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Juninho Paulista

1973 - Today

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Osvaldo Giroldo Júnior (born 22 February 1973), known as Juninho or Juninho Paulista, is a Brazilian former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder and is now the national team co-ordinator of the Brazil national football team. During his professional career, he played for Brazilian clubs São Paulo, Vasco da Gama, Palmeiras, Flamengo, as well as English club Middlesbrough, Spanish club Atlético Madrid, Celtic in Scotland and Sydney FC in Australia. Juninho played 49 international matches for the Brazil national team from 1995 to 2003, winning the 2002 FIFA World Cup and the bronze medal at the 1996 Olympic tournament. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Juninho Paulista is the 3,276th most popular soccer player (down from 2,526th in 2024), the 609th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 507th in 2019) and the 311th most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Juninho Paulista ranks 3,276 out of 21,273. Before him are Yasuhito Suzuki, Jesé, Nélson Luís Kerchner, Sándor Gellér, Constantin Stanciu, and Hirohide Adachi. After him are Gösta Löfgren, Hélder Postiga, Florea Dumitrache, Valentin Bubukin, Manuel Almunia, and Jô.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Juninho Paulista ranks 185. Before him are Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Sharlto Copley, Seiji Kubo, Julie Depardieu, Nacho Vidal, and Jane March. After him are Kaoru Nagadome, Louis Leterrier, Tomislav Marić, Marcus Allbäck, Gackt, and Alpay Özalan.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Juninho Paulista ranks 609 out of 2,236. Before him are Policarpo Ribeiro de Oliveira (1907), Alex (1977), Joaquim Nabuco (1849), Levir Culpi (1953), Jô Soares (1938), and Nélson Luís Kerchner (1962). After him are Jô (1987), João Cabral de Melo Neto (1920), Eike Batista (1956), Sylvio Hoffmann (1908), João Ubaldo Ribeiro (1941), and Cecília Meireles (1901).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Juninho Paulista ranks 311. Before him are Eduardo da Silva (1983), Mirandinha (1959), Policarpo Ribeiro de Oliveira (1907), Alex (1977), Levir Culpi (1953), and Nélson Luís Kerchner (1962). After him are Jô (1987), Sylvio Hoffmann (1908), Tinoco (1904), Malcom (1997), Estanislau de Figueiredo Pamplona (1904), and Zé Luiz (1904).

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