Juninho (footballer, born 1977) explained

Juninho
Fullname:Carlos Alberto Carvalho dos Anjos Junior
Birth Date:15 September 1977
Birth Place:Salvador, Brazil
Currentclub:Juazeirense
Position:Striker
Years1:1996–1998
Years2:1999
Years3:2000
Years4:2000–2002
Years5:2003–2011
Years6:2012–2013
Years7:2015–2017
Clubs7:Juazeirense
Caps4:55
Goals4:6
Caps5:285
Goals5:175
Caps6:57
Goals6:6
Caps7:26
Goals7:5
Nationalyears1:1996
Nationalteam1:Brazil U-20
Nationalcaps1:4
Nationalgoals1:?
Pcupdate:12 March 2017

Carlos Alberto Carvalho dos Anjos Junior "Juninho" (born September 15, 1977) is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a striker.

In 2008, he said his intention to stay in Japan for the rest of his life and become a naturalized Japanese citizen.[1] However, he gave up on obtaining Japanese nationality since he found it difficult due to a lack of Japanese language ability.[2] [3]

Club statistics

Club performanceLeagueCupLeague CupContinentalTotal
Season Club LeagueApps GoalsApps GoalsApps GoalsApps GoalsApps Goals
JapanLeagueEmperor's CupJ.League CupAsiaTotal
2003Kawasaki FrontaleJ2 League392800colspan="2"-colspan="2"-3928
2004393722colspan="2"-colspan="2"-4139
2005J1 League31161264colspan="2"-3822
2006292022106colspan="2"-4128
200731224254734731
200832122064colspan="2"-4016
200933171153944824
201019142141002516
20113291031colspan="2"-3610
2012Kashima Antlers273428210407
2013303105110374
Career total34218120125224187432223

Honours

Individual

Team

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/2010worldcup/japan/news/20080311-OHT1T00121.htm . ja:J1得点王ジュニーニョ、帰化へ!岡田日本W杯へ追い風 . . ja . 2008-03-11 . 2009-04-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080823004818/http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/2010worldcup/japan/news/20080311-OHT1T00121.htm . 2008-08-23 .
  2. Web site: http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/soccer/japan/news/20080926-OHT1T00094.htm . ja:ジュニーニョ帰化断念…岡田ジャパン"切り札"消えた . . ja . 2008-09-26 . 2009-04-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090722140137/http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/soccer/japan/news/20080926-OHT1T00094.htm . 2009-07-22 .
  3. Web site: http://www.sanspo.com/soccer/news/080926/sca0809260500001-n1.htm . ja:言葉の問題で…川崎・ジュニーニョ帰化消滅 . . ja . 2008-09-26 . 2009-04-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080929053312/http://www.sanspo.com/soccer/news/080926/sca0809260500001-n1.htm . September 29, 2008 .