Juninho (footballer, born September 1982)

Anselmo Vendrechovski Júnior (September 16, 1982), known as Juninho, is a former Brazilian professional footballer who last played for the Liga MX club Tigres UANL. He holds a Mexican passport.[1]

For other people named Juninho, see Juninho (disambiguation).
Juninho
Juninho playing for Tigres in 2011
Personal information
Full name Anselmo Vendrechovski Júnior
Date of birth (1982-09-16) September 16, 1982
Place of birth Wenceslau Braz, Paraná, Brazil
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 UANL (Assistant)
Youth career
2000–2001 Coritiba
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2004 Coritiba 13 (0)
2005–2007 Botafogo 64 (14)
2008 São Paulo 8 (0)
2009–2010 Botafogo 34 (7)
2010 → Suwon Bluewings (loan) 11 (3)
2010–2018 UANL 282 (30)
Teams managed
2020 UANL Reserves and Academy
2020– UANL (Assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 05:25, 14 October 2018 (UTC)

A centre back, Juninho was known for his quality and leadership.[2] The former captain of Tigres, was a set-piece specialist with a powerful right shot and ability to score goals.

Career

His great-grandparents were from Poland.[3] He spent his early career with Coritiba. On 2005, he was signed by Botafogo. He was transferred in 2008 to São Paulo after accepting a three-year offer on December 7, 2007.[4] In January 2009, he was released to sign back with his former club Botafogo, but Tigres UANL from Mexico offered him a better contract, and since 2010 he has played in Mexico. In early 2010 he played for Suwon Bluewings on loan. His first goal with Tigres was against Santos Laguna on a free kick in the 8th minute. This was the only goal of the game as it ended 1 - 0 for a Tigres' win. He became a key in the defense for the Apertura 2011, Apertura 2015, Apertura 2016 and Apertura 2017 championships of Tigres. After the departure of Lucas Lobos, he became the team's captain. Juninho retired at the end of the Apertura 2018 season and began a coaching role at Tigres' youth teams. Nowadays, he works with Tigres' head coach Ricardo Ferretti.

Honors

Club
Coritiba
Botafogo
São Paulo
UANL

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-07-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. http://www.futboldecafe.com/futbol-de-mexico/la-evolucion-de-juninho/%5B%5D
  3. "Brazylijski superstrzelec może zagrać dla Polski". sportowefakty.pl. February 3, 2010. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
  4. "São Paulo contrata o zagueiro Juninho, do Botafogo". estadao.com.br. December 7, 2007. Archived from the original on 9 January 2008. Retrieved December 11, 2007.


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