Fábio Júnior (footballer, born 1977)

Fábio Júnior
Personal information
Full name Fábio Júnior Pereira
Date of birth (1977-11-20) 20 November 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Manhuaçu, Brazil
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1993–1997 Democrata-GV
1997 Cruzeiro
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1998 Cruzeiro 40 (18)
1998–2000 Roma 16 (4)
2000 Cruzeiro 22 (9)
2001 Palmeiras 20 (3)
2002 Cruzeiro 25 (12)
2003 Vitória Guimarães 4 (0)
2003 Atlético Mineiro 34 (14)
2004 Kashima Antlers 13 (1)
2005 Atlético Mineiro 15 (3)
2005 Al Wahda 52 (15)
2006–2007 VfL Bochum 31 (3)
2007–2008 Hapoel Tel Aviv 15 (5)
2008 Bahia 17 (7)
2009 Santo André 14 (6)
2009 Brasiliense 23 (10)
2010–2013 América-MG 122 (36)
2014 Minas Boca 11 (3)
2014 Boa Esporte 6 (1)
2015–2016 Guarani de Divinópolis 11 (0)
2016–2017 Villa Nova 9 (4)
International career
1999–2000 Brazil U-23 12 (8)
1998–1999 Brazil 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fábio Júnior Pereira (born 20 November 1977), commonly known as just Fábio Júnior, is a Brazilian football pundit and retired footballer who played as a forward.

Career

Born in the São Pedro do Avaí district of Manhuaçu, Fábio Júnior began playing professional football in his home state, Minas Gerais. He has played for each of the three large professional clubs based in the capital of Belo Horizonte, Cruzeiro, Atlético Mineiro and América-MG.[1]

He was found using a fake passport to play as an EU-player in Italy, he was then fined and banned in Italy football for a season, although he never played again in Italy.[2]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[3]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Cruzeiro 1997 Série A 8 0 —
1998 32 18 —
Total 40 18 0 0
Roma 1998–99 Serie A 7 3 —
1999–00 9 1 —
Total 16 4 0 0
Cruzeiro 2000 Série A 18 7 —
Palmeiras 2001 Série A 20 3 —
Cruzeiro 2002 Série A 25 12 —
Vitória Guimarães 2002–03 Primeira Liga 4 0
Atlético Mineiro 2003 Série A 34 14 —
Kashima Antlers 2004 J1 League 13 1 2 1 2 0 17 2
Atlético Mineiro 2005 Série A 15 3 —
Al Wahda 2005–06 UAE League 0 0 —
VfL Bochum 2005–06 2. Bundesliga 15 1 0 0 — 15 1
2006–07 Bundesliga 16 2 2 0 — 18 2
Total 31 3 2 0 0 0 33 3
Hapoel Tel Aviv 2007–08 Premier League 33 7 33 7
Bahia 2008 Série B 0 0 —
Brasiliense 2009 Série B 23 10 —
América Mineiro 2010 Série B 34 19 —
2011 Série A —
Total 0 0
Career total 272 82

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Brazil 1998 1 0
1999 2 1
Total 3 1

Honours

Cruzeiro

Brasiliense

Al-Wahda

References

  1. ^ "Aos 36 anos, Fábio Júnior, ex-América, aguarda propostas para jogar" [At 36 years old, Fábio Júnior, former América player, awaits proposals to play]. O Tempo (in Portuguese). 26 April 2014.
  2. ^ Kennedy, Frances (28 June 2001). "Players banned over false passport scandal". The Independent. Archived from the original on 6 February 2010. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  3. ^ "Player profile". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 6 August 2013.