Pedro Julião Azevedo Junior (born 12 December 1985), known as Juninho Quixadá (), is a Brazilian

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who plays as a

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for Maracanã.

Career

Born in

Quixadá Quixadá is a municipality in the state of Ceará, in Brazil. It is known for its unusual rock formations, known locally as monoliths. Location Quixadá is located at around . It was founded in 1870 and had a population of 80,605 residents in 2 ...

, Juninho Quixadá has previously played for Ferroviário, as well as for

Bragantino Red Bull Bragantino, commonly known as Bragantino, is a Brazilian football club based in Bragança Paulista, São Paulo. It competes in the Série A, the top tier of the Brazilian football league system, as well as in the Campeonato Paulista ...

, before moving in 2011 to

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. On 20 June 2011, Quixadá joined PFC Ludogorets Razgrad on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee. He made his debut on 3 July in a 6–1 friendly win against

Septemvri Simitli FC Septemvri ( bg, ФК Септември) is a Bulgarian football club based in Simitli, which currently plays in the Third League, the third tier of the Bulgarian football league system. History The club was founded in 1942. From 1961 to 197 ...

, playing 45 minutes on the right wing. Juninho made his league debut for Ludogorets against

Lokomotiv Plovdiv PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv ( bg, ПФК Локомотив Пловдив), commonly known as Loko Plovdiv, is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Plovdiv. Lokomotiv's home ground is the Lokomotiv Stadium which is situated in Lauta Park ...

on 6 August 2011. He scored his first competitive goal on 20 August in a 4–0 victory against Vidima-Rakovski. On 11 September, he scored twice in a 6–0 win over

Slavia Sofia PFC Slavia Sofia ( bg, ПФК Славия София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently competes in the top tier of the Bulgarian football league system, the First League. Slavia's home ground ...

. On 28 November 2011, in a 2–2 away draw against

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, Quixadá netted his fourth goal of the season and assisted Ivan Stoyanov. On 27 February 2014, he scored a

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against S.S. Lazio to bring the score to 3:3 and enable his team to advance to the 1/8 finals of the

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by 4:3 on aggregate. After almost 7 years in Ludogorets, Quixada left the club on 11 January 2018 due to mutual agreement.

Club statistics

''As of 11 January 2018''

International career

On 24 January 2013, Quixadá received a

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and potentially became able to play for

. He said that he would be happy to represent Bulgaria on the international level.Лудогорец си уреди двама "нови българи"
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Honours

Club

; Ludogorets *

Bulgarian First Professional League The First Professional Football League ( bg, Първа професионална футболна лига, Parva Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as the Bulgarian First League or Parva Liga, currently known as the efbet League for spon ...

: 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015-16, 2016–17 *

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: 2011–12, 2013–14 *

Bulgarian Supercup The Bulgarian Supercup ( bg, Суперкупа на България) is the trophy won in a football match held between the football club that has won the Bulgarian first football division in the season that ended in the year of the match and ...

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* * 1985 births Living people Sportspeople from Ceará Naturalised citizens of Bulgaria Brazilian footballers Association football forwards Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Campeonato Brasileiro Série D players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Ferroviário Atlético Clube (CE) players Clube Atlético Bragantino players Ceará Sporting Club players PFC Ludogorets Razgrad players Horizonte Futebol Clube players Esporte Clube Vitória players ABC Futebol Clube players Brazilian expatriate footballers Brazilian emigrants to Bulgaria Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria People from Quixadá {{Brazil-footy-forward-1980s-stub