Ferreira (footballer, born 1984)

Antonio Ferreira de Oliveira Junior (born 24 October 1984), often known as Ferreira, is a football defender from Brazil who plays for Cascavel.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Ferreira and the second or paternal family name is de Oliveira. "Junior" is a generational suffix used for someone whose name is the same as their father, like "Jr." in English.
Ferreira
Personal information
Full name Antonio Ferreira de Oliveira Junior
Date of birth (1984-10-24) 24 October 1984
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Cascavel
Youth career
Cabofriense
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2004 Cabofriense 22 (1)
2005–2006 FK Jūrmala 46 (7)
2007–2008 Liepājas Metalurgs 41 (5)
2009 Spartak Nalchik 13 (0)
2010–2014 Terek Grozny 100 (2)
2015 Bragantino 8 (0)
2015 Irtysh Pavlodar 5 (0)
2016 Mirassol 10 (1)
2016 Guarani 22 (3)
2017 Mirassol 1 (0)
2017 Figueirense 10 (0)
2018–2019 Guarani 34 (0)
2020–2021 São Bernardo 6 (0)
2021 Taubaté 9 (0)
2022 São Caetano 8 (0)
2022– Cascavel 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 February 2023

Career

Ferreira began his career at Rio de Janeiro club, Profute Futebol Clube in Brazil. In 2004, he moved to Latvia to play for FK Jūrmala where he scored seven goals in 46 appearances. He scored four goals in the 2006 season as the club finished in 6th place.[1] On 6 April 2007 he signed for Virslīga champions Liepājas Metalurgs. On 19 July he scored for Metalurgs in their 1–1 home draw against FC Dinamo Brest from Belarus in the UEFA Cup[2]

On 4 January 2010, Ferreira signed a three-year contract with FC Terek Grozny.[3] Antonio left Terek Grozny five years later on 31 December 2014, when his contract with the club expired.[4]

In July 2015, Ferreira signed for Kazakhstan Premier League side FC Irtysh Pavlodar.[5]

In 2016, during a 2–0 loss against Boa Esporte Clube when he was playing for Guarani, Ferreira pushed the referee to the ground after he was sent off and some of his teammates wanted to calm him down. Ferreira pushed one of his teammates and then after the linesman guarded the referee, he still wanted to hurt the referee but later was removed from the pitch.

Career statistics
As of match played 8 November 2015[6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Spartak Nalchik 2009 Russian Premier League 13010–140
Terek Grozny 2010 Russian Premier League 26000–260
2011–12 36120–381
2012–13 17110–181
2013–14 19000–190
2014–15 2000–20
Total 100240--1042
Bragantino 2015 Campeonato Paulista 7020–90
Irtysh Pavlodar 2015 Kazakhstan Premier League 5000–50
Career total 125260--1312

Honours

Club
Liepājas Metalurgs

References
  1. Dryomin, Mike (2007-03-31). "Latvia 2006". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 2 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-01.
  2. "Flying starts for Helsingborg and AIK". UEFA. 2007-07-19. Archived from the original on 9 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-01.
  3. "Терек пополнился экс-защитником Спартака-Нальчик". championat.com/ (in Russian). Championat. 4 January 2010. Archived from the original on 2014-08-26. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  4. "Феррейра объявил о своём уходе из Терека". championat.com/ (in Russian). Championat. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  5. "Иртыш пополнился бывшим игроком Терека". sport.nur.kz (in Russian). Nur Kz. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  6. "ANTONIO FERREIRA". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 March 2014.


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