Celsinho (footballer, born August 1988)

Celso Luís Honorato Júnior (born 25 August 1988), known as Celsinho, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for São Caetano as an attacking midfielder.

For the right back, Celsonil Santos de Macedo Júnior, see Celsinho (footballer, born March 1988).
Celsinho
Personal information
Full name Celso Luís Honorato Júnior
Date of birth (1988-08-25) 25 August 1988
Place of birth Americana, Brazil
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 São Caetano
Youth career
2001–2005 Portuguesa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Portuguesa
2006–2008 Lokomotiv Moscow 4 (1)
2007–2008 → Sporting CP (loan) 7 (0)
2008–2012 Sporting CP 0 (0)
2008–2009 → Estrela Amadora (loan) 12 (1)
2010 → Portuguesa (loan) 4 (0)
2011–2012 → Târgu Mureş (loan) 8 (1)
2013–2017 Londrina 29 (3)
2013 → Fortaleza (loan) 1 (0)
2015 → Figueirense (loan) 7 (0)
2016 → Paysandu (loan) 18 (1)
2016–2017 Londrina 21 (2)
2018 São Bento 5 (0)
2019 Água Santa 0 (0)
2019 Santa Cruz 3 (0)
2020 Vila Nova 6 (0)
2020–2022 Londrina 36 (4)
2022 EC Lemense 10 (2)
2023– São Caetano 8 (0)
International career
2005 Brazil U17 4 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 February 2023

Club career

Celsinho started his professional career at Associação Portuguesa de Desportos, being promoted to the first team in 2005. He was often compared to Ronaldinho due to physical resemblance and for playing in the same position, having even been invited to portray Ronaldinho in his early days in a movie.[1]

In January 2006, after a stellar 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Peru, where he scored twice for eventual finalists Brazil, both of the goals coming in the knockout stages,[2] Celsinho was bought by Russian club FC Lokomotiv Moscow from Associação Portuguesa de Desportos, where he failed to settle overall due to climate, the overall roughness of football and a bad personal relationship with the team's coach.

Celsinho joined Sporting Clube de Portugal in the 2007 summer, being loaned with the option for a permanent deal.[3] At the Lisbon side, however, he also did not manage to receive significant playing time. His Primeira Liga debut came on 29 September as he featured six minutes in a 0–0 away draw against S.L. Benfica, and his output for the campaign consisted of ten official matches (including nine minutes in a 1–2 loss at A.S. Roma in the UEFA Champions League), none complete.

After being signed permanently, Celsinho moved on loan to fellow league club C.F. Estrela da Amadora to gain more first-team experience.[4] In the season opener, at home against Académica de Coimbra, he started and scored the game's only goal, but fell out of favour shortly after, his last appearance being in late February 2009 (in November of the previous year he was subjected to disciplinary proceedings by both Sporting and Estrela, after being caught in bars in Montijo and Lisbon[5][6]); Estrela was also relegated due to financial irregularities, after having finished in mid-table.

Celsinho spent one entire year at Sporting without making one single appearance, also failing medicals at several Brazilian teams in view of a transfer. In January 2010 he returned to Portuguesa on loan,[7] being again rarely played.[8]

In early June 2011, Celsinho was loaned again, now to FCM Târgu Mureş in Romania.[9]

Honours
Sporting
Londrina
Paysandu

References
  1. "Ainda sob a sombra de R10, Celsinho chega a marca no Londrina e coleciona histórias".
  2. Celsinho – FIFA competition record (archived)
  3. "Lokomotiv confirma empréstimo de Celsinho" [Lokomotiv confirms loan of Celsinho]. Record (in Portuguese). 17 August 2007. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  4. "Celsinho: "De coração aberto no Estrela"" [Celsinho: «In Estrela with open heart»]. Record (in Portuguese). 22 July 2008. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  5. "Celsinho também vai ser punido pelo Sporting" [Celsinho will also be punished by Sporting]. Record (in Portuguese). 7 November 2008. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  6. "Celsinho de volta aos eleitos" [Celsinho back in squad]. Record (in Portuguese). 23 January 2009. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  7. "Celsinho na Portuguesa de Desportos" [Celsinho in Portuguesa de Desportos]. Record (in Portuguese). 7 January 2010. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  8. "Celsinho fica no Brasil" [Celsinho stays in Brazil]. Record (in Portuguese). 1 September 2010. Archived from the original on 1 October 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  9. "Celsinho va evolua în sezonul viitor în tricoul FCM-ului" [Celsinho to play next season in FCM shirt] (in Romanian). FCM Târgu Mureş. 8 June 2011. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
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