José Carlos Nogueira Júnior, commonly known as Juninho or José Júnior (born 18 July 1985), is a Brazilian

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who plays for Estrela do Norte Futebol Clube (ES) as a

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Career

In early of 2009, Juninho joined

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. He made his competitive debut on 31 January, in a 3–1

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loss against

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, when he came on for Dudu in the 66th minute. Juninho scored his first goal on 31 March, netting Duque's second in a 4–2 victory over Mesquita. In July 2009, after short trial period, he was bought by Bulgarian A PFG club Slavia Sofia. He made his competitive debut on 10 August, during an A PFG match against Sportist Svoge. Juninho proved crucial for many Slavia matches, making his famous runs down the left wing, and quickly became a first choice for the left winger or second striker position. On 29 August he scored his first goal for the club against Levski Sofia but Slavia went on to lose the game 1–3. On 22 November Juninho scored three goals against

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and became the second foreign player after

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to score a hat trick for Slavia in the team's history. On 20 August 2010 Junior was loaned to the end of the year to Armenian side Banants. On 13 February 2012, it was announced that Juninho would be loaned to fellow A PFG side Levski Sofia for the rest of the 2011–12 season, with an option to make the move permanent. On 5 September 2012, Juninhoagreed to go on a loan to Turkish side Adana Demirspor which is commonly called as The Blue Lightning – ''Mavi Şimşekler''. He made his debut on 16 September 2012 at the

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against Denizlispor. He scored his first goal for Adana Demirspor on the 44th minute of the match against Kayseri Erciyesspor. Juninho carried his team to playoffs with 14 league goals which made him the 3rd top scorer in

in 2012–2013 season but Adana Demirspor eliminated by Manisaspor in semi-final of playoffs and postponed its chance to promote

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to another year.

Career statistics

''Statistics accurate as of match played 12 June 2013''

References

External links

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Profile at zerozero.pt

Profile at LevskiSofia.info
{{DEFAULTSORT:Juninho 1985 births Living people Brazilian footballers Brazilian expatriate footballers Duque de Caxias Futebol Clube players PFC Slavia Sofia players FC Urartu players PFC Levski Sofia players Adana Demirspor footballers Karşıyaka S.K. footballers FC Milsami Orhei players Associação Atlética Caldense players Tupi Football Club players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Armenian Premier League players Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria Expatriate footballers in Armenia Association football forwards TFF First League players Campeonato Brasileiro Série D players People from Guarapari Sportspeople from Espírito Santo