Júnior Baiano

Júnior Baiano fascinates me precisely because his nickname is his hometown. A 192-cm centre-back out of Feira de Santana in Bahia, he carried his region's name onto the pitch and built his game on the unfashionable art of stopping people. I have a soft spot for the defenders who do the dirty work while the strikers collect the glory, and a towering stopper like him is the backbone a team is built on. That he later moved into coaching feels fitting to me: a man who lived by the discipline of defending now passing that philosophy to the next generation.

Name (English)

Júnior Baiano

Name (Japanese)

ジュニオール・バイアーノ

Reading

じゅにおーる・ばいあーの

Born

March 14, 1970 (age 56)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Dog

Origin

Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil

Height

192 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A5%E3%83%8B%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8E

Tags

• Bahia
• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

2026-06-02

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