Juninho Paulista

Retired
Last club: Ituano Most games for: Middlesbrough Retired since: May 1, 2010

Date of birth/Age: Feb 22, 1973 (51)
Place of birth: São Paulo
Citizenship: Brazil

Height: 1,67 m
Position: Attacking Midfield

Former International: Brazil
Caps/Goals: 52 / 4

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Team coordinator Club: Brazil

National team career

#	National team		Debut			Coach at debut	Age at debut
	Brazil
-		Brazil	Feb 22, 1995	52	4	Mario Zagallo	22 years 00 days
	Brazil
-		Brazil Olympic Team	Jul 21, 1996	6	1	Mario Zagallo	23 years 04 months 29 days

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Total :			52	4	12	-	18	15	2	-	-	1	782'	3.129'
	International Friendlies	25	3	6	-	10	7	1	-	-	1	473'	1.418'
	World Cup qualification	9	1	2	-	4	2	-	-	-	-	509'	509'
	Copa América	9	-	2	-	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	649'
	World Cup	5	-	-	-	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	265'
	Confederations Cup	4	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	288'

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	Matchday	Venue	Date			Result	Pos.
	International Friendlies
		Fortaleza	Feb 22, 1995	Brazil	Slovakia	5:0			2				90'
		Goiânia	Mar 29, 1995	Brazil	Honduras	1:1						62'	62'
		Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv	May 17, 1995	Israel	Brazil	1:2			1				90'
		Birmingham	Jun 4, 1995	Brazil	Sweden	1:0							90'
		Liverpool	Jun 6, 1995	Brazil	Japan	3:0						60'	60'
			Jun 11, 1995	England	Brazil	1:3	AM	1	1			84'	84'
		Recife	Jun 29, 1995	Brazil	Poland	2:1	Not in squad
	Copa América 1995
	Group B		Jul 7, 1995	Brazil	Ecuador	1:0	RM						90'
	Group B		Jul 10, 1995	Brazil	Peru	2:0							90'
	Group B		Jul 13, 1995	Brazil	Colombia	3:0			1				90'
	Quarter-Finals		Jul 18, 1995	Brazil	Argentina	6:4 on pens	AM						90'
	Semi-Finals	Maldonado	Jul 20, 1995	Brazil	USA	1:0			1				90'
	Final	Montevideo	Jul 23, 1995	Uruguay	Brazil	6:4 on pens				67'		78'	78'
	International Friendlies
		Tokyo	Aug 9, 1995	Japan	Brazil	1:5					75'		15'
		Suwon	Aug 12, 1995	South Korea	Brazil	0:1					67'		23'
		Belo Horizonte	Sep 27, 1995	Brazil	Romania B	2:2	Not in squad
		Salvador	Oct 11, 1995	Brazil	Uruguay	2:0	Not in squad
		Buenos Aires	Nov 9, 1995	Argentina	Brazil	0:1	LM						90'
		Manaus	Dec 20, 1995	Brazil	Colombia	3:1	Not in squad
	Gold Cup 1996
	Group B	Los Angeles, California	Jan 12, 1996	Brazil	Canada	4:1	Not in squad
	Group B	Los Angeles, California	Jan 14, 1996	Brazil	Honduras	5:0	Not in squad
	Semi-Finals	Los Angeles, California	Jan 18, 1996	USA	Brazil	0:1	Not in squad
	Final	Los Angeles, California	Jan 21, 1996	Brazil	Mexico	0:2	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		São José do Rio Preto	Mar 27, 1996	Brazil	Ghana	8:2			2			76'	76'
		Johannesburg	Apr 24, 1996	South Africa	Brazil	2:3	Not in squad
		Manaus	May 22, 1996	Brazil	Croatia U21	1:1							90'
			Jun 26, 1996	Brazil	Poland	3:1							90'
		Moskau	Aug 28, 1996	Russia	Brazil	2:2	Not in squad
		Amsterdam Zuid-Oost	Aug 31, 1996	Netherlands	Brazil	2:2	Not in squad
			Oct 16, 1996	Brazil	Lithuania	3:1	Not in squad
