José Francisco da Silva Botelho Jr. (literally ''little Júnior''), known as Juninho, or Juninho Botelho, (born 19 January 1987) is a Brazilian

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midfielder who plays for Juventude.

Biography

Grêmio

Juninho Botelho signed his first contract with Grêmio in June 2003. He renewed his contract on 1 January 2006. He also played for the under-20 team at 2006

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, a state-wise senior event. In January 2007, he was loaned to

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. The team finished as the 8th of Group B of 2007

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and relegated. The club had two grest defeat that season, losing to Grêmio and São José (PA) in 0–4. In April he returned to the youth team of Grêmio and played in 2007 Copa FGF. In January 2008 he was loaned to Esportivo and in June left for

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. and played in

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. In August he returned to Rio Grande do Sul, signed a contract with

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for 2008 Copa FGF. In January 2009 he was re-signed by Esportivo. He then released by Grêmio and left for amateur side Canoas .

Itumbiara & Ituiutaba

In January 2010 he left for

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. in February he was signed by

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and finished as the bottom of

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Sarajevo & Cruzeiro (PA)

In August 2010 he was signed by

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club

FK Sarajevo Fudbalski klub Sarajevo ( sh-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Сарајево; , English language, English: Sarajevo Football Club), is a professional Association football, football Sports club, club based in Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosn ...

. he made his cup debut in BiH Cup. In January 2011 he left for Cruzeiro de Porto Alegre until the end of

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. He made his club debut on 19 February 2011, a 1–1 draw with Internacional as substitute.

Honours

: 2006 (Grêmio under-20)

References

External links

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Juninho Botelho
at playmakerstats.com (English version of ogol.com.br) {{DEFAULTSORT:Botelho, Juninho Brazilian men's footballers Esporte Clube Cruzeiro players Grêmio FBPA players Canoas Sport Club players Itumbiara Esporte Clube players Esporte Clube Juventude players FK Sarajevo players Men's association football midfielders Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Bosnia and Herzegovina Footballers from Porto Alegre 1987 births Living people 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen