Júnior Paulista (footballer, born 1977)

Júnior Paulista
Personal information
Full name	José Cristiano de Souza Jr.
Date of birth	11 August 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Juventus (SP)
Senior career*
Years	Team
1997	Juventus (SP)
1998	Guarani
1999	Santa Cruz
2000	Uralan Elista
2000	? (Qatar)
2001–2005	Palmeiras
2001	→ Londrina (loan)
2002	→ Figueirense (loan)
2002	→ Guarani (loan)
2003	→ Internacional (loan)
2004	→ Caxias (loan)
2005	→ União São João (loan)
2005	→ Vila Nova (loan)
2005	→ Pelotas (loan)
2006	Pogoń Szczecin
2006	Oriente Petrolero
2007	Tupi
2007	Atlético (BA)
2007	Joinville
2008	São José (PA)
2008	Brasil de Pelotas
2009	São José (PA)
2009–2010	Shanghai Zobon
2011	Tianjin Songjiang
2012	Beijing Baxy
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

José Cristiano de Souza Jr.(born 11 August 1977), known as Júnior Paulista is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He 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 then 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 is 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

Campeonato Catarinense: 2002
Campeonato Gaúcho: 2003

References

^ "BID Especial: Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras São Paulo/SP". Confederação Brasileira de Futebol (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 14 May 2004.
^ "Júnior e Doriva estão bem. Bem demais". A Notícia (in Portuguese). Joinville. 17 February 2002. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
^ "BID Acumulativo Série A /2005". CBF. 8 November 2005. Archived from the original on 29 May 2006. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
^ "Relatório de Transferências Internacionais em 2006". CBF (in Portuguese). 22 January 2007. Archived from the original on 20 April 2010. Retrieved 29 April 2011.

External links

Júnior Paulista at Soccerway
Futpedia^{[permanent dead link‍]} (Profile 2)
Júnior Paulista at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
Profile at Fidelity Sports Agency (in Portuguese)
中文足球资料大全 [Chinese Football Database (2009 season)]. 邢走天涯 (Xztiya) (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 19 May 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
中文足球资料大全 [Chinese Football Database (2010 season)]. 邢走天涯 (Xztiya) (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 29 April 2011.

[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. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. 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. Archived from the original on 20 April 2010. Retrieved 29 April 2011.

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