Júnior Negrão
Gleidionor Figueiredo Pinto Júnior (born December 30, 1986), or simply Júnior Negrão (often written as Negão), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a striker for China League One club Sichuan Jiuniu.
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Júnior Negrão in December 2020 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gleidionor Figueiredo Pinto Júnior | ||
| Date of birth | December 30, 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Salvador, Bahia, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sichuan Jiuniu | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001-2003 | Fast Club | ||
| 2003-2005 | Nacional-AM | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2006 | Nacional-AM | 0 | (0) |
| 2007 | Corinthians | 1 | (0) |
| 2008–2015 | Tombense | 0 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Madureira (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Belenenses (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2009 | → CRAC (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2009 | → ABC (loan) | 21 | (10) |
| 2010 | → Figueirense (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | → Germinal Beerschot (loan) | 18 | (7) |
| 2011–2012 | → Lausanne-Sport (loan) | 20 | (4) |
| 2012 | → Guarani (loan) | 9 | (1) |
| 2013 | → América-RN (loan) | 15 | (3) |
| 2014 | → América-MG (loan) | 17 | (2) |
| 2015 | → Oeste (loan) | 24 | (4) |
| 2016 | Muangthong United | 0 | (0) |
| 2016 | → Pattaya United (loan) | 29 | (20) |
| 2017 | Daegu FC | 16 | (12) |
| 2018–2020 | Ulsan Hyundai | 94 | (67) |
| 2021–2022 | Changchun Yatai | 37 | (23) |
| 2023– | Sichuan Jiuniu | 5 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 June 2023 | |||
Having extensively traveled around Brazil and Europe during the first part of his career due to frequent loan spells, Júnior has turned out to be a late bloomer since the start of his adventure in Asian football, thanks to a streak of successful seasons in Thailand and South Korea.
During this same period of time, he has gained the nickname "The Smiling Assassin", due to the funny contrast between his quiet, kind and positive attitude off the pitch and his impressive goals to game ratio, united with a hard-working and aggressive style of play, on the pitch.