Juninho Paulista

, Usually called Osvaldo Giroldo Júnior Juninho Paulista, ( born February 22, 1973 in São Paulo ) is a former Brazilian footballer. He was in the squad of the Brazilian World Cup winning squad of 2002 His nickname Juninho Paulista derives from Júnior -. Juninho is a common Brazilian Niedlichkeitsform of Júnior - and his hometown of São Paulo ( Paulo = Paulista ) from.

Club career

Juninho can be described as "hikers ". During his career, he moved nine times the club and played for eight different clubs in Europe and South America. He received his first professional contract with FC São Paulo in 1993, but switched after two years to the English Premier club Middlesbrough FC, for whom he played with interruption of five years. Other European stations were Atletico Madrid and Celtic Glasgow. In South America, he was active for a total of four clubs. In addition to Sao Paulo he played for CR Vasco da Gama, SE Palmeiras and Flamengo. For the latter he wears for the second time the club jersey. The 2007/08 season he played for the Australian club Sydney FC, ​​received in connection but not a new contract offer from Sydney.

Achievements

With São Paulo FC

With CR Vasco da Gama

With Middlesbrough FC

  • English League Cup: 2004

National

Juninho played a total of 50 times for the Brazilian national football team, scoring five goals. The mid-1990s he was several times the jersey with No. 10 A close friend connected him with his team-mate Edmundo until it hit him in the face during an argument.

He celebrated his greatest success during the Football World Cup 2002 in Japan and South Korea. He played in five of the seven kinds of games and also had a brief appearance in the final, as the Brazilian team defeated the German team 2-0.

Achievements:

  • Football World Cup 2002 (Brazil )

Others

During his time at Middlesbrough FC, he was nicknamed TLF ( The Little Fella - The little boy ). This name is due to its size of only 1.68 m. The Boro fans he is still very popular and is considered one of the best players in recent years.

  • National football team (Brazil )
  • Olympian (Brazil )
  • Brazilian
  • Born in 1973
  • Man
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