Tadeu de Jesus Nogueira Júnior (born 9 July 1981), commonly known as Juninho, is a Brazilian

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who plays as

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for Audax São Paulo.

Vitória

Juninho started his career at

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club Vitória. In 2005 season he became an understudy of Felipe but both players left the club after the club relegated to Série C.

Cruzeiro

In 2006, he was signed by Cruzeiro in 2-year contract. He was the third keeper, behind

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and

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. In May 2006 he was loaned to fellow Série A team Santa Cruz. In January 2007 he left for América (MG) until the end of Campeonato Mineiro (which he was the first choice from round 4 to 10), and on 1 June left for América (RN) until the end of

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Atlético Mineiro

In July 2007 he was signed by

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in 1-year contract. At first he was an understudy of Édson and then played 12 league matches since September. In 2008 season, he also played 15 league matches as second choice. In

2008 Campeonato Mineiro The 2008 Campeonato Mineiro de Futebol do Módulo I was the 94th season of Minas Gerais's top-flight professional football league. The season began on January 27 and ended on May 4. Cruzeiro won the title for the 35th time. Participating team ...

, he played 11 matches ahead Edson, except round 2 to 5. In March 2008 he signed a new 3-year contract.

Série B clubs

On 9 July 2009 he left for Juventude until the end of 2009 season, after becoming the third choice behind Aranha and Édson. Soon after, Atlético Mineiro also signed Fabián Carini. In December 2009 he left for Paraná. He played almost all the games for the team. In January 2011 he signed an annual deal with Portuguesa. He was the understudy of Weverton. In May 2011, Série B club

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attempted to sign him, but eventually failed. Instead, he joined Grêmio Barueri.

International career

Juninho was the second keeper behind

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. He capped once for Brazil U-23 team on 18 November 2003, an unofficial friendly with

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Career statistics

¹No data available for

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and

Campeonato do Nordeste Copa do Nordeste (''Cup of the North-East''), also known as Campeonato do Nordeste (''Championship of the North-East'') or Copa Nordeste (''Northeastern Cup''), and sometimes informally referred as Lampions League – in reference to the UEFA Ch ...

²No data available for Campeonato Mineiro
³0 games in 2006 Campeonato Mineiro
⁴7 games in 2007 Campeonato Mineiro
⁵11 games in

⁶17 games in

2009 Campeonato Mineiro The Campeonato Mineiro de Futebol do Módulo I de 2009 was the 95th season of Minas Gerais's top-flight professional football league. The season began on January 25 and ended on May 3. Cruzeiro were crowned the league champion after going throug ...

⁷20 games in 2010 Campeonato Paranaense
⁸ Campeonato Paulista
⁹ See note 1 to 8.

Honours

;regional * Brazilian North-East League: 2003 ;state * League of Bahia State: 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 * League of Minas Gerais state: 2006

References

External links

Futpedia
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CBF Contract Record
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Juninho (footballer 1981 07) Brazilian footballers Esporte Clube Vitória players Cruzeiro Esporte Clube players Santa Cruz Futebol Clube players América Futebol Clube (MG) players América Futebol Clube (RN) players Clube Atlético Mineiro players Esporte Clube Juventude players Paraná Clube players Associação Portuguesa de Desportos players Grêmio Barueri Futebol players Grêmio Osasco Audax Esporte Clube players Association football goalkeepers People from Ribeirão Preto 1981 births Living people Footballers from São Paulo (state)