Juary Jorge dos Santos Filho (; born 16 June 1959), known simply as Juary, is a Brazilian former professional

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who played as a striker, and currently a

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. He is the current head coach of

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club Náutico.

Club career

Born in

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, Juary started his career at

Santos FC Santos Futebol Clube () is a Brazilian sports club based in Vila Belmiro, a ''bairro'' in the city of Santos, São Paulo, Santos. It plays in the Campeonato Paulista, the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo's premier State football lea ...

. As an 18-year-old, he was important to the club's 1978 conquest of the Paulistan League. He had his first stint abroad the following year, with

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's Leones Negros de Guadalajara. In 1980, Juary embarked on an

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adventure that would last five seasons, as he mainly represented modest teams ( U.S. Avellino, Ascoli Calcio 1898 and U.S. Cremonese – additionally, in 1982–83, he played with

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, scoring twice in

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). Juary moved to

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and

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, in the 1985 summer, serving as backup to club great Fernando Gomes. There, he achieved the greatest moment in his career when, on 27 May 1987, he came from the bench to net the decisive 2–1 against

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in the 1986–87

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, assisted by Rabah Madjer who had just equalized the score. However, Juary left Porto in the ensuing season, returning to his country with

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and moving back to Santos the following year, where he was not able to reproduce his previous form, finally retiring in 1990 with Moto Club, in

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. In the 2000's, Juary worked as a youth coach at

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and

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. Juary was appointed as head coach of '' Eccellenza Basilicata'' amateurs Banzi in February 2009, but left only after two games (both ended in a loss), citing personal reasons that required his presence in Brazil. In January 2010 Juary signed, also as main coach, at

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side S.F. Aversa Normanna, replacing Raffaele Sergio. Between 2015 and 2021, Juary worked in Santos' youth setup, eventually managing the club's U13s. On 16 November 2023, Juary was appointed manager of

club Náutico.

International career

Juary played twice for

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in 1979 (aged 20), going scoreless in the process: his debut came on 26 July against

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, and he also appeared in a friendly with

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on 2 August. He was a member of the squad that took part at the

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that year, reaching the semi-finals.

Honours

Porto *

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: 1985–86, 1987–88 *

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: 1987–88 *

: 1986–87 *

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1987 Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader ...

* Intercontinental Cup:

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Juary 1959 births Living people Footballers from São João de Meriti Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Santos FC players Associação Portuguesa de Desportos players Liga MX players Leones Negros UdeG footballers Serie A players US Avellino 1912 players Inter Milan players Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC players US Cremonese players Primeira Liga players FC Porto players UEFA Champions League–winning players Boavista F.C. players Brazil men's international footballers 1979 Copa América players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Brazilian football managers Brazilian emigrants to Italy Santos FC non-playing staff 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen