Juninho Valoura

For other people with the same nickname, see Juninho.

Paulo Roberto Valoura Júnior (born 20 March 1986), known as Juninho Valoura or just Juninho, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for CRB.

Juninho Valoura

Personal information
Full name	Paulo Roberto Valoura Júnior
Date of birth	(1986-03-20) 20 March 1986 (age 39)
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	CRB
Youth career
2005	Madureira
2006	America-RJ
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007	Serrano-RJ
2007–2014	Duque de Caxias	153	(15)
2013	→ America Mineiro (loan)	20	(1)
2014	Tombense	15	(0)
2015	Macaé	51	(6)
2016–2019	Bahia	106	(16)
2018–2019	→ Ceará (loan)	53	(5)
2019	→ Fortaleza (loan)	32	(3)
2020–2021	Fortaleza	56	(5)
2021	→ América Mineiro (loan)	27	(3)
2022	América Mineiro	17	(0)
2022	→ CRB (loan)	12	(0)
2023–	CRB	18	(1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 02:14, 6 February 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Juninho started his senior career with neighbouring Serrano in 2007. Late in the year he moved to Duque de Caxias, and went on to feature regularly for the club in the following seven seasons, only split by a loan deal at América Mineiro in 2013.^[1][2]

In June 2014, Juninho opted not to renew his contract with Duque and signed for Tombense. After finishing the year as a starter and champion of the Série D, he agreed to a contract with Macaé.^[3]

One of the spotlights of the 2015 Série B, Juninho signed a contract with fellow league team Bahia.^[4] An undisputed starter for the campaign, he contributed with six league goals in 33 appearances as his side returned to the main category after two years.

On 14 May 2017, Juninho made his Série A debut at the age of 31, starting in a 6–2 home routing of Atlético Paranaense.

In May 2019, he was loaned to Fortaleza from Bahia until the end of the season.^[5]

Career statistics

As of 5 February 2022^[6]

Club	Season	League			State League		Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Duque de Caxias	2008	Série C	24	3	3	0	—		—		6[a]	0	33	3
	2009	Série B	27	2	13	1	—		—		—		40	3
	2010		19	0	17	2	—		—		—		36	2
	2011		12	0	14	4	—		—		—		26	4
	2012	Série C	19	3	14	0	—		—		—		33	4
	2014		0	0	15	3	0	0	—		—		15	3
	Subtotal		101	8	76	10	0	0	—		6	0	183	18
América Mineiro (loan)	2013	Série B	7	0	9	1	4	0	—		—		20	1
Tombense	2014	Série D	15	0	—		—		—		—		15	0
Macaé	2015	Série B	37	5	14	1	—		—		—		51	6
Bahia	2016	Série B	33	6	11	1	3	0	—		8[b]	4	55	11
	2017	Série A	28	2	11	1	1	0	—		11[b]	2	51	5
	Subtotal		61	8	22	2	4	0	—		19	6	106	16
Ceará (loan)	2018	Série A	16	1	10	1	4	1	—		6[b]	0	36	3
	2019		0	0	7	1	4	1	—		6[b]	0	17	2
	Subtotal		16	1	17	2	8	2	—		12	0	53	5
Fortaleza (loan)	2019	Série A	32	3	—		—		—		—		32	3
Fortaleza	2020	Série A	32	3	5	1	2	0	2[c]	1	9[b]	0	50	5
	2021		0	0	1	0	1	0	—		4[b]	0	6	0
	Subtotal		32	3	6	1	3	0	2	1	13	0	56	5
América Mineiro (loan)	2021	Série A	25	3	2	0	—		—		—		27	3
América Mineiro	2022	Série A	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	—		3	0
Career total			326	31	149	17	19	2	2	1	50	6	546	57

1. Appearance(s) in Copa Rio
2. Appearance(s) in Copa do Nordeste
3. Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana

Honours

Tombense

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série D: 2014

Bahia

• Copa do Nordeste: 2017

Ceará

• Campeonato Cearense: 2018