		Curitiba	Nov 13, 1996	Brazil	Cameroon	2:0	Not in squad
		Manaus	Dec 18, 1996	Brazil	Bosnia	1:0	Not in squad
		Goiânia	Feb 26, 1997	Brazil	Poland	4:2					46'		45'
		Brasília	Apr 3, 1997	Brazil	Chile	4:0	CM						90'
		Fort Lauderdale, Florida	Apr 30, 1997	Brazil	Mexico	4:0	Not in squad
		Oslo	May 30, 1997	Norway	Brazil	4:2	Not in squad
		Lyon	Jun 3, 1997	France	Brazil	1:1	Not in squad
		Lyon	Jun 8, 1997	Italy	Brazil	3:3	Not in squad
		Paris	Jun 10, 1997	England	Brazil	0:1	Not in squad
	Copa América 1997
	Group C	Santa Cruz	Jun 13, 1997	Brazil	Costa Rica	5:0	Not in squad
	Group C	Santa Cruz	Jun 16, 1997	Brazil	Mexico	3:2	Not in squad
	Group C	Santa Cruz	Jun 19, 1997	Brazil	Colombia	2:0	Not in squad
	Quarter-Finals	Santa Cruz	Jun 22, 1997	Brazil	Paraguay	2:0	Not in squad
	Semi-Finals	Santa Cruz	Jun 26, 1997	Brazil	Peru	7:0	Not in squad
	Final	La Paz	Jun 29, 1997	Brazil	Bolivia	3:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Seoul	Aug 10, 1997	South Korea	Brazil	1:2					73'		17'
		Osaka, Osaka	Aug 13, 1997	Japan	Brazil	0:3					72'		18'
		Salvador	Sep 10, 1997	Brazil	Ecuador	4:2	Not in squad
		Belém	Oct 9, 1997	Brazil	Morocco	2:0				✔			90'
		Brasília	Nov 11, 1997	Brazil	Wales	3:0	Not in squad
		New Doornfontein, Johannesburg	Dec 7, 1997	South Africa	Brazil	1:2	Not in squad
	Confederations Cup 1997
	Group A	Riad	Dec 12, 1997	Saudi Arabia	Brazil	0:3					72'		18'
	Group A	Riad	Dec 14, 1997	Australia	Brazil	0:0	on the bench
	Group A	Riad	Dec 16, 1997	Brazil	Mexico	3:2	RM						90'
	Semi-Finals	Riad	Dec 19, 1997	Brazil	Czechia	2:0	LM		1				90'
	Final	Riad	Dec 21, 1997	Brazil	Australia	6:0	RM		1				90'
	Gold Cup 1998
	Group A	Fort Lauderdale, Florida	Feb 3, 1998	Brazil	Jamaica	0:0	unknown injury
	Group A	Fort Lauderdale, Florida	Feb 5, 1998	Brazil	Guatemala	1:1	unknown injury
	Group A	Los Angeles, California	Feb 8, 1998	El Salvador	Brazil	0:4	unknown injury
	Semi-Finals	Los Angeles, California	Feb 10, 1998	USA	Brazil	1:0	unknown injury
	Third Place Play-Off	Los Angeles, California	Feb 15, 1998	Brazil	Jamaica	1:0	unknown injury
	International Friendlies
		Stuttgart	Mar 25, 1998	Germany	Brazil	1:2	unknown injury
		Rio de Janeiro	Apr 30, 1998	Brazil	Argentina	0:1	unknown injury
		Saint-Ouen, Seine-Saint-Denis	Jun 3, 1998	Andorra	Brazil	0:3	Not in squad
	World Cup 1998
	Group A	Saint Denis	Jun 10, 1998	Brazil	Scotland	2:1	Not in squad
	Group A	Nantes	Jun 16, 1998	Brazil	Morocco	3:0	Not in squad
	Group A	Marseille	Jun 23, 1998	Brazil	Norway	1:2	Not in squad
	Round of 16	Paris	Jun 27, 1998	Brazil	Chile	4:1	Not in squad
	Quarter-Finals	Nantes	Jul 3, 1998	Brazil	Denmark	3:2	Not in squad
	Semi-Finals	Marseille	Jul 7, 1998	Brazil	Netherlands	4:2 on pens	Not in squad
	Final	Saint Denis	Jul 12, 1998	Brazil	France	0:3	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
			Sep 23, 1998	Brazil	Yugoslavia	1:1	Not in squad
		Washington, D.C.	Oct 14, 1998	Brazil	Ecuador	5:1	Not in squad
		Fortaleza	Nov 18, 1998	Brazil	Russia	5:1	Not in squad
		Seoul	Mar 28, 1999	South Korea	Brazil	1:0	Not in squad
		Tokyo	Mar 31, 1999	Japan	Brazil	0:2	Not in squad
		Salvador	Jun 5, 1999	Brazil	Netherlands	2:2					75'		15'
