José Cristiano de Souza Júnior

Júnior
Personal information
Full nameJosé Cristiano de Souza Jr.
Date of birth11 August 1977
Place of birthSão Paulo, Brazil
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Youth career
Juventus (SP)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1997Juventus (SP)
1998Guarani
1999Santa Cruz
2000Uralan Elista0(0)
2000? (Qatar)
2001–2005Palmeiras0(0)
2001→ Londrina (loan)
2002→ Figueirense (loan)0(0)
2002→ Guarani (loan)22(1)
2003→ Internacional (loan)13(0)
2004→ Caxias (loan)20(2)
2005→ União São João (loan)0(0)
2005→ Vila Nova (loan)3(0)
2005→ Pelotas (loan)0(0)
2006Pogoń Szczecin6(0)
2006Oriente Petrolero
2007Tupi0(0)
2007Atlético (BA)0(0)
2007Joinville8(0)
2008São José (PA)0(0)
2008Brasil de Pelotas18(0)
2009São José (PA)0(0)
2009–2010Pudong Zobon?(6)
2011Tianjin Songjiang23(3)
2012Beijing Baxy16(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

José Cristiano de Souza Jr. or known as Júnior (born 11 August 1977) is a Brazilian footballer .

Júnior briefly played in Campeonato Brasileiro Série A and also played in Série B and Série C.

Biography

Born in Indianópolis neighbourhood of São Paulo city, he started his professional career in Juventus (SP), at that time known as Juninho. He the played for Guarani and Santa Cruz. In 2000 he left for Russia and stayed in Qatar for 1 month.

Palmeiras

In November 2000 he was signed by Palmeiras[1] as the club bought 50% rights and the other retained by investor. However he was injured and he left for Londrina in 2001 season. In 2002 he signed a 6 months contract with Figueirense.[2] He then returned to Guarani and made his Série A debut. In 2003 he left for Internacional, at that time already known as Júnior and teammate Luiz António Gaino Júnior known as "Júnior Paulista" instead, in although they both came from São Paulo state.

In 2004 he remained in Rio Grande do Sul, but for Caxias. He played 20 out of 23 Série B games of that season.

In January 2005 he left for fellow Campeonato Paulista team União São João, which the team relegated. In May he extended his contract with Palmeiras to December 2005[3] and left for Vila Nova until the end of 2005 Série B, however he only played 3 times. After the team failed to qualify to stage two, he left for Pelotas in September, finished as the losing side of the second stage (round of 16) of 2005 Copa FGF.

Série C

In January 2006 he left for Polish side Pogoń Szczecin.[4] After the end of 2005–06 Ekstraklasa he left for Bolivian side Oriente Petrolero.

He returned to Brazil in January 2007, signed a contract with Tupi until the end of 2007 Campeonato Mineiro. In April he left for Atlético de Alagoinhas for 2007 Campeonato Baiano. In June he was signed by Joinville until the end of 2007 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C.

He then returned to Rio Grande do Sul, played for São José de Porto Alegre in 2008 Campeonato Gaúcho. In June he left for Brasil de Pelotas until the end of 2008 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C first stage, which he known as Júnior Paulista at that time. He extended his contract in August. That season Brasil de Pelotas finished as the sixth.

In December he returned to São José de Porto Alegre for 2009 Campeonato Gaúcho.

Honours

References

  1. ↑ "BID Especial: Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras São Paulo/SP". Confederação Brasileira de Futebol (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 14 May 2004.
  2. ↑ "Júnior e Doriva estão bem. Bem demais". A Notícia (in Portuguese) (Joinville). 17 February 2002. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
  3. ↑ "BID Acumulativo Série A /2005". CBF. 8 November 2005. Archived from the original on 29 May 2006. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
  4. ↑ "Relatório de Transferências Internacionais em 2006". CBF (in Portuguese). 22 January 2007. Retrieved 29 April 2011.

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