José Francisco da Silva Botelho Jr. (literally ''little Júnior''), known as Juninho, or Juninho Botelho, (born 19 January 1987) is a Brazilian

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midfielder who plays for Juventude.

Biography

Grêmio

Juninho Botelho signed his first contract with Grêmio in June 2003. He renewed his contract on 1 January 2006. He also played for the under-20 team at 2006

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, a state-wise senior event. In January 2007, he was loaned to

Esporte Clube Guarani Esporte Clube Guarani, commonly referred to as Guarani de Venâncio Aires, is a Brazilian football club based in Venâncio Aires, Rio Grande do Sul. It currently plays in Campeonato Gaúcho Série A2 The Campeonato Gaúcho Série A2 (Gaucho Ch ...

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. The team finished as the 8th of Group B of 2007

Campeonato Gaúcho The Campeonato Gaúcho Série A1 (Gaúcho Championship A1 Series or Série A1), officially named as Campeonato da Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional da FGF - Divisão Especial - Série A1 and commonly known as Campeonato Gaúcho or Gauchã ...

and relegated. The club had two grest defeat that season, losing to Grêmio and São José (PA) in 0–4. In April he returned to the youth team of Grêmio and played in

2007 Copa FGF 7 (seven) is the natural number following 6 and preceding 8. It is the only prime number preceding a cube. As an early prime number in the series of positive integers, the number seven has greatly symbolic associations in religion, mythology, s ...

. In January 2008 he was loaned to Esportivo and in June left for

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. and played in

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. In August he returned to Rio Grande do Sul, signed a contract with

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for 2008 Copa FGF. In January 2009 he was re-signed by Esportivo. He then released by Grêmio and left for amateur side Canoas .

Itumbiara & Ituiutaba

In January 2010 he left for

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. in February he was signed by

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and finished as the bottom of

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Sarajevo & Cruzeiro (PA)

In August 2010 he was signed by

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club

FK Sarajevo Fudbalski klub Sarajevo (; English: Sarajevo Football Club) is a professional football club based in Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina and is one of the most successful clubs in the country. Founded on 24 October 1946, FK Sara ...

. he made his cup debut in BiH Cup. In January 2011 he left for Cruzeiro de Porto Alegre until the end of

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. He made his club debut on 19 February 2011, a 1–1 draw with

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as substitute.

Honours

: 2006 (Grêmio under-20)

References

External links

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at playmakerstats.com (English version of ogol.com.br) {{DEFAULTSORT:Botelho, Juninho Brazilian footballers Esporte Clube Cruzeiro players Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense players Canoas Sport Club players Itumbiara Esporte Clube players Esporte Clube Juventude players FK Sarajevo players Association football midfielders Brazilian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Bosnia and Herzegovina Footballers from Porto Alegre 1987 births Living people