Junior Messias
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Walter Messias Júnior | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 13 May 1991||
Place of birth | Belo Horizonte, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) |
right winger, forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Genoa | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Youth career | |||
2008–2011 | Cruzeiro | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2017 |
Casale | 32 | (21) |
2016–2017 | Chieri | 33 | (14) |
2017–2019 | Gozzano | 51 | (8) |
2019–2022 | Crotone | 70 | (15) |
2021–2022 | → AC Milan (loan) | 26 | (5) |
2022–2024 | AC Milan | 25 | (5) |
2023–2024 | → Genoa (loan) | 9 | (1) |
2024– | Genoa | 7 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:23, 30 March 2024 (UTC) |
Walter Messias Júnior (born 13 May 1991) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an
.Club career
Early career
Messias started his senior career in the lower-tier, non-professional Italian divisions,
At the end of the 2017–18 season his team
Crotone
On 31 January 2019, Messias' rights were sold to
He scored his first Serie A goal on 25 October 2020 against Cagliari, followed by two braces in December against Spezia and Parma.[citation needed]
AC Milan
In 2021, Messias joined
On 6 January 2022, against
On 7 July, Milan bought him, despite the option to buy having already expired.[17]
Genoa
On 11 August 2023, Messias joined recently promoted Serie A club Genoa on a season-long loan with the option to make the deal permanent, which becomes an obligation if certain conditions are met.[18] On 13 January 2024, Genoa CFC paid the clause to AC Milan, totalling 3 million euros and with Messias permanently moving to the club.[19]
Personal life
A Brazilian by birth, Messias moved to Italy in 2011 together with his wife and son, joining his brother in Turin, where he started working in the delivery sector and playing football for an amateur team of the local Peruvian community in his free time.[4]
Career statistics
- As of match played 30 March 2024[20]
Club | Season | League | Coppa Italia | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Casale | 2015–16 | Eccellenza | 32 | 21 | — | — | — | 32 | 21 | |||
Chieri | 2016–17 | Serie D | 33 | 14 | — | — | 1[a] | 1 | 34 | 15 | ||
Gozzano | 2017–18 | Serie D | 19 | 4 | — | — | 4[b] | 1 | 23 | 5 | ||
2018–19 | Serie C | 32 | 4 | — | — | 3[c] | 1 | 35 | 5 | |||
Total | 51 | 8 | — | — | 7 | 2 | 58 | 10 | ||||
Crotone | 2019–20 | Serie B | 34 | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 6 | ||
2020–21 | Serie A | 36 | 9 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 9 | |||
Total | 70 | 15 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 73 | 15 | ||||
AC Milan (loan) | 2021–22 | Serie A | 26 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2[d] | 1 | — | 32 | 6 | |
AC Milan | 2022–23 | Serie A | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9[d] | 1 | 1[e] | 0 | 36 | 6 |
Total | 51 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 68 | 12 | ||
Genoa | 2023–24[f] | Serie A | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 1 | ||
Career total | 253 | 68 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 281 | 73 |
- ^ Appearance in Coppa Italia Serie D
- ^ One appearance in Coppa Italia Serie D, three appearances and one goal in Serie D play-offs
- ^ Appearances in Coppa Italia Serie C
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ^ Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana
- ^ Part of this season was spent on loan from AC Milan
Honours
AC Milan
References
- ^ "Official Statement: Messias Junior". AC Milan.
- ^ "Júnior Messias: Biography". AC Milan. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
- ^ Junior Messias at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
- ^ a b "Junior Messias, dallo sbarco in Italia in cerca di lavoro alla Serie A nel Crotone" (in Italian). LACNews24. 18 November 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- ^ "La storia di Junior, il "Messia" brasiliano che a Crotone avrà finalmente la sua chance | Sport Team Calabria" (in Italian). 31 January 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ "Cuneo v Gozzano game report". Soccerway. 23 September 2018.
- Gozzano. 31 January 2019.
- ^ "Crotone v Cosenza game report". Soccerway.
- ^ "Official Statement: Messias Junior". AC Milan. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ Campanale, Susy (24 November 2021). "Messias: 'Dedicated to those who believed in me'". Football Italia. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ "SENSATIONAL START TO 2022". Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- ^ Bettoni, Lorenzo. "REFEREE SERRA REVEALS WHAT IBRAHIMOVIC TOLD HIM AFTER MILAN-SPEZIA". Football Italia. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
- ^ "AC MILAN BEATEN AT THE DEATH". acmilan. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
- ^ "A DRAW IN SALERNO". acmilan. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
- ^ "AC MILAN 2-0 GENOA: RAFAEL LEAO AND JUNIOR MESSIAS GOALS SEE MILAN RETURN TO TOP OF SERIE A". Euro Sport. 15 April 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
- ^ "AC MILAN 2-0 ATALANTA: ROSSONERI MOVE TO WITHIN A POINT OF FIRST SCUDETTO IN 11 YEARS WITH COMFORTABLE WIN". Euro Sport. 15 May 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
- ^ "UFFICIALE: Milan, torna Messias. Stavolta il brasiliano si veste di rossonero a titolo definitivo - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com". www.tuttomercatoweb.com (in Italian). Retrieved 7 July 2022.
- ^ "Official Statement: Junior Messias". AC Milan. 11 August 2023.
- ^ "Genoa purchase Junior Messias from Milan - Football Italia". football-italia.net. 14 January 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
- ^ Junior Messias at Soccerway. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ "Milan secure 1st Serie A title in 11 years". News18 India. 22 May 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
External links
- Profile at the AC Milan website
- Junior Messias at Soccerway