		Goiânia	Jun 8, 1999	Brazil	Netherlands	3:1	on the bench
		Curitiba	Jun 26, 1999	Brazil	Latvia	3:0	Not in squad
	Copa América 1999
	Group B		Jun 30, 1999	Brazil	Venezuela	7:0	Not in squad
	Group B		Jul 3, 1999	Brazil	Mexico	2:1	Not in squad
	Group B		Jul 7, 1999	Brazil	Chile	1:0	Not in squad
	Quarter-Finals		Jul 12, 1999	Brazil	Argentina	2:1	Not in squad
	Semi-Finals		Jul 15, 1999	Brazil	Mexico	2:0	Not in squad
	Final	Asunción	Jul 18, 1999	Brazil	Uruguay	3:0	Not in squad
	Confederations Cup 1999
	Group B	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jul 24, 1999	Brazil	Germany	4:0	Not in squad
	Group B	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jul 28, 1999	Brazil	USA	1:0	Not in squad
	Group B	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Jul 29, 1999	New Zealand	Brazil	0:2	Not in squad
	Semi-Finals	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Aug 1, 1999	Brazil	Saudi Arabia	8:2	Not in squad
	Final	Mexico City	Aug 5, 1999	Mexico	Brazil	4:3	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Buenos Aires	Sep 4, 1999	Argentina	Brazil	2:0	Not in squad
		Porto Alegre (RS)	Sep 7, 1999	Brazil	Argentina	4:2	Not in squad
		Amsterdam Zuid-Oost	Oct 9, 1999	Netherlands	Brazil	2:2	Not in squad
		Vigo	Nov 13, 1999	Spain	Brazil	0:0	Not in squad
		Bangkok	Feb 23, 2000	Thailand	Brazil	0:7	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification South America
	Group A		Mar 28, 2000	Colombia	Brazil	0:0	Not in squad
	Group A	São Paulo	Apr 26, 2000	Brazil	Ecuador	3:2	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Cardiff	May 23, 2000	Wales	Brazil	0:3	Not in squad
		London	May 27, 2000	England	Brazil	1:1	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification South America
	Group A	Lima	Jun 4, 2000	Peru	Brazil	0:1	Not in squad
	Group A	Rio de Janeiro	Jun 28, 2000	Brazil	Uruguay	1:1	Not in squad
	Group A	Asunción	Jul 18, 2000	Paraguay	Brazil	2:1	Not in squad
	Group A	São Paulo	Jul 27, 2000	Brazil	Argentina	3:1	Not in squad
	Group A	Santiago de Chile	Aug 15, 2000	Chile	Brazil	3:0	Not in squad
	Group A	Rio de Janeiro	Sep 3, 2000	Brazil	Bolivia	5:0					60'		30'
	Group A	Maracaibo	Oct 8, 2000	Venezuela	Brazil	0:6	LM	1	1			80'	80'
	Group A	São Paulo	Nov 15, 2000	Brazil	Colombia	1:0	LM		1				90'
	International Friendlies
		Pasadena, Kalifornien	Mar 3, 2001	USA	Brazil	1:2						46'	45'
		Guadalajara, Jalisco	Mar 7, 2001	Mexico	Brazil	3:3	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification South America
	Group A	Quito	Mar 28, 2001	Ecuador	Brazil	1:0	AM						90'
	Group A	São Paulo	Apr 25, 2001	Brazil	Peru	1:1					46'		45'
	Confederations Cup 2001
	Group B	Kashima	May 31, 2001	Brazil	Cameroon	2:0	Not in squad
	Group B	Kashima	Jun 2, 2001	Brazil	Canada	0:0	Not in squad
	Group B	Kashima	Jun 4, 2001	Japan	Brazil	0:0	Not in squad
	Semi-Finals	Suwon	Jun 7, 2001	France	Brazil	2:1	Not in squad
	Third Place Play-Off	Nam-gu, Ulsan	Jun 9, 2001	Brazil	Australia	0:1	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification South America
	Group A	Montevideo	Jul 1, 2001	Uruguay	Brazil	1:0							90'
	Copa América 2001
