Antonio Ferreira de Oliveira Junior (born 24 October 1984), often known as Ferreira, is a former

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defender from

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Career

Ferreira began his career at Rio de Janeiro club, Profute Futebol Clube in Brazil. In 2004, he moved to Latvia to play for FK Jūrmala where he scored seven goals in 46 appearances. He scored four goals in the 2006 season as the club finished in 6th place. On 6 April 2007 he signed for

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champions Liepājas Metalurgs. On 19 July he scored for Metalurgs in their 1–1 home draw against

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in the

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On 4 January 2010, Ferreira signed a three-year contract with

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. Antonio left Terek Grozny five years later on 31 December 2014, when his contract with the club expired. In July 2015, Ferreira signed for

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side

FC Irtysh Pavlodar FC Irtysh () is a Kazakh professional football club based at the Central Stadium in Pavlodar. Irtysh won the Kazakhstan Premier league in 1993 (as ''Ansat''), 1997, 1999, 2002 and 2003. The club was also founding members of the top league and ...

. In 2016, during a 2–0 loss against Boa Esporte Clube when he was playing for Guarani, Ferreira pushed the referee to the ground after he was sent off and some of his teammates wanted to calm him down. Ferreira pushed one of his teammates and then after the linesman guarded the referee, he still wanted to hurt the referee but later was removed from the pitch.

Career statistics

Honours

Club

;Liepājas Metalurgs *

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References

External links

Antonio at soccerfactsuk
1984 births Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (city) Living people Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Associação Desportiva Cabofriense players FC Jūrmala players FK Liepājas Metalurgs players PFC Spartak Nalchik players FC Akhmat Grozny players Clube Atlético Bragantino players FC Irtysh Pavlodar players Mirassol Futebol Clube players Guarani FC players Figueirense FC players São Bernardo Futebol Clube players Esporte Clube Taubaté players Associação Desportiva São Caetano players FC Cascavel players Latvian Higher League players Russian Premier League players Kazakhstan Premier League players Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Campeonato Brasileiro Série D players Campeonato Paranaense players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Latvia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Latvia Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen {{Brazil-footy-defender-1980s-stub