Junior Moraes
Júnior Moraes with Dynamo Kyiv in 2015
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Aluísio Chaves Ribeiro Moraes Júnior |
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| Date of birth | April 4, 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Santos, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
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Current team
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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. |
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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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