Anselmo Vendrechovski Júnior (September 16, 1982), known as Juninho, is a retired Brazilian professional

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. He is a Mexican naturalized citizen. A centre back, Juninho was known for his quality and leadership. The former

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Tigres UANL Club de Fútbol Tigres de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, simply known as Tigres UANL or Tigres, is a Mexican professional football club based in San Nicolás de los Garza, a city in the Monterrey metropolitan area, Nuevo León. Foun ...

, was a set-piece specialist with a powerful right shot and ability to score goals. After his retirement, he stayed attached to Tigres and worked with the youth teams and with the first team's head coach

Ricardo Ferretti Ricardo Ferretti de Oliveira (born 22 February 1954), also known as Tuca Ferretti, is a Brazilian-Mexican professional football manager and former player. As a player, Ferretti was an attacking midfielder known for his mobility, powerful rig ...

between 2020 and 2021. Since February 9, 2023, he works as an assistant for head coach Marco Antonio Ruiz.

Career

His great-grandparents were from

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. He spent his early career with

Coritiba Coritiba Foot Ball Club, commonly known as Coritiba and colloquially referred to as "Coxa-Branca" or "Coxa", is a Brazilian football club from Curitiba, capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná. Founded in 1909, it is the oldest f ...

. On 2005, he was signed by

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. He was transferred in 2008 to

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after accepting a three-year offer on December 7, 2007. In January 2009, he was released to sign back with his former club

, but

from Mexico offered him a better contract, and since 2010 he has played in Mexico. In early 2010 he played for Suwon Bluewings on loan. His first goal with Tigres was against

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on a free kick in the 8th minute. This was the only goal of the game as it ended 1 - 0 for a Tigres' win. He became a key in the defense for the Apertura 2011, Apertura 2015, Apertura 2016 and Apertura 2017 championships of Tigres. After the departure of

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, he became the team's captain. Juninho retired at the end of the Apertura 2018 season and began a coaching role at Tigres' youth teams. Juninho joined the

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of the

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in June 2022. Nowadays, he works with Tigres' head coach Marco Antonio Ruiz.

Honors

Club

;Coritiba * Paraná State League (2): 2003, 2004 ;Botafogo * Rio de Janeiro State League (1): 2006 *

Taça Rio Taça Rio, or Rio Trophy, is an annual Rio de Janeiro football tournament. It is the second stage competition of the Campeonato Carioca, the state football championship in Rio de Janeiro. It has been organized since 1982 by the Rio de Janeiro ...

(1): 2007 *

Taça Guanabara The Taça Guanabara, or Guanabara Cup, is a football tournament organized annually since 1965 by the Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation. In its first four editions (1965, 1966, 1967 and 1968), the Taça Guanabara was a tournament in its o ...

(1): 2009 ;São Paulo *

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(1):

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;UANL *

Liga MX The Liga MX, officially known as the Liga BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional football division in Mexico, holding 2 tournaments per year. The league is considered the strongest in North America, and among the strongest in a ...

(4): Apertura 2011, Apertura 2015, Apertura 2016, Apertura 2017 *

Copa MX The Copa MX (formerly called Copa Tower Monterrey, Copa Eliminatoria, Copa México and Copa Corona MX (for sponsorship reasons)) was a Mexican football cup competition that was established in 1907. After a lengthy hiatus that began in 1997, it wa ...

(1): Clausura 2014 *

Campeón de Campeones ''Campeón de Campeones'' ( es, Champion of Champions) is an annual Mexican football competition established in 1942. In its current form, the winner of the Apertura season faces the winner of the Clausura season, for both Liga MX and Liga MX Feme ...

(3):

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* Campeones Cup (1):

References

External links

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* * 1982 births Living people Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas players Suwon Samsung Bluewings players Brazilian footballers Brazilian expatriate footballers Brazilian people of Polish descent Coritiba Foot Ball Club players São Paulo FC players Tigres UANL footballers Monterrey Flash players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players K League 1 players Liga MX players Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in South Korea Expatriate footballers in South Korea Expatriate footballers in Mexico Brazilian emigrants to Mexico Naturalized citizens of Mexico Association football defenders {{Brazil-footy-defender-1980s-stub