	Group B	Santiago de Cali	Jul 13, 2001	Brazil	Mexico	0:1						46'	45'
	Group B	Santiago de Cali	Jul 15, 2001	Brazil	Peru	2:0					58'		32'
	Group B	Santiago de Cali	Jul 19, 2001	Brazil	Paraguay	3:1	on the bench
	Quarter-Finals	Manizales	Jul 24, 2001	Brazil	Honduras	0:2					46'		45'
	International Friendlies
		Curitiba	Aug 9, 2001	Brazil	Panama	5:0		1			68'		22'
	World Cup qualification South America
	Group A	Porto Alegre	Aug 15, 2001	Brazil	Paraguay	2:0	on the bench
	Group A	Buenos Aires	Sep 6, 2001	Argentina	Brazil	2:1	Not in squad
	Group A	Curitiba	Oct 7, 2001	Brazil	Chile	2:0	AM				88'		2'
	Group A	La Paz	Nov 7, 2001	Bolivia	Brazil	3:1					74'		16'
	Group A		Nov 15, 2001	Brazil	Venezuela	3:0	LW					67'	67'
	International Friendlies
		Goiânia	Jan 31, 2002	Brazil	Bolivia	6:0	AM					69'	69'
		Riad	Feb 6, 2002	Saudi Arabia	Brazil	0:1	AM					86'	86'
			Mar 8, 2002	Brazil	Iceland	6:1	Not in squad
		Fortaleza	Mar 27, 2002	Brazil	Yugoslavia	1:0	AM				79'		11'
		Lissabon	Apr 17, 2002	Portugal	Brazil	1:1	Not in squad
		Kuala Lumpur, Bukit Jalil	May 25, 2002	Malaysia	Brazil	0:4	RW	1			61'		29'
	World Cup 2002
	Group C	Nam-gu, Ulsan	Jun 3, 2002	Brazil	Türkiye	2:1	AM					72'	72'
	Group C	Seogwipo	Jun 8, 2002	Brazil	China	4:0	RM					70'	70'
	Group C	Suwon	Jun 13, 2002	Costa Rica	Brazil	2:5	RW					61'	61'
	Round of 16		Jun 17, 2002	Brazil	Belgium	2:0	RM					57'	57'
	Quarter-Finals	Fukuroi, Shizuoka	Jun 21, 2002	England	Brazil	1:2	on the bench
	Semi-Finals	Saitama, Saitama	Jun 26, 2002	Brazil	Türkiye	1:0	on the bench
	Final	Kohoku-ku,Yokohama City	Jun 30, 2002	Germany	Brazil	0:2					85'		5'
	International Friendlies
			Aug 21, 2002	Brazil	Paraguay	0:1	Not in squad
		Seoul	Nov 20, 2002	South Korea	Brazil	2:3	Not in squad
			Feb 12, 2003	China	Brazil	0:0	Not in squad
		Porto	Mar 29, 2003	Portugal	Brazil	2:1	Not in squad
		Guadalajara, Jalisco	Apr 30, 2003	Mexico	Brazil	0:0	Not in squad
		Abuja	Jun 11, 2003	Nigeria	Brazil	0:3	Not in squad
	Confederations Cup 2003
	Group B	Saint Denis	Jun 19, 2003	Brazil	Cameroon	0:1	Not in squad
	Group B	Lyon	Jun 21, 2003	Brazil	USA	1:0	Not in squad
	Group B	Saint-Etienne	Jun 23, 2003	Brazil	Türkiye	2:2	Not in squad
	Gold Cup 2003
	Group A	Mexico City	Jul 13, 2003	Mexico	Brazil	1:0	Not in squad
	Group A	Mexico City	Jul 15, 2003	Brazil	Honduras	2:1	Not in squad
	Quarter-Finals	Miami	Jul 19, 2003	Colombia	Brazil	0:2	Not in squad
	Semi-Finals	Miami	Jul 23, 2003	USA	Brazil	1:2 AET	Not in squad
	Final	Mexico City	Jul 27, 2003	Mexico	Brazil	1:0 AET	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification South America
	Group A	Barranquilla	Sep 7, 2003	Colombia	Brazil	1:2	Not in squad
	Group A	Manaus	Sep 10, 2003	Brazil	Ecuador	1:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Leicester	Oct 12, 2003	Brazil	Jamaica	1:0					68'		22'
	World Cup qualification South America
	Group A	Lima	Nov 16, 2003	Peru	Brazil	1:1	Not in squad
	Group A	Curitiba	Nov 19, 2003	Brazil	Uruguay	3:3	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Dublin	Feb 18, 2004	Ireland	Brazil	0:0	on the bench
Squad: 59, Starting eleven: 34, Substituted in: 18, On the bench: 7, Suspended: 0, Injured: 7,