Juninho

Vasco da Gama & Brazil

Birthdate: January 30, 1975
Birthplace: Recife, Brazil
Height: 178 cm
Weight: 72 kg
Position: Attacking Midfielder
International: 4 caps, 0 goals
World Cups: 0
Previous Clubs: Sport Recife
Transfer Fee: -

Middlesbrough & Brazil

Birthdate: February 22, 1973
Birthplace: São