Juninho (footballer, born January 1989)
![]() Juninho with LA Galaxy in 2011 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Vitor Gomes Pereira Junior | ||
Date of birth | 8 January 1989 | ||
Place of birth | São José dos Campos, Brazil | ||
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | LA Galaxy (U19 manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
2004–2008 | São Paulo | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2013 | São Paulo | 0 | (0) |
2009 |
→ Toledo (loan) | 10 | (2) |
2010–2012 | → LA Galaxy (loan) | 87 | (13) |
2013–2015 | LA Galaxy | 100 | (5) |
2016–2019 | Tijuana | 20 | (1) |
2017 |
→ Chicago Fire (loan) | 21 | (1) |
2019 | LA Galaxy | 2 | (0) |
2019 |
LA Galaxy II | 2 | (0) |
Total | 242 | (22) | |
Managerial career | |||
2020– | LA Galaxy (academy coach) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Vítor Gomes Pereira Júnior (born 8 January 1989), is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder, who is currently the head coach of the LA Galaxy Academy U-19 team playing in the United Premier Soccer League. He is commonly known as Juninho or Vitor Junior, and is the older brother of footballer Ricardo Goulart who plays for Santos.
Career
Juninho grew up in the city of
Juninho helped Galaxy win the
Juninho eventually made his stay at Los Angeles a permanent one when he signed with the club in January 2013 following his release from São Paulo.[10] In his six seasons with LA Galaxy, Juninho made 180 starts and 187 regular season appearances, recording 18 goals and 23 assists along the way. He also recorded an additional 21 appearances, one goal and four assists in postseason play, including scoring the decisive goal in the 2014 Wester Conference Final to send the Galaxy to the MLS Cup.[11]
In December 2015, Juninho was sold to Tijuana of Liga MX, where he signed a three-year deal.[12]
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In December 2016, Juninho was loaned from Tijuana to
On 18 December 2018, Juninho returned to LA Galaxy for a third stint, after acquiring the Right of First Refusal from the Chicago Fire in exchange for $75,000 in General Allocation Money.[11]
On 30 June 2020, Juninho announced his retirement from playing professional football.[14]
Coaching
After retiring, Juninho was hired as a academy coach at LA Galaxy.[15] Juninho was named head coach of the LA Galaxy Academy U-19 squad ahead of their first season playing in the United Premier Soccer League. He had previously coached the Galaxy U-14 team before joining Marcelo Sarvas in coaching the Galaxy U-17s.[16]
Personal life
Juninho holds a
Honours
Club
- São Paulo Reserves
- U-17 Paulista Championship: 2006
- Los Angeles Galaxy
- Individual
References
- ^ "Galaxy sign three players on loan from Sao Paulo FC". Major League Soccer. 23 December 2010. Archived from the original on 19 March 2010. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
- ^ "CBC.ca Sports". Stats.cbc.ca. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved October 25, 2010.
- ^ "Galaxy power through Saints and into the Qtr. Finals | Major League Soccer". Mlssoccer.com. 29 June 2010. Archived from the original on 3 September 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
- ^ Mayers, Joshua (4 July 2010). "Sounders FC Blog | Sounders FC 1, Los Angeles Galaxy 3 - team recap/stats | Seattle Times Newspaper". Seattletimes.nwsource.com. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
- ^ MLSsoccer.com (9 July 2010). "Juninho grabs AT&T Goal of the Week honors for Week 14 | Major League Soccer". Mlssoccer.com. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
- ^ "LA Galaxy Win 2011 Supporters' Shield". Los Angeles Galaxy Communications. LAGalaxy.com. 8 October 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
- ^ "2011-11-20: LA Galaxy vs. Houston Dynamo, MLS Cup". MLSsoccer.com. 20 November 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
- ^ "Sports Now". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ "Juninho and Leonardo to return to the LA Galaxy in 2012 | LA Galaxy".
- ^ "Juninho announces LA Galaxy return and Sao Paulo departure on Facebook". LA Galaxy. 15 January 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ a b "LA Galaxy sign midfielder Juninho". LA Galaxy. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ "LA Galaxy transfer midfielder Juninho to Club Tijuana | LA Galaxy".
- ^ "Juninho". MLSsoccer.com. Major League Soccer. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ "Midfielder Juninho retires from professional soccer | LA Galaxy".
- ^ LA Galaxy add Juninho and Marcelo Sarvas to LA Galaxy Academy coaching staff, lagalaxy.com, 1 July 2020
- ^ "LA Galaxy Add Yoann Damet to First-Team Coaching Staff". LAGalaxy.com. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
- ^ Kevin Baxter (18 July 2015). "MLS' complicated pay structure means teams have to get creative". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
- ^ "Jogou com Beckham e conheceu Obama: Irmão de R. Goulart quer defender EUA". Esporte. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
- ^ "A 10 do Rei tem novo dono: Ricardo Goulart é anunciado como reforço do Santos FC" [The King's number 10 has a new owner: Ricardo Goulart is announced as an addition of Santos FC] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Santos FC. 11 January 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
External links
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