Wilson Aparecido Xavier Júnior (born 15 March 1984), commonly known as Juninho, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

for Ihan.

Biography

Born in

Arapongas Arapongas is a municipality within the state of Paraná, South Region, Brazil. It is located in the Metropolitan area of Londrina, Microregion Apucarana and Mesoregion North Central Paranaense, being located at a distance of 386 km from the ...

, Paraná, Juninho started his career at Londrina Junior Team, the youth team of

Londrina Londrina (, literally "Little London") is a city located in the north of the state of Paraná, South Region, Brazil, and is away from the state capital, Curitiba. It is the second largest city in the state and fourth largest in the southern regi ...

(they later became two separate entities). He played once in the national cup in 2004. He was then loaned to

Serie A The Serie A (), also called Serie A TIM for national sponsorship with TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and the winner is awarded the Scudetto and the Cop ...

team

Chievo Chievo (4,500 inhabitants) is a frazione of Verona located to the west of the city, around from the historic city centre, on the shores of the river Adige. It is best known for its football team, A.C. ChievoVerona, which competes in the second ...

but played for its youth team. As Italy prevented signing non-EU players, he only trialled with the club and never signed for them officially.

Domžale

In 2004 he was loaned to

Domžale Domžale (; german: Domschale)''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 24. is a town and the seat of Municipality of Domžale. The town lies ...

from Londrina Junior Team along with Jhonnes. Later, teammate Lucas also joined him. Juninho remained at the city of

for seasons. His contract with Londrina Junior Team was also renewed in January 2007, as he signed a new five-year contract. He left the club on 2 December 2008.

Figueirense

On 23 December 2008, Figueirense announced the signing of the player on a one-year contract. His contract with Figueirense was terminated on 19 May 2009, after he played a few games in

Campeonato Catarinense The Campeonato Catarinense de Futebol, known as Campeonato Catarinense or simply Catarinense, is the main competition of association football from state of Santa Catarina, in Brazil. History The Campeonato Catarinense top level has had several ...

. He did not play any match in the 2009 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.

Return to Domžale

On 31 August 2009 he returned to Slovenia in a -year deal. The deal with Domžale was renewed on 1 December 2010, until 31 May 2013.

Baku

At the beginning of the 2011–12 season, after already playing one match with Domžale in the league, Juninho signed with

FC Baku FC Baku ( az, "Bakı" Futbol Klubu) is an Azerbaijani football club based in Baku that has been an amateur club since 2016. Prior to that, Baku played 18 seasons in the Azerbaijan Premier League, winning the championship twice and earning the Na ...

Second return to Domžale

In February 2015, Juninho returned to Domžale, signing a contract till the end of the 2016–17 season.

Club career statistics

Personal life

Juninho is the cousin of fellow footballer Ademar.

Honours

;Domžale *

Slovenian PrvaLiga The Slovenian PrvaLiga ( sl, Prva slovenska nogometna liga, ), currently named Prva liga Telemach due to sponsorship reasons, also known by the abbreviation 1. SNL, is the top level of the Slovenian football league system. Contested by ten club ...

(2): 2006–07, 2007–08 *

Slovenian Cup Slovene or Slovenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Slovenia, a country in Central Europe * Slovene language, a South Slavic language mainly spoken in Slovenia * Slovenes, an ethno-linguistic group mainly living in Slovenia * Sl ...

(2):

2010–11 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. ...

, 2016–17 *

Slovenian Supercup The Slovenian Supercup ( sl, Superpokal Slovenije) was a Association football, football match played between the Slovenian PrvaLiga champions and the Slovenian Football Cup, Slovenian Cup winners. Prior 2007, the match was held only twice, in 1995 ...

(2): 2007, 2011 ;Baku * Azerbaijan Cup (1): 2011–12

References

External links

PrvaLiga profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Juninho 1984 births Living people People from Arapongas Brazilian footballers Association football midfielders Londrina Esporte Clube players Figueirense FC players NK Domžale players Slovenian PrvaLiga players Brazilian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Italy Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate footballers in Slovenia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia FC Baku players Expatriate footballers in Azerbaijan Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan Expatriate footballers in Austria Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Austria Sportspeople from Paraná (state)