Ênio Oliveira Júnior, known as Eninho, (born 16 May 1981) is a Brazilian former professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who played as an

attacking midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

Club career

Eninho was born in

Porto Alegre Porto Alegre (, , Brazilian ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. Its population of 1,488,252 inhabitants (2020) makes it the twelfth most populous city in the country and the center of Brazil's fif ...

, Rio Grande do Sul. He played for Brazilian clubs Mogi Mirim, São Caetano, Portuguesa, Grêmio, Guarani, Vila Nova,

Coruripe Coruripe is a municipality located in the southern coast of the Brazilian state of Alagoas Alagoas (, ) is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil and is situated in the eastern part of the Northeast Region. It borders: Pernambuco (N and ...

, CRB,

Murici Murici is a municipality located in the east of the Brazilian state of Alagoas. Its population is 28,333 (2020) and its area is 424 km². According to the Veja magazine, despite receiving generous public transfers, the city still lags behind ...

and

Marília Marília () is a Brazilian municipality in the midwestern region of the state of São Paulo. Its distance from the state capital São Paulo is by highway, by railway and in a straight line. It is located at an altitude of 675 meters. The popula ...

, and for South Korean clubs Suwon Samsung Bluewings,

Daegu FC Daegu FC ( Korean: 대구 FC) is a South Korean professional football club based in Daegu. The club was founded as a community club at the end of 2002, and made their K League 1 debut in 2003. Daegu has played mostly in the K League 1 but was rel ...

, Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors and Chinese club Changchun Yatai.

Changchun Yatai

On 31 July 2013, he made his debut for Yatai in a 1-1 away draw against

Qingdao Jonoon Qingdao Hainiu Football Club (, known as Hai-niu or literally Sea Bull) is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the China League Two division under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is b ...

in the Chinese Super League. On 21 September 2013, he scored his first goal for the club in a 2-0 home win against

Dalian Aerbin Dalian Professional Football Club () is a professional Chinese football club based in Dalian, Liaoning, that participates in the China Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). Their home stadium is Dalian Sports Ce ...

. On 30 October 2013, he was sent off in an eventual 2-1 defeat away at

Shanghai Shenhua Shanghai Shenhua F.C. () is a Chinese professional football club that participates in the Chinese Super League under license from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The term ''shen hua'' literally translates as "the Flower of Shanghai" in ...

, theremore missing the pivotal final home game against

Liaoning Whowin Liaoning Football Club (), officially known as Liaoning Hongyun (), was a professional association football club with a long history in Chinese football. The club can predate their formation to 1953, when Shenyang government sports body joined ex ...

. Yatai eventually won the game 1-0 and successfully stayed up.

Honours

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors *

K League Classic The K League 1 (Hangul: K리그1) is the men's top professional football division of the South Korean football league system. The league is contested by twelve clubs. History The South Korean professional football league was founded in 1 ...

: 2009, 2011 Individual *

Korean League Cup The Korean League Cup was a professional football competition in South Korean football. It was held by the K League Federation from 1986 to 2012. Sponsorship Champions List of finals Titles by club K League's principle of official statis ...

top scorer:

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

K League Best XI The K League Best XI is an award for the best eleven players in a K League season. K League 1 award (1983–present) Winners Players marked bold won the Most Valuable Player award in that respective year. Appearances by player Appearanc ...

: 2009, 2010, 2011

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Eninho 1981 births Living people Footballers from Porto Alegre Association football midfielders Brazilian footballers Brazilian expatriate footballers Mogi Mirim Esporte Clube players Associação Desportiva São Caetano players Suwon Samsung Bluewings players Associação Portuguesa de Desportos players Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense players Guarani FC players Vila Nova Futebol Clube players Clube de Regatas Brasil players Murici Futebol Clube players Marília Atlético Clube players Daegu FC players Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors players Changchun Yatai F.C. players Ceará Sporting Club players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players K League 1 players Chinese Super League players Expatriate footballers in South Korea Expatriate footballers in China Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in South Korea Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in China