Juninho Quixadá
Personal information
Full name Pedro Julião Azevedo Junior
Date of birth (1985-12-12) 12 December 1985
Place of birth Quixadá, Brazil
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Maracanã
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 Quixadá
2007 Horizonte
2008 Tiradentes-CE
2009 Ferroviário
2010–2011 Bragantino 16 (6)
2011–2018 Ludogorets Razgrad 132 (34)
2018 Ferroviário 9 (3)
2018–2020 Ceará 20 (2)
2020 Vitória 6 (0)
2021 ABC 6 (0)
2022– Maracanã 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:11, 4 February 2022 (UTC)

Pedro Julião Azevedo Junior (born 12 December 1985), known as Juninho Quixadá (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈnĩɲu kiʃɐˈda]), is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward for Maracanã.

Career

Born in Quixadá, Juninho Quixadá has previously played for Ferroviário, as well as for Bragantino, before moving in 2011 to Bulgaria.

On 20 June 2011, Quixadá joined PFC Ludogorets Razgrad on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee.[1] He made his debut on 3 July in a 6–1 friendly win against Septemvri Simitli, playing 45 minutes on the right wing.[2]

Juninho made his league debut for Ludogorets against Lokomotiv Plovdiv on 6 August 2011. He scored his first competitive goal on 20 August in a 4–0 victory against Vidima-Rakovski. On 11 September, he scored twice in a 6–0 win over Slavia Sofia. On 28 November 2011, in a 2–2 away draw against CSKA Sofia, Quixadá netted his fourth goal of the season and assisted Ivan Stoyanov. On 27 February 2014, he scored a last-minute goal against S.S. Lazio to bring the score to 3:3 and enable his team to advance to the 1/8 finals of the UEFA Europa League by 4:3 on aggregate.[3]

After almost 7 years in Ludogorets, Quixada left the club on 11 January 2018 due to mutual agreement.[4]

Club statistics

As of 11 January 2018

Club Season Brasileirão Paulista A1 Copa do Brasil Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bragantino 2010 105152??257
2011 61106??167
Total 166258004114
A Group Bulgarian Cup Europe Total
Ludogorets Razgrad 2011–12 11510125
2012–13 17300173
2013–14 30770834510
2014–15 251063203313
2015–16 1630020183
2016–17 2436140344
2017–18 932100114
Total 1323422516317042

International career

On 24 January 2013, Quixadá received a Bulgarian passport and potentially became able to play for Bulgaria. He said that he would be happy to represent Bulgaria on the international level.[5][6]

Honours

Club

Ludogorets

References

  1. "Лудогорец взе нов бразилец" (in Bulgarian). bsport.bg. Archived from the original on 2011-06-23. Retrieved 2011-06-20.
  2. "Лудогорец громи с 6:1 на старта на подготовката" (in Bulgarian). livesport.bg. Archived from the original on 2012-07-10. Retrieved 2011-07-03.
  3. Kichukov, Simeon; Srebrev, Zhivko (2014-02-28). "Пред 32 хиляди на "Васил Левски". Ужас! Драма! Велика победа! Лудогорец - Лацио 3:3 в невиждан мач, нашите на 1/8 финал" (in Bulgarian). 7sport.net. Retrieved 2015-07-21.
  4. Лудогорец се раздели с Жуниор Кишада
  5. Марселиньо и Кишада готови за национали - взеха български паспорти
  6. Лудогорец си уреди двама "нови българи"


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