Flamengo beat Fluminense 2-1, on the night of Wednesday (12/03), in Maracanã, and came out in the final of the Carioca Championship. Keno scored the tricolor goal, but Wesley and Juninho scored for the red-black.
The striker entered the second stage and managed to score a beautiful goal, his second with Fla’s shirt. Sporting News brings more details of the athlete.
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Who is Juninho?
Juninho is 28 years old and began his career at the base of Athletico, where he stayed until the under-20. From there, it was loaned to Portimonense, from Portugal, but without much chance. He also had stints at clubs such as Brazil of Pelotas, Novorizontino, Figueirense and Vila Nova.
In 2019, he left Athletico to play at Estoril Praia, Portugal. He stood out and played at Chaves, another Portuguese club, until he was hired by Qarabag in 2023, where he won the Azerbaijan League last season.
Juninho is a more area player, the typical nine shirt, but in some games he also usually comes out of the reference and falls a little to the left side of the attack. At 1.78m, the player does not usually score heads. He signed a contract with Fla by the end of 2028.
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How was Juninho’s goal at Fluminense x Flamengo?
At 31 minutes of the second half, Juninho took advantage of the area and hit the first leg. The ball still deflected in the defender of Fluminense and deceived goalkeeper Fabio. The goal opened 2-0 for Flamengo, who later conceded Keno’s goal at 43.
To make the class happy and black! ⚽️🔴⚫️
Flamengo expands the scoring in the carioca final! Juninho, who had just entered, put the ball deep in the tricolor nets and made the second of the red-black in the match!
🎙️ | FLU 0x2 FLA |
— Canal GOAT (@CanalGOATBR)
Juninho !!!!
– Flamengo Planet 🌎 (@fla_infos)
Juninho numbers for Flamengo
| Games | Goals | Assists |
| 8 | 2 | 0 |
