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Juninho Fonseca

1958 - Today

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Alcides Fonseca Júnior (born 29 August 1958), known as Juninho Fonseca or just Juninho, is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a central defender. In career he played for clubs Ponte Preta (1974–1983 and 1989), Corinthians (1983–1986), Juventus and Vasco da Gama (1986), Cruzeiro (1987), XV de Piracicaba and Atlético Paranaense (1988), São José (1989), Nacional (1990), Olímpia (1991), and closed his career in Japan Japan Soccer League in 1992 with Yomiuri FC. He won one São Paulo State League (1983), one Guanabara Cup (1986), and two Japanese League (1991, 1992). For Brazil national football team he got in 1980-81 four international caps, never scored a goal. He was in the squad for 1982 FIFA World Cup, without playing any game. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Juninho Fonseca is the 5,570th most popular soccer player (up from 5,766th in 2024), the 848th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 873rd in 2019) and the 449th most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Juninho Fonseca ranks 5,570 out of 21,273. Before him are Elvir Bolić, Otto Addo, Abdukodir Khusanov, Keita Baldé, Moussa Sissoko, and Sun Wen. After him are Keishi Otani, Tranquilino Garcete, Ingemar Erlandsson, Momodu Mutairu, Allan Saint-Maximin, and Luis Izzeta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Juninho Fonseca ranks 471. Before him are Alexander Wendt, Martin Whitmarsh, Eddy Planckaert, Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón, Shalva Natelashvili, and Lynn-Holly Johnson. After him are Michel De Wolf, Adolf Lu Hitler Marak, Bengt-Åke Gustafsson, Rik Mayall, Barbara Crampton, and Christian Lindberg.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Juninho Fonseca ranks 848 out of 2,236. Before him are Marielle Franco (1979), Antônio Silva (1952), Izabel Goulart (1984), Daniela Escobar (1969), Fábio Simplício (1979), and Diego Carlos (1993). After him are Lucas Leiva (1987), Renato Augusto (1988), Émerson Luiz Firmino (1973), Andre Matos (1971), Cristiana Oliveira (1963), and Fábio Júnior (1977).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Juninho Fonseca ranks 449. Before him are Zetti (1965), Cuca (1963), Everton Nogueira (1959), Antônio Silva (1952), Fábio Simplício (1979), and Diego Carlos (1993). After him are Lucas Leiva (1987), Renato Augusto (1988), Émerson Luiz Firmino (1973), Fábio Júnior (1977), Gabriel Martinelli (2001), and Túlio Maravilha (1969).

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