings (loan) 11 (3)
2010–2018 UANL 288 (31)
Total 418 (55)
Teams managed
2020 UANL Reserves and Academy
2020–2021 UANL (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Anselmo Vendrechovski Júnior (September 16, 1982), known as Juninho, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who last played for Liga MX club UANL. He is a Mexican naturalized citizen.[1]

A centre back, Juninho was known for his quality and leadership.[2] The former captain of Tigres, was a set-piece specialist with a powerful right shot and ability to score goals.

Career[]

His great-grandparents were from Poland.[3] He spent his early career with Coritiba. On 2005, he was signed by Botafogo. He was transferred in 2008 to São Paulo after accepting a three-year offer on December 7, 2007.[4] In January 2009, he was released to sign back with his former club Botafogo, but Tigres UANL from Mexico offered him a better contract, and since 2010 he has played in Mexico. In early 2010 he played for Suwon Bluewings on loan. His first goal with Tigres was against Santos Laguna on a free kick in the 8th minute. This was the only goal of the game as it ended 1 - 0 for a Tigres' win. He became a key in the defense for the Apertura 2011, Apertura 2015, Apertura 2016 and Apertura 2017 championships of Tigres. After the departure of Lucas Lobos, he became the team's captain. Juninho retired at the end of the Apertura 2018 season and began a coaching role at Tigres' youth teams. Nowadays, he works with Tigres' head coach Ricardo Ferretti.

Honors[]

Club[]

Coritiba
Botafogo
São Paulo
UANL

References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-07-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ http://www.futboldecafe.com/futbol-de-mexico/la-evolucion-de-juninho/[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Brazylijski superstrzelec może zagrać dla Polski". sportowefakty.pl. February 3, 2010. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
  4. ^ "São Paulo contrata o zagueiro Juninho, do Botafogo". estadao.com.br. December 7, 2007. Archived from the original on 9 January 2008. Retrieved December 11, 2007.

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