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Juninho (footballer, born May 1989)

Brazilian footballer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionMar 13, 2026
Entity authorityQ15831064 ↗
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Júnior Aparecido Guimaro de Souza (born 28 May 1989), simply known as Juninho, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a winger.

Club career

São Paulo

Juninho began his career with São Paulo at the age of 16. He signed a contract at seventeen and led the São Paulo youth squad to Copa de Juvenil glory.

Cuiabá

After with São Paulo, he moved to Cuiabá Esporte Clube in Campeonato Brasileiro Série C. Juninho scored his first goal on 18 May 2010 in a home match to Rio Branco.

Botoșani

On 25 January 2012, Juninho completed his move to Romanian side FC Botoșani signing a one-year deal. Before start his injury, he just made 9 appearances and scored two goals in Liga I.

BBCU (loan)

Juninho made a surprise move to BBCU F.C. at Thai Premier League on 4 June 2012 in a six-month contract on loan, where he quickly gained first team experience in Southeast Asia Club at Thailand. On 24 May Juninho scored a chip shot with his right foot in a 3–1 win against Army United F.C. in a Thai Premier League match. At the end of the season Juninho just made with 7 appearances and 6 goals.

Muangthong United

Juninho joined Muangthong United club at Thai Premier League but was then loaned out to Phuket FC at Thai Division 1 League in 2013. He made his debut in a 3–2 away victory against Sriracha F.C., and scored his first goal for the team against Krabi F.C. in a 2–2 home draw on 5 March 2013.

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This entry incorporates text from “Juninho (footballer, born May 1989)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.