Ademir da Silva Santos Júnior (born 16 February 1995), simply known as Ademir or Ademir Fumacinha, is a Brazilian

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who plays as a

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for

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Club career

Early career

Born in

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, Ademir was raised in

Patrocínio Patrocínio is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil. The population is 91,449 (2020 est.) in an area of 2874 km2. The elevation is 965 m. Highway connections Patrocínio is connected with Uberlândia by BR-365 (154 km) ...

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. He joined

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's youth setup after a trial period, and moved to for the 2015 season, after finishing his formation. In 2016, Ademir signed for

Clube Atlético Patrocinense Clube Atlético Patrocinense, commonly known as Patrocinense, or as CAP, is a Brazilian football club based in Patrocínio, Minas Gerais state. History The club was founded on 19 March 1954. CAP won the Campeonato Mineiro Third Level in 2000. ...

, and helped the side in their back-to-back promotions from the third to the first division of the

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. In 2017, he also spent a short period on loan at hometown side Nacional-SP for the year's

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América Mineiro

On 5 April 2018, after impressing for Patrocinense in the

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, Ademir signed a contract with Série A side América Mineiro until December 2019. He made his top tier debut on 28 May 2018, coming on as a second-half substitute for Aderlan in a 3–1 home loss to

. Ademir scored his first goal in the category on 3 June, netting his team's third in a 3–1 home win against

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. He contributed with one goal in 14 appearances during his first season, as his side suffered relegation. Ademir started the 2020 campaign as the club's top goalscorer in the

with five goals, Ademir missed out the first matches of the Série B due to a

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injury. In October of that year, he renewed his contract until December 2021, and finished the season with eight league goals and a promotion back to the main category. In 2021, Ademir scored 13 goals in the Série A season, playing a crucial role in América's first ever qualification for the

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Atlético Mineiro

On 19 September 2021,

's president Sérgio Coelho confirmed that Ademir agreed to a pre-contract with the club, effective as of the following 1 January.

Career statistics

Honours

Patrocinense *

Campeonato Mineiro Módulo II The Campeonato Mineiro Módulo II is the second tier of football league of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Participants ''2022 edition'' List of champions Amateur era The first era of second tier of Minas Gerais football was the Serie B ...

: 2017 Atlético Mineiro *

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