Thiago Junio
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thiago Junio de Aquino | ||
| Date of birth | April 3, 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2004 | Atlético Mineiro | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2006 | Atlético Mineiro | 5 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | → Aalborg BK (Loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2006 | América Mineiro | 18 | (0) |
| 2007 | Gama | 10 | (0) |
| 2007 | Ceara | 6 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Gondomar | 8 | (0) |
| 2009 | Ceilândia | 3 | (0) |
| 2009 | Ipatinga | 11 | (0) |
| 2010 | Canoas | 15 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | São Raimundo (PA) | 7 | (2) |
| 2012 | Noroeste | 21 | (2) |
| 2012–2013 | Nacional (MG) | 1 | (1) |
| 2014 | Đồng Nai | 19 | (1) |
| 2015–2017 | Perak | 59 | (5) |
| 2018–2019 | Felda United | 28 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2001 | Brazil U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2015 | Malaysia XI | 2 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 June 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2016 | |||
Thiago Junior Aquino (born 3 April 1984), simply known as Thiago Junio is a Brazilian professional footballer who last played for Felda United in Malaysia Premier League as a defender.
Club career
[edit]After playing for Brazil U17 in 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship, he signed for Atlético Mineiro in 2001. He spent the following season on loan at Danish Superliga club with Aalborg BK. Making 5 appearances for Atlético Mineiro, he signed for América Mineiro. In the following seasons, he continued to play in lower divisions of club football.[1]
He entered Portuguese football with Gondomar in 2007. However the stint was brief as in the following year he returned home to Brazil. He again tried his luck with various clubs in the lower division.[1] In 2014, entered Asian football by signing for Đồng Nai of Vietnam.[2] He joined his current club, Perak FA, a team in Malaysia Super League in December 2014.
While in Malaysia, he also was selected in a Malaysia League XI team, composed of Super League and Premier League players, in a friendly against visiting clubs Tottenham Hotspur F.C. and Liverpool F.C in May 2015. He scored the only goal for Malaysia XI against Tottenham Hotspur in a 1–2 loss for Malaysia XI.
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of 10 April 2018.[3]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Malaysia Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Perak | 2015 | Liga Super | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | 18 | 2 | |
| 2016 | Liga Super | 21 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | – | 30 | 3 | ||
| 2017 | Liga Super | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | – | 33 | 3 | ||
| Total | 59 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 1 | – | 81 | 8 | |||
| Felda United | 2018 | Liga Premier | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 7 | 1 | |
| Total | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 7 | 1 | |||
| Career Total | 64 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 1 | – | – | 88 | 9 | ||
Honours
[edit]Man of the Match
•Piala Malaysia Semi-finals 2017 (Perak versus JDT)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Footballzz profile". Footballzz. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
- ^ "Đồng Nai làm lễ xuất quân mùa bóng 2014 [Dong Nai military ceremony of 2014 season]". Baodongnai. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
- ^ "Thiago Junior". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
External links
[edit]- Thiago Junio at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Thiago Junio at Soccerway
- 1984 births
- Living people
- Men's association football defenders
- Brazilian men's footballers
- Atlético Minero footballers
- AaB Fodbold players
- América Futebol Clube (MG) players
- Sociedade Esportiva do Gama players
- Ceará Sporting Club players
- Gondomar S.C. players
- Ceilândia Esporte Clube players
- Canoas Sport Club players
- São Raimundo Esporte Clube (AM) footballers
- Esporte Clube Noroeste players
- Nacional Esporte Clube Ltda players
- Dong Nai FC players
- Perak F.C. players
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players
- Liga Portugal 2 players
- Danish Superliga players
- V.League 1 players
- Brazil men's youth international footballers
- 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen