Juninho (footballer, born July 1981)

Tadeu de Jesus Nogueira Júnior (born 9 July 1981), commonly known as Juninho, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as goalkeeper for Audax São Paulo.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is de Jesus and the second or paternal family name is Nogueira. "Júnior" is a generational suffix used for someone whose name is the same as their father, like "Jr." in English.
Juninho
Personal information
Full name Tadeu de Jesus Nogueira Júnior
Date of birth (1981-07-09) 9 July 1981
Place of birth Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Audax São Paulo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2005 Vitória 80 (0)
2006–2007 Cruzeiro 0 (0)
2006 → Santa Cruz (loan) 2 (0)
2007 → América (MG) (loan) 0 (0)
2007 América (RN) 0 (0)
2007–2009 Atlético Mineiro 37 (0)
2009 Juventude 27 (0)
2010 Paraná 41 (2)
2011 Portuguesa 3 (0)
2011–2012 Grêmio Barueri 37 (0)
2012 Caxias 6 (0)
2013 Audax São Paulo 19 (0)
2014– Red Bull Brasil 39 (0)
International career
2004 Brazil U23 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 April 2015

Vitória

Juninho started his career at Bahia club Vitória. In 2005 season he became an understudy of Felipe but both players left the club after the club relegated to Série C.

Cruzeiro

In 2006, he was signed by Cruzeiro in 2-year contract. He was the third keeper, behind Fábio and Lauro. In May 2006 he was loaned to fellow Série A team Santa Cruz. In January 2007 he left for América (MG) until the end of Campeonato Mineiro[1] (which he was the first choice from round 4 to 10), and on 1 June left for América (RN) until the end of season.

Atlético Mineiro

In July 2007 he was signed by Atlético Mineiro in 1-year contract.[2] At first he was an understudy of Édson and then played 12 league matches since September. In 2008 season, he also played 15 league matches as second choice. In 2008 Campeonato Mineiro, he played 11 matches ahead Edson, except round 2 to 5. In March 2008 he signed a new 3-year contract.

Série B clubs

On 9 July 2009 he left for Juventude until the end of 2009 season,[3] after becoming the third choice behind Aranha and Édson. Soon after, Atlético Mineiro also signed Fabián Carini.

In December 2009 he left for Paraná.[4] He played almost all the games for the team. In January 2011 he signed an annual deal with Portuguesa.[5] He was the understudy of Weverton.

In May 2011, Série B club ABC attempted to sign him, but eventually failed. Instead, he joined Grêmio Barueri.

International career

Juninho was the second keeper behind Heurelho Gomes in 2004 CONMEBOL Men Pre-Olympic Tournament. He capped once for Brazil U-23 team on 18 November 2003, an unofficial friendly with Santos FC.[6]

Career statistics
As of 27 January 2011
Club performance League Cup Continental Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Brazil League Copa do Brasil South America Total
2000VitóriaCopa João Havelange3000??1
2001Série A0000??1
20020000??1
200329020??1
2004420100??1
2005Série B6000??1
2006[7]CruzeiroSérie A0000003
Santa Cruz2020
2007América (MG)Nil704
CruzeiroSérie A0000
América (RN)0000
Atlético Mineiro120120
2008[8]15060003205
200930402406
2009JuventudeSérie B270270
2010Paraná3725727
2011Portuguesa00??8
Grêmio Barueri
Career total 176222000??9

1No data available for Campeonato Baiano and Campeonato do Nordeste
2No data available for Campeonato Mineiro
30 games in 2006 Campeonato Mineiro
47 games in 2007 Campeonato Mineiro
511 games in 2008 Campeonato Mineiro
617 games in 2009 Campeonato Mineiro
720 games in 2010 Campeonato Paranaense
8 Campeonato Paulista
9 See note 1 to 8.

Honours
regional
state

References
  1. "Goleiro Juninho chega ao América para disputar posição com Alex". UOL Esporte (in Portuguese). 27 January 2007. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
  2. "Juninho, ex-goleiro do Cruzeiro, deve reforçar Atlético-MG". UOL Esporte (in Portuguese). 24 July 2007. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
  3. "Juninho é o novo goleiro do JU". EC Juventude (in Portuguese). 9 July 2009. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
  4. "Tricolor anuncia goleiro e preparador físico". Paraná Clube (in Portuguese). 17 December 2009. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
  5. "Juninho é o primeiro reforço da Lusa para a temporada 2011". Associação Portuguesa de Desportos (in Portuguese). 3 January 2011. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
  6. "Seleção Brasileira Restritiva (Brazilian National Restrictive Team) 2000–2003". RSSSF Brasil. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
  7. "Untitled Document". Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
  8. http://old.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_partidos.jsp?evento=1154&ano=2008&slangab=S
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