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Júnior Moraes

Júnior Moraes
Júnior Moraes-2015.jpg
Júnior Moraes with Dynamo Kyiv in 2015
Personal information
Full name Aluísio Chaves Ribeiro
Moraes Júnior
Date of birth (1987-04-04) April 4, 1987 (age 29)
Place of birth Santos, Brazil
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
Dynamo Kyiv
Number 11
Youth career
Santos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 Santos 24 (4)
2008 Ponte Preta (loan) 0 (0)
2009 Santo André 2 (1)
2010–2011 Gloria Bistriţa 32 (18)
2011–2012 CSKA Sofia 24 (16)
2012–2015 Metalurh Donetsk 63 (35)
2015– Dynamo Kyiv 36 (17)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 December 2016.

Aluísio Chaves Ribeiro Moraes Júnior (born 4 April 1987), commonly known as Júnior Moraes, is a Brazilian striker who currently plays for Ukrainian club Dynamo Kyiv.

Júnior Moraes was born in a family of sportsmen. His father was a very good football player. He played for Flamengo and Santos. His brother Bruno also played for Santos and Porto and still in activity, while his sister ended her football career because of an injury. His mother was a Paulista tennis champion.

He started to play football in São Paulo when he was 4 years old, being in the same group with Robinho.

Júnior Moraes being promoted on the senior team by the coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo at the age of 18. The player made his debut in the Campeonato Brasileiro for the first team of Santos, in the same squad with Robinho, Diego, Marcelo or Zago, playing 15 matches in the season 2006/2007 and scoring 1 goal in the 3–0 win against Botafogo. Then he scored again in the first round of Campeonato Brasileiro in the season 2007/2008 in the 3–1 win against Flamengo, but this match was his last appearance for Santos in the national championship, because he was loaned then by Ponte Preta.


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