Thiago Junior Aquino
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thiago Junior Aquino | ||
| Date of birth | April 3, 1984 | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Perak FA | ||
| Number | 26 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2004 | Atlético Mineiro | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2006 | Atlético Mineiro | 5 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | → Aalborg BK (Loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2006 | América Mineiro | 18 | (0) |
| 2007 | Gama | 10 | (0) |
| 2007 | Ceara | 6 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Gondomar | 8 | (0) |
| 2009 | Ceilândia | 3 | (0) |
| 2009 | Ipatinga | 11 | (0) |
| 2010 | Canoas | 15 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | São Raimundo (PA) | 7 | (2) |
| 2012 | Noroeste | 21 | (2) |
| 2012–2013 | Nacional (MG) | 1 | (1) |
| 2014 | Đồng Nai | 19 | (1) |
| 2015– | Perak FA | 26 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2001 | Brazil U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2015 | Malaysia XI | 2 | (1) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of March 26, 2016. | |||
Thiago Junior Aquino (born 3 April 1984), simply known as Thiago Junio is a Brazilian professional footballer playing for Perak in Malaysia Super League as a defender.
Club career
After playing for Brazil U17 in 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship, he signed for Atlético Mineiro in 2001. He spent the following season on loan at Danish Superliga club with Aalborg BK. Making 5 appearances for Atlético Mineiro, he signed for América Mineiro. In the following seasons, he continued to play in lower divisions of club football.[1]
He entered Portuguese football with Gondomar in 2007. However the stint was brief as in the following year he returned home to Brazil. He again tried his luck with various clubs in the lower division.[1] In 2014, entered Asian football by signing for Đồng Nai of Vietnam.[2] He joined his current club, Perak FA, a team in Malaysia Super League in December 2014.
While in Malaysia, he also was selected in a Malaysia League XI team, composed of Super League and Premier League players, in a friendly against visiting clubs Tottenham Hotspur F.C. and Liverpool F.C on May 2015. He scored the only goal for Malaysia XI against Tottenham Hotspur in a 1-2 loss for Malaysia XI.
References
- 1 2 "Footballzz profile". Footballzz. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
- ↑ "Đồng Nai làm lễ xuất quân mùa bóng 2014 [Dong Nai military ceremony of 2014 season]". Baodongnai. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
External links
- Thiago Junior Aquino at thefinalball.com
- Thiago Junior Aquino profile at ForaDeJogo
- Thiago Junior Aquino profile at Soccerway