Vinícius Júnior

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Vinícius Júnior
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Vinícius Júnior (2018)
Personnel
Surname Vinícius José Paixão de Oliveira Júnior
birthday July 12, 2000
place of birth São Gonçalo ,  Brazil
size 176 cm
position Wing storm (left)
Juniors
Years station
2005-2017 Flamengo Rio de Janeiro
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2017-2018 Flamengo Rio de Janeiro 50 (11)
2018– real Madrid 47 0(5)
2018 Real Madrid Castilla 5 0(4)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2015 Brazil U15 6 0(6)
2016-2017 Brazil U17 22 (19)
2018 Brazil U20 2 0(0)
2019– Brazil 1 0(0)
1 Only league games are given.
Status: end of season 2019/20

2 As of September 10, 2019

Vinícius Júnior , full name Vinícius José Paixão de Oliveira Júnior (born July 12, 2000 in São Gonçalo ), is a Brazilian football player . He has been under contract with Spanish first division Real Madrid since the 2018/19 season .

Club career

Flamengo Rio de Janeiro

Vinícius Júnior joined the youth of Flamengo Rio de Janeiro in 2005. Until his first appearance in the club's senior team, he played for twelve years. On May 13, 2017 (1st matchday) he made his professional football debut when he came on for Orlando Berrío in the 82nd minute in the 1-1 draw in the first division game against Atlético Mineiro .

real Madrid

At the end of May 2017, the Spanish first division club Real Madrid announced the commitment of Vinícius Júnior for July 2018. According to the club, he should play another year at Flamengo from this point on, but could join the Spanish record champions earlier if the clubs agree on it. A week before the transfer was announced, Vinícius Júnior's release clause for foreign clubs was raised from 30 to 45 million euros. At a press conference on June 20, 2018, Flamengo and Vinícius Júnior communicated that the player would leave the club in the course of the following month. Real Madrid finally announced the final signing of Vinícius Júnior for the 2018/19 season on July 20 . There he is in the squad for the first team, but was also the second team reported that in the third-tier Segunda División B played. After Vinícius Júnior had only made two short appearances under Julen Lopetegui - as well as five appearances and four goals in the second team - he came to 13 other league appearances under his successor Santiago Solari , previously coach of the second team, including eight times in the starting line-up . At the beginning of March 2019, Vinícius Júnior tore his ligament , so that he could not be used again under the third head coach Zinédine Zidane until the beginning of May. In his first season Vinícius Júnior came to 18 appearances in the Primera División (9 in the starting line-up), in which he scored 2 goals.

National team

Vinícius Júnior played for the Brazilian association for the first time in 2015 and appeared in six games for their U15s, in which he scored as many goals. With the U17 of the association, he won the U17 South American Championship in 2017 .

In February 2019, national coach Tite Vinícius Júnior nominated for the A-selection for the first time . He was in the squad for the international matches against Panama and the Czech Republic on March 23 and 26. He did not come to any missions here. For the Copa America 2019 , he was not considered in the Brazilian squad. Tite nominated him again for the friendlies against Colombia and Peru in September of that year. In the game against Peru on September 10, Vinícius Júnior came to his first appearance. He was substituted on for Richarlison in the 74th minute .

title

National team

Flamengo

real Madrid

Web links

Commons : Vinícius Júnior  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Match report Flamengo Rio de Janeiro against Atlético Mineiro from May 13, 2017 ; transfermarkt.de, May 13, 2017, accessed May 23, 2017
  2. ^ Official Announcement: Vinicius Junior ; realmadrid.com, May 23, 2017, accessed July 21, 2018
  3. ↑ Flamengo renovating contrato de Vinícius Júnior ; flamengo.com.br, Portuguese, May 15, 2017, accessed July 21, 2018
  4. ↑ Vinicius Júnior faz coletiva emocionante em sua despedida do clube ; flamengo.com.br, Portuguese, June 25, 2018, accessed July 21, 2018
  5. ^ Vinicius Jr. presentation at the Santiago Bernabéu ; realmadrid.com, July 20, 2018, accessed July 21, 2018
  6. ↑ This can be recognized by his number 28 on his back. In the Spanish league, players who are only allowed to play in the first team must be numbered from 1 to 25.
  7. ↑ Real-Juwel Vinicius Junior is out for two months , 90min.de, March 6, 2019, accessed on March 18, 2019.
  8. ↑ Seleção Brasileira convocada para enfrentar Panamá e República Tcheca , cbf.com.br, Portuguese, from February 28, 2019, accessed on March 1, 2019
  9. ↑ At the tender age of 18: Vinicius Junior now also at Seleçao , kicker.de, accessed on March 1, 2019
  10. ↑ First international match , match report on flashscore.com, accessed on September 11, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Vinícius Júnior
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Paixão de Oliveira Júnior, Vinícius José (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH July 12, 2000
PLACE OF BIRTH São Gonçalo , Brazil