Juninho (footballer, born July 1985)

José Carlos Nogueira Júnior, commonly known as Juninho or José Júnior (born 18 July 1985), is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Estrela do Norte Futebol Clube (ES) as a forward.[1]

Juninho
Personal information
Full name José Carlos Nogueira Júnior
Date of birth (1985-07-18) 18 July 1985
Place of birth Guarapari, Brazil
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Tupi
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008 Rio Branco AC
2009 Duque de Caxias 0 (0)
2009–2013 Slavia Sofia 57 (22)
2010 → Banants (loan) 10 (3)
2012 → Levski Sofia (loan) 14 (6)
2012–2013 → Adana Demirspor (loan) 32 (14)
2013–2014 Adana Demirspor 26 (10)
2014–2015 Karşıyaka 27 (4)
2015–2016 Milsami Orhei 5 (0)
2017–2018 Caldense 0 (0)
2018–2019 Tupi 5 (0)
2019–2020 Xewkija Tigers 20 (13)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:00, 24 September 2022 (UTC)

Career

In early of 2009, Juninho joined Duque de Caxias. He made his competitive debut on 31 January, in a 3–1 Campeonato Carioca loss against Vasco da Gama, when he came on for Dudu in the 66th minute.[2] Juninho scored his first goal on 31 March, netting Duque's second in a 4–2 victory over Mesquita.

In July 2009, after short trial period, he was bought by Bulgarian A PFG club Slavia Sofia. He made his competitive debut on 10 August, during an A PFG match against Sportist Svoge. Juninho proved crucial for many Slavia matches, making his famous runs down the left wing, and quickly became a first choice for the left winger or second striker position. On 29 August he scored his first goal for the club against Levski Sofia but Slavia went on to lose the game 1–3. On 22 November Juninho scored three goals against Chernomorets Burgas and became the second foreign player after Ljubomir Vorkapić to score a hat trick for Slavia in the team's history.

On 20 August 2010 Junior was loaned to the end of the year to Armenian side Banants.

On 13 February 2012, it was announced that Juninho would be loaned to fellow A PFG side Levski Sofia for the rest of the 2011–12 season, with an option to make the move permanent.[3][4]

On 5 September 2012, Juninhoagreed to go on a loan to Turkish side Adana Demirspor which is commonly called as The Blue Lightning – Mavi Şimşekler. He made his debut on 16 September 2012 at the TFF First League against Denizlispor. He scored his first goal for Adana Demirspor on the 44th minute of the match against Kayseri Erciyesspor. Juninho carried his team to playoffs with 14 league goals which made him the 3rd top scorer in TFF First League in 2012–2013 season but Adana Demirspor eliminated by Manisaspor in semi-final of playoffs and postponed its chance to promote Turkish Süper Lig to another year.

Career statistics
Club Season League Cup Carioca Continental Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Duque de Caxias 2009 000071–71
Total 000071–71
Slavia Sofia 2009–10 271230––3012
2010–11 3000––30
Total 301230––3312
Banants 2010–11 10300––103
Total 10300––103
Slavia Sofia 2010–11 10130––131
2011–12 14610––156
Total 24740––287
Levski Sofia 2011–12 14610––156
Total 14610––156
Adana Demirspor 2012–13 321400––3214
2013–14 17411––175
Total 491811––4919
Career total 1274691710014248

Statistics accurate as of match played 12 June 2013

References
  1. "Jose Junior Facts". footballdatabase.eu.
  2. "Vasco da Gama 3–1 Duque de Caxias". soccerway.com. Retrieved 31 January 2009.
  3. "Левски се сдоби с нов нападател" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
  4. "Levski Takes on Loan Brazilian Forward". standartnews.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
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