Mario dos Santos Júnior or simply Junior (born 27 October 1971) is a former

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

ian

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player. He and

Luís André da Silva Luís André da Silva or simply Da Silva (born 3 March 1972) is a former Brazilian football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally ...

were the first Brazilian players in the Russian Football Premier League when they joined FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod in 1995.

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1971 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Russian Premier League players Men's association football forwards {{Brazil-footy-forward-1970s-stub