Juninho Paulista

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Juninho Paulista
Personnel
Surname Osvaldo Giroldo Júnior
birthday February 22, 1973
place of birth São Paulo ,  Brazil
size 167 cm
position Attacking midfield
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1992-1993 Ituano FC
1993-1995 Sao Paulo FC 44 0(3)
1995-1997 Middlesbrough FC 57 (12)
1997-2002 Atlético Madrid 55 (14)
1999-2000 → Middlesbrough FC (loan) 28 0(4)
2000-2001 →  CR Vasco da Gama  (loan) 37 0(8)
2002 →  CR Flamengo  (loan)
2002-2004 Middlesbrough FC 41 (11)
2004-2005 Celtic Glasgow 14 0(1)
2005-2006 Palmeiras São Paulo 63 (20)
2006-2007 CR Flamengo
2007-2008 Sydney FC 14 0(0)
2010 Ituano FC 11 0(4)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1995-2003 Brazil 50 0(5)
1 Only league games are given.

Osvaldo Giroldo Júnior , usually called Juninho Paulista , (born February 22, 1973 in São Paulo ) is a former Brazilian soccer player . He was in the squad of the Brazilian world championship team from 2002. His nickname Juninho Paulista is derived from the Júnior - Juninho is a common Brazilian cuteness of Júnior - and his hometown São Paulo (Paulo = Paulista).

Club career

Juninho can be described as a "wandering bird". During his career he changed clubs a total of nine times and played for eight different clubs in Europe and South America . He received his first professional contract with São Paulo FC in 1993, but after only two years moved to the English premier club Middlesbrough FC , for which he played five years with an interruption. Other European stations were Atlético Madrid and Celtic Glasgow . In South America he was active for a total of four clubs. In addition to São Paulo FC, he played for CR Vasco da Gama , SE Palmeiras and Flamengo Rio de Janeiro . For the latter, he wore the club jersey for the second time. The 2007/08 season he played for the Australian club Sydney FC , but received no new contract offer from Sydney.

successes

São Paulo FC

Vasco da Gama

Middlesbrough FC

National team

Juninho played a total of 50 times for the Brazilian national soccer team and scored five goals. In the mid-1990s he wore the number 10 jersey several times. He was close friends with his national team colleague Edmundo , until he hit him in the face during an argument.

He celebrated his greatest success during the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea . He played in five of the seven possible games and also had a short stint in the final when the Brazilian team beat the German side 2-0.

successes

Others

During his time at Middlesbrough FC , he was nicknamed TLF (The Little Fella). This name is due to its height of only 1.67 m. He is still very popular with Boro fans and is considered one of the best players in recent years.

personal data
SURNAME Paulista, Juninho
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Osvaldo Giroldo Júnior
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH February 22, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH São Paulo