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Junior
Full nameCorporación Popular Deportiva Junior
Nickname(s)Los Tiburones
(The Sharks)
Founded1924
GroundEstadio Metropolitano, Barranquilla
Capacity65,000
ChairmanColombia Alejandro Arteta
ManagerUruguay Julio Comesaña
LeagueFútbol Profesional Colombiano
2009 I2nd
For other uses, see C.D. Atlético Junior (Honduras).

Corporación Deportiva Popular Junior[1], known simply as Junior or by its old name Atlético Junior, is a Colombian football team based in Barranquilla. The club was founded in 1924 Known as "Los Tiburones" (The Sharks), or "El Equipo Tiburón" (The Shark Team) they have won the Colombian professional football championship five times (1977, 1980, 1993, 1995, 2004). Famous players before 1985 included Heleno de Freitas, Garrincha, Juan Ramón Verón, Efraín Sanchez, and Julio Cesar Uribe.

The pride of Colombia's Caribbean coast, it had a golden age in the mid-90's, when under the conduction of Carlos "El Pibe" Valderrama, it won two of its championships, in 1993 and 1995. The team also included players such as Alexis Mendoza, Victor Danilo Pacheco, Miguel "Niche" Guerrero, Cristian Montecinos and Ivan Rene Valenciano, which is the all-time scorer of the team with 158 goals.

Thereafter, the club owners focused on creating talent from within, and following years of up and downs, the club became once again national champions in December 2004, after scoring in the last minute and beating Atletico Nacional from Medellin in penalty kicks. The star of that season was the Argentine Omar Sebastian Perez, who earned the love and respect of the team's fans not only for his great technique and high quality of play, but for the way he melted with the rest of the team. Currently the team is still one of the most populars in Colombia and led by Uruguayan born coach Julio Comesaña. Its best current players are Giovanni Hernandez, Teófilo Gutiérrez, Luis Yanes, Emerson Acuña, and Ricardo Ciciliano.

They have participated several times in Conmebol's Copa Libertadores de América, where they ended up in 3rd place In 1994. One penalty kick away by Ronald Valderrama (Carlos "El Pibe" Valderrama 's brother) from reaching the final, they ended up losing against Vélez Sarsfield, who would then become the tournament's champion that year.

Junior's home stadium is called the Estadio Metropolitano or Roberto Meléndez Stadium, which has also been home to the Colombian national football team

Honors

National Honors

International

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

Best: Semi-Final in 1994
2004: Quarter-Final
1992: Second Round

Current squad

As of July 12 2009

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Uruguay URU Adrián Berbia
2 DF Colombia COL Roberto Carlos Cortés
3 DF Colombia COL Roller Cambindo
4 MF Colombia COL Dúmar Rueda
5 DF Colombia COL John Alexander Valencia
6 MF Colombia COL Jaime Cordoba
7 FW Colombia COL Carlos Bacca
8 MF Colombia COL Jhonathan Boiga
9 FW Colombia COL Jorge Díaz
10 MF Colombia COL Giovanny Hernández (captain)
14 DF Colombia COL Hayder Palacio (vice-captain)
15 DF Colombia COL Cesar Fawcett
16 DF Colombia COL Luis Alberto Caballero
17 DF Colombia COL Brayner García
18 MF Colombia COL Alexander Jaramillo
19 DF Colombia COL Camilo Ceballos
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF Colombia COL Emerson Acuña
22 GK Colombia COL Jose Luís Chunga
23 DF Colombia COL Jaider Romero
24 FW Colombia COL Norvey Orozco
27 FW Colombia COL Luís Carlos Ruiz
28 MF Colombia COL Vladimir Hernández
29 FW Colombia COL Teófilo Gutiérrez
31 GK Colombia COL Carlos Rodríguez
32 DF Colombia COL Wainer Caneda
40 FW Colombia COL Luis Yanes
-- DF Colombia COL Yonal Rivera
-- DF Colombia COL Francisco Alvear
77 GK Colombia COL Didier Muñoz
-- MF Colombia COL Freddy Grisales
-- MF Colombia COL Hernando Patiño
-- MF Colombia COL Yamil Chara

2009 Transfers

  • In:

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— MED Colombia COL Freddy Grisales (From: Envigado FC)[2]
— MED Colombia COL Hernando Patiño (From: Real Cartagena)[2]
  • Out

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— MED Colombia COL Jaime Córdoba [2]
— MED Colombia COL Ricardo Ciciliano (To: Millonarios)[3]

Selected Former Players

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References

  1. ^ Web oficial de DIMAYOR
  2. ^ a b c "Totono Grisales y el Cocho Patiño son las nuevas caras de Junior". Golgolgol. 8 de julio de 2009. Retrieved 8 de julio de 2009. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  3. ^ "Ciciliano jugará con Millonarios; Chiqui pidió que le presten el Campín para entrenar". Golgolgol. 9 de julio de 2009. Retrieved 9 de julio de 2009. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)

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