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Olávio Vieira dos Santos Júnior

オラーヴィオ・ヴィエイラ・ドス・サントス・ジュニオール　/　おらーゔぃお・ゔぃえいら・どす・さんとす・じゅにおーる

Association football player from Brazil

November 21, 1996 (age 29)　・　Pitangui, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Minas Gerais
association football player

My Take

Olávio Vieira dos Santos Júnior, known simply as Juninho, faces an interesting challenge, sharing a nickname with several famous Brazilians means he has to carve out his own identity from scratch. Out of Pitangui in Minas Gerais, he is a forward who, at 179 cm, clearly relies on Brazilian craft and movement rather than size. What I find compelling is his willingness to ply his trade abroad with UNAM in Mexico's Liga MX, because succeeding far from home tests a player in ways the local league never will. I am quietly rooting for him to make that long name his own.

Overview

Olávio Vieira dos Santos Júnior (born 21 November 1996), commonly known as Juninho (not to be confused with Juninho Paulista or Juninho Pernambucano), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga MX club UNAM.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Olávio Vieira dos Santos Júnior
Name (Japanese): オラーヴィオ・ヴィエイラ・ドス・サントス・ジュニオール
Reading: おらーゔぃお・ゔぃえいら・どす・さんとす・じゅにおーる
Born: November 21, 1996 (age 29)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Scorpio / Rat
Origin: Pitangui, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Blood type: Private
Height: 179 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: association football player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AA%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A8%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%89%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A5%E3%83%8B%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB

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