Júnior Baiano
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Raimundo Ferreira Ramos Jr. | ||
Date of birth | 14 March 1970 | ||
Place of birth | Feira de Santana, Brazil | ||
Height | 6 ft 5.5 in (1.97 m)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1989–1993 | Flamengo | 40 | (2) |
1994–1995 | São Paulo | 17 | (6) |
1995–1996 | Werder Bremen | 32 | (2) |
1996–1998 | Flamengo | 31 | (6) |
1998–1999 | Palmeiras | 22 | (6) |
2000–2001 | Vasco da Gama | 15 | (1) |
2002 | Shanghai Shenhua | 5 | (0) |
2002–2003 | Internacional | 3 | (0) |
2004–2005 | Flamengo | 42 | (8) |
2006–2007 | América-RJ | 0 | (0) |
2007–2008 | Brasiliense | 46 | (3) |
2009 | Volta Redonda | 0 | (0) |
2009 | Miami FC | 7 | (0) |
Total | 260 | (26) | |
International career | |||
1997–1998 | Brazil | 25 | (2) |
Managerial career | |||
2012 | Santa Helena | ||
2019 | Itumbiara | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Raimundo Ferreira Ramos Jr. (born 14 March 1970; also known as Júnior or Júnior Baiano by adding the demonym of Bahia, his home state) is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a defender.[2]
Career
Club
Born in Feira de Santana, Júnior Baiano began his career in the late 1980s, playing with Flamengo in the Campeonato Brasileiro. Over the course of the next 15 years Júnior Baiano's career took him to Germany, China, and all over Brazil. He is most remembered in Germany for the ten-match ban he received after punching an opponent in a game, which caused his club Werder Bremen to cancel his contract.[3] He won the Campeonato Carioca twice in two stints with Flamengo in 1991 and 2004, as well as the Copa do Brasil and the Campeonato Brasileiro. He also won the Copa Conmebol and the Recopa Sul-Americana with São Paulo in 1994, and the Copa Libertadores with Palmeiras in 1999.
He retired at the end of 2005, but in December 2006 he signed a professional contract with América from Rio de Janeiro to defend the club in Rio State Championship in the beginning of 2007. Baiano signed a contract with Brasiliense to play Série B Brazilian League in 2007.
After a brief stint with Volta Redonda in 2009, he signed with Miami FC of the USL First Division, which is coached by his former Brazilian national team teammate Zinho.
International
Júnior Baiano earned 25 caps with the Brazilian national team in 1997 and 1998, and was a member of the Brazil squad which took part in the 1998 World Cup, the 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup, and which won the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup. During the 1998 World Cup Baiano played a key role in the Brazil squad which reached the 1998 FIFA World Cup Final in Paris, although in the match against Norway which Brazil lost 2–1, he lost a "trial of strength" with Tore André Flo immediately before the striker hit the ball beyond the reach of Claudio Taffarel.[4]
Honours
Club
- Campeonato Carioca: 1991, 2004
- Copa do Brasil: 1990
- Campeonato Brasileiro: 1992, 2000
- Copa Conmebol: 1994
- Recopa Sul-Americana: 1994
- Copa Mercosul: 1998, 2000
- Copa Libertadores: 1999
International
Individual
- kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season: 1995–96[5]
- Bola de Prata: 1997
References
- ^ http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/10132/Junior_Baiano.html
- ^ "Júnior Baiano". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
- ^ Martin, Andrew (18 September 1996). "Samba beatings ruining game". The Independent. London. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
- ^ "Júnior Baiano". FIFA. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
- ^ "Bundesliga Historie 1985/96" (in German). kicker.
External links
- Júnior Baiano at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1970 births
- Living people
- People from Feira de Santana
- Brazilian footballers
- Brazilian football managers
- Association football defenders
- Brazil international footballers
- Brazilian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Expatriate footballers in China
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in China
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup players
- 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 1998 FIFA World Cup players
- FIFA Confederations Cup-winning players
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
- Bundesliga players
- USL First Division players
- Clube de Regatas do Flamengo footballers
- São Paulo FC players
- SV Werder Bremen players
- Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras players
- CR Vasco da Gama players
- Shanghai Greenland Shenhua F.C. players
- Sport Club Internacional players
- America Football Club (RJ) players
- Brasiliense Futebol Clube players
- Volta Redonda Futebol Clube players
- Miami FC (2006) players
- Santa Helena Esporte Clube managers
- Itumbiara Esporte Clube managers