Júnior playing for São Paulo in 2008
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jenílson Ângelo de Souza | ||
Date of birth | 20 June 1973 | ||
Place of birth | Santo Antônio de Jesus, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Playing position | Left back | ||
Youth career | |||
1992–1994 | Vitória | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1994–1995 | Vitória | 18 | (0) |
1996–2000 | Palmeiras | 98 | (3) |
2000–2004 | Parma | 89 | (3) |
2003–2004 | → Siena (loan) | 12 | (0) |
2004–2008 | São Paulo | 89 | (4) |
2009–2010 | Atlético Minero | 26 | (3) |
2010 | Goiás | 16 | (1) |
Total | 348 | (14) | |
National team | |||
1996–2004 | Brazil | 22 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Jenílson Ângelo de Souza, usually known as Júnior (born 20 June 1973) is a Brazilian former association footballer who played as a left back.
Júnior spent his early years playing for Brazilian clubs Vitória and Palmeiras before moving to Italy and playing for Parma and Siena from 2000 to 2004. He spent his later career at Goiás, in the Brazilian Série A.
With the Brazil national football team, Júnior obtained twenty-two international between 1996 and 2004, scoring one goal, which came against Costa Rica in the nation's victorious 2002 FIFA World Cup campaign. He was also previously a member of the Brazilian squads that took part at the 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup and the 2001 Copa América.