Juninho (footballer, born 1986)
Paulo Roberto Valoura Júnior (born 20 March 1986), known as Juninho Valoura or just Juninho, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for CRB.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Paulo Roberto Valoura Júnior | ||
| Date of birth | 20 March 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | CRB | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005 | Madureira | ||
| 2006 | America-RJ | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007 | Serrano-RJ | ||
| 2007–2014 | Duque de Caxias | 153 | (15) |
| 2013 | → America Mineiro (loan) | 20 | (1) |
| 2014 | Tombense | 15 | (0) |
| 2015 | Macaé | 51 | (6) |
| 2016–2019 | Bahia | 106 | (16) |
| 2018–2019 | → Ceará (loan) | 53 | (5) |
| 2019 | → Fortaleza (loan) | 32 | (3) |
| 2020–2021 | Fortaleza | 56 | (5) |
| 2021 | → América Mineiro (loan) | 27 | (3) |
| 2022– | América Mineiro | 17 | (0) |
| 2022– | → CRB (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2023– | CRB | 18 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 02:14, 6 February 2022 (UTC) | |||
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 5 February 2022[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[lower-alpha 1] | 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[lower-alpha 2] | 4 | 55 | 11 | |
| 2017 | Série A | 28 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 11[lower-alpha 2] | 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[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 36 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 6[lower-alpha 2] | 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[lower-alpha 3] | 1 | 9[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 50 | 5 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Subtotal | 32 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 56 | 5 | ||
| América Mineiro (loan) | 2021 | Série A | 25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 27 | 3 | |||
| América Mineiro | 2022 | Série A | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
| Career total | 326 | 31 | 149 | 17 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 50 | 6 | 546 | 57 | ||
- Appearance(s) in Copa Rio
- Appearance(s) in Copa do Nordeste
- Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
References
- "América Mineiro apresenta oficialmente Edmário e Juninho" [América Mineiro officially present Edmário and Juninho] (in Portuguese). FutRio. 14 December 2012. Archived from the original on 8 December 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
- "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.
- "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.
- "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.
- "FORTALEZA ACERTA CONTRATAÇÃO DO VOLANTE JUNINHO". Fortaleza Esporte Clube. 30 April 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- Juninho at Soccerway. Retrieved 15 May 2017.