Denilton Venturim Júnior known as his diminutive name Juninho (born 5 August 1992) is a Brazilian footballer of Italian descent.

Biography

Juninho is a youth product of São Paulo club Paulista F.C. He was a player for Palmeiras B in 2012

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and 2013

Campeonato Paulista Série A3 Campeonato Paulista Série A3 (also referred to as Paulistão A3 for short) is the third level of the São Paulo state professional football championship, one of the Brazilian state championships. The tournament has been known as Série A3 since ...

(second and third division of São Paulo state). He also played for Palmeiras B in 2012

Copa Paulista The Copa Paulista de Futebol, formerly known as Copa FPF, also sometimes called Copa Federação Paulista de Futebol or, in English, São Paulo State Cup, is a tournament organized by Federação Paulista de Futebol Company every second half of ...

Europe

In summer 2013 he was signed by Italian

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club

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. He was transformed from defensive midfielder to centre-back in pre-season camp. In January 2014 he was loaned back to Brazil for

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. Later that year he returned to Paulista F.C. In July 2014 Juninho returned to Italy for Lumezzane. He was a player in pre-season friendlies. In mid-August 2014 he was linked to

Padova Padua ( ; it, Padova ; vec, Pàdova) is a city and ''comune'' in Veneto, northern Italy. Padua is on the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice. It is the capital of the province of Padua. It is also the economic and communications hub of the ...

. On 29 August 2014 Juninho was signed by Slovenian club

ND Gorica Nogometno društvo Gorica, commonly referred to as ND Gorica or simply Gorica, is a Slovenian football club based in the town of Nova Gorica. They are one of the most successful Slovenian clubs with four Slovenian PrvaLiga and three Slovenian Cu ...

in a 2-year contract. The deal was completed on 2 September and announced on 4 September. He was excluded from the squad on 22 January 2015, despite his contract was not yet terminated.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Juninho Brazilian footballers Paulista Futebol Clube players Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras players F.C. Lumezzane S.S.D. players ND Gorica players Association football midfielders Brazilian expatriate footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia Slovenian PrvaLiga players Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate footballers in Italy Expatriate footballers in Slovenia Brazilian people of Italian descent Footballers from São Paulo (state) 1992 births Living people People from Presidente Bernardes, São Paulo