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'''Jewninho''', real name '''Antônio Augusto Ribeiro Reis Junior''', also known as '''Juninho Pernambucano''' (born [[January 30]], [[1975]] in [[Recife]]) is a [[football (soccer)]] player from [[Brazil]]. He plays with [[Olympique Lyonnais]] and the [[Brazil national football team|Brazilian national team]]. |
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Revision as of 03:52, 3 July 2006
- For other Brazilians named Juninho, see Juninho (disambiguation).
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| Full name | Antônio Augusto Ribeiro Reis Junior | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Olympique Lyon | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of June 29, 2006 | |||
Jewninho, real name Antônio Augusto Ribeiro Reis Junior, also known as Juninho Pernambucano (born January 30, 1975 in Recife) is a football (soccer) player from Brazil. He plays with Olympique Lyonnais and the Brazilian national team.
Clubs
His career started with Sport Clube do Recife. Juninho played 110 games with Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama, scoring 24 goals. He won the Copa Libertadores with Vasco and, in 2000, won the Brazilian silver Ball trophy.
He is especially famous for his accurate, powerful and varied set pieces, having scored 26 free kicks for Olympique Lyonnais. He is amongst the world’s best in this area, recently demonstrated in March 2006, when he scored a freekick from a staggering 38 metres against AC Ajaccio. In addition, he is a technically and mentally gifted player, although he lacks the pace of other midfielders. His leadership abilities has prompted Gerard Houllier to give him the captain's armband, as well.
Juninho has proved an influential force at the club. Before his arrival at Olympique Lyonnais, the club had never won the championship, but since his arrival, they have won it five seasons in a row.
Juninho's exploits at Lyon earned him the admiration of clubs around Europe, most notably Manchester United in the English Premier League. Other rumours suggest that he could be the first of many big name signings for Aston Villa come the possible takeover by an Irish Consortium.
National team
He has 37 caps with the Brazilian national team. He received his first cap on march 28 1999. He was selected by Carlos Alberto Parreira for the Brazilian World Cup 2006 squad as a bench player on the deeply gifted squad. He scored a brilliant goal in Brazil's 4-1 win against Japan in their final group match with a typical long-range strike that somehow squirted through the keeper's hands after coming off the bench to replace usual starter Zé Roberto [1].
He has retired from the national team, stating that "The national team is over for me and those of us over 30 have to leave a place for the younger players to make a new team for 2010.
"We have to think about the young guys and build up another team."
Honours
- Winner of Pernambucano State championship in 1994 with Sport Club do Recife
- Winner of Brazilian championship in 1997 and 2000 with Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama
- Winner of Rio de Janeiro State championship in 1998 with Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama
- Winner of Copa Libertadores in 1998 with Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama
- Winner of Torneio Rio-São Paulo in 1999 with Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama
- Winner of Mercosur Cup in 2000 with Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama
- Winner of French Ligue 1 championship in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 with Olympique Lyonnais.
- Winner of Trophée Des Champions in 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005 with Olympique Lyonnais.
- Winner of Confederations Cup 2005 with Brazil national team
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