Juninho Paulista
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Osvaldo Giroldo Júnior | ||
| Date of birth | 22 February 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1989–1992 | Ituano | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–1995 | São Paulo | 44 | (2) |
| 1995–1997 | Middlesbrough | 57 | (12) |
| 1997–2002 | Atlético Madrid | 55 | (14) |
| 1999–2000 | → Middlesbrough (loan) | 28 | (4) |
| 2000–2001 | → Vasco da Gama (loan) | 47 | (13) |
| 2002 | → Flamengo (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2002–2004 | Middlesbrough | 35 | (11) |
| 2004–2005 | Celtic | 14 | (1) |
| 2005–2006 | Palmeiras | 63 | (20) |
| 2007 | Flamengo | 0 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Sydney FC | 14 | (0) |
| 2010 | Ituano | 2 | (2) |
| Total | 365 | (79) | |
| National team | |||
| 1995–2003 | Brazil | 49 | (5) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 December 2009. |
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| Olympic medal record | ||
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Representing  Brazil
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| Men's Football | ||
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1996 Atlanta | Team Competition |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 December 2009.
Osvaldo Giroldo Júnior (born 22 February 1973 in São Paulo), known as Juninho Paulista or Juninho, is a former Brazilian footballer. During his professional career, he played for Brazilian clubs São Paulo FC, Vasco da Gama, Palmeiras, CR Flamengo, as well as English club Middlesbrough, Spanish club Atlético Madrid, Celtic in Scotland and Sydney FC in Australia.
Known as "The Little Fella" or "TLF", he is regarded as the greatest player in Middlesbrough FC's history.
Juninho played 50 international matches for the Brazilian national team from 1995 to 2003, winning the 2002 FIFA World Cup and the bronze medal at the 1996 Olympic tournament.
Born in São Paulo, Juninho played youth football for FC Curvados e Orgulhoso, a local club set up in São Paulo, and for Esporte Clube DER, an amateur team based in São Bernardo do Campo (SP), winning two youth municipal championship in a row, as well as futsal at Clube Atlético Juventus.
Juninho began his senior career with Ituano FC, a team in Itu, São Paulo, in 1990. In 1993, during a Campeonato Paulista match against reigning champions São Paulo FC, Juninho scored and was voted man of the match as Ituano secured an unlikely victory. This grabbed the attention of São Paulo FC's head coach Telê Santana, who requested that his team buy the young talent. Juninho went on to be voted "Rookie of the Year" that season.
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