Júnior Morais

For the Jamaican footballer, see Junior Morias. For the Brazilian-born Ukrainian footballer, see Junior Moraes.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Sousa and the second or paternal family name is Morais. "Júnior" is a generational suffix used for someone whose name is the same as their father, like "Jr." in English.

Iraneuton Sousa Morais Júnior (born 22 July 1986), known as Júnior Morais or Júnior Maranhão, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Liga I club Metaloglobus București.

Júnior Morais

Morais with FCSB in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Iraneuton Sousa Morais Júnior
Date of birth	(1986-07-22) 22 July 1986 (age 39)
Place of birth	São Luís, Brazil
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Left-back
Team information
Current team	Metaloglobus București
Number	12
Youth career
1998–2006	São Cristóvão
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2009	São Cristóvão	81	(5)
2009–2010	Freamunde	32	(3)
2011–2017	Astra Giurgiu	198	(6)
2017–2019	FCSB	49	(0)
2019–2021	Gaziantep	51	(0)
2021–2023	Rapid București	71	(4)
2023–2024	Gaziantep	15	(0)
2024–	Metaloglobus București	29	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8 August 2025

Career

Morais spent the first years of his senior career in Brazil and Portugal, with São Cristóvão and Freamunde, respectively. In 2011, he joined Astra Ploiești in Romania, which was later relocated and renamed Astra Giurgiu. Over the course of six and a half seasons, Morais totalled 256 matches and eight goals in all competitions for Astra; he also aided to four domestic trophies, including the 2015–16 Liga I title.

He continued in the country and its Liga I for the 2017–18 and 2018–19 campaigns, signing for FCSB.^[1] Morais transferred to Turkish club Gaziantep in the summer of 2019, where he rejoined former Astra manager Marius Șumudică.^[2] He spent two years in the Süper Lig before returning to Romania with Rapid București,^[3] aged nearly 35.

Personal life

In 2015, Morais married Romanian handballer Andreea Dospin. They have two children together, a girl and a boy, with his former Astra teammate Constantin Budescu baptizing them.^[4] Despite earlier reports, Morais stated in October 2020 that he does not hold Romanian citizenship.^[5]

Career statistics

Morais playing for Rapid București in August 2022

As of match played 8 August 2025^[6]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		League cup[b]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
São Cristóvão	2006	Campeonato Carioca			—		—		—		—
	2007	Campeonato Carioca			—		—		—		—
	2008	Campeonato Carioca			—		—		—		—
	2009	Campeonato Carioca			—		—		—		—
	Total		81	5	—		—		—		—		81	5
Freamunde	2009–10	Liga de Honra	19	2	2	1	0	0	—		—		21	3
	2010–11	Liga de Honra	13	1	0	0	3	0	—		—		16	1
	Total		32	3	2	1	3	0	—		—		37	4
Astra Giurgiu	2010–11	Liga I	14	0	—		—		—		—		14	0
	2011–12	Liga I	31	0	1	0	—		—		—		32	0
	2012–13	Liga I	33	3	5	0	—		—		—		38	3
	2013–14	Liga I	33	2	5	1	0	0	8[c]	0	—		46	3
	2014–15	Liga I	29	0	0	0	4	0	10[c]	0	1[d]	0	44	0
	2015–16	Liga I	29	1	1	0	1	0	6[c]	0	—		37	1
	2016–17	Liga I	29	0	4	1	0	0	11[e]	0	1[d]	0	45	1
	Total		198	6	16	2	5	0	35	0	2	0	256	8
FCSB	2017–18	Liga I	21	0	0	0	—		11[f]	2	—		32	2
	2018–19	Liga I	28	0	2	0	—		4[c]	0	—		34	0
	Total		49	0	2	0	—		15	2	—		66	2
Gaziantep	2019–20	Süper Lig	29	0	1	0	—		—		—		30	0
	2020–21	Süper Lig	22	0	1	0	—		—		—		23	0
	Total		51	0	2	0	—		—		—		53	0
Rapid București	2021–22	Liga I	34	2	1	0	—		–		—		35	2
	2022–23	Liga I	36	2	1	0	—		—		—		37	2
	2023–24	Liga I	1	0	—		—		—		—		1	0
	Total		71	4	2	0	—		—		—		73	4
Gaziantep	2023–24	Süper Lig	15	0	2	0	—		—		—		17	0
Metaloglobus București	2024–25	Liga II	27	0	0	0	—		—		2[g]	0	29	0
	2025–26	Liga I	2	0	0	0	—		—		—		2	0
	Total		29	0	0	0	—		—		2	0	31	0
Career total			526	18	26	3	8	0	50	2	4	0	611	23

1. Includes Taça de Portugal, Cupa României, Turkish Cup
2. Includes Taça da Liga, Cupa României
3. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
4. Appearance in Supercupa României
5. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, nine appearances in UEFA Europa League
6. Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
7. Appearances in Liga I promotion/relegation play-offs

Honours

Astra Giurgiu^[6]

• Liga I: 2015–16
• Cupa României: 2013–14
• Supercupa României: 2014, 2016