Juninho (footballer, born 1996)

Juninho (footballer, born 1996), 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.

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Name (English)

Juninho (footballer, born 1996)

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)

Origin

Pitangui, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Height

179 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Rat

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juninho%20(footballer%2C%20born%201996)
• 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
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q50841898

Tags

• Minas Gerais
• association football player

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.