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Júnior Moraes
Personal information
Full name Aluísio Chaves Ribeiro
Moraes Júnior
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Metalurh Donetsk
Number 91
Youth career
Santos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 Santos 16 (2)
2009–2010 Santo André 7 (2)
2010–2011 Gloria Bistriţa 32 (18)
2011 Metalurh Donetsk 0 (0)
2011–2012 CSKA Sofia 24 (16)
2012– Metalurh Donetsk 8 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 September 2012

Aluísio Chaves Ribeiro Moraes Júnior, commonly known as Júnior Moraes, Ribeiro Moraes or simply Moraes (born April 4, 1987)[1] is a Brazilian striker who currently plays for Ukrainian club Metalurh Donetsk.

Biography

Júnior Moraes was born in a family of sportsmen. His father was a very good player for Flamengo and Santos, his brother Bruno was also a player for Santos and Porto and still in activity, while his sister played also football but ended her career because of an injury. His mother was a Paulista champion on tennis.[2]

He started to play football in São Paulo when he was 4 years old, being in the same group with Robinho.[2]

Career

Santos

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.[2][3] 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.[3]

He scored on goal in the 2007 final between Santos and São Caetano of the Campeonato Paulista, giving to his side the title of that year.[3]

Gloria Bistriţa

Júnior Moraes made an impressive debut in Liga I for Gloria Bistriţa, scoring 10 goals in 17 appearances. His good run continued in the first part of the 2010/2011 season and he accumulated a total of 18 goals scored in 32 matches in the Romanian championship, but in two different seasons.[3]

Metalurh Donetsk

On February 12, 2011 Gloria Bistriţa announced that Júnior Moraes was sold to Ukrainian Premier League squad Metalurh Donetsk, for a reported fee of 1.25M €.[4] However, Moraes never played a game for Metalurh.

CSKA Sofia

Before 2011-12 season Moraes joined CSKA Sofia. He made his Bulgarian A PFG debut on 12 September 2011 in a 3–0 home win over Lokomotiv Plovdiv, scoring a penalty. On 2 October, Moraes scored twice in a 3–0 away win over Svetkavitsa. He scored a hattrick versus Litex Lovech on 19 May. Moraes eventually finished the 2011-12 A PFG season as joint top scorer with Ivan Stoyanov.

Honours


Individual

  • ABF A PFG Player of the Year (1): 2011–12

References

  1. ^ - Júnior Moraes - Profile
  2. ^ a b c - Interview with Moraes
  3. ^ a b c d - Junior Moraes - Performance Data
  4. ^ Júnior will play at Metalurg Donetsk Moraes

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