Fábio Júnior (footballer, born 1977)

Fábio Júnior
Personal information
Full name	Fábio Júnior Pereira
Date of birth	20 November 1977 (age 46)
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
1997–1998	Cruzeiro
1998–2000	Roma
2000	Cruzeiro
2001	Palmeiras
2002	Cruzeiro
2003	Vitória Guimarães
2003	Atlético Mineiro
2004	Kashima Antlers
2005	Atlético Mineiro
2005	Al Wahda
2006–2007	VfL Bochum
2007–2008	Hapoel Tel Aviv
2008	Bahia
2009	Santo André
2009	Brasiliense
2010–2013	América-MG
2014	Minas Boca
2014	Boa Esporte
2015–2016	Guarani de Divinópolis
2016–2017	Villa Nova
International career
1999–2000	Brazil U-23
1998–1999	Brazil
	*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
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Cruzeiro	1997	Série A	8	0			—
	1998	Série A	32	18			—
	Total		40	18			0	0
Roma	1998–99	Serie A	7	3			—
	1999–00	Serie A	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
Brazil	1999	2	1
Total		3	1

Honours

Cruzeiro

Copa Sul-Minas: 2002
Campeonato Mineiro: 1997, 1998, 2002
Copa do Brasil: 2000

Brasiliense

Campeonato Brasiliense: 2008

Al-Wahda

UAE League: 2005

References

^ "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.
^ 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.
^ "Player profile". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 6 August 2013.

External links

Fábio Júnior at National-Football-Teams.com
Fábio Júnior at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)

[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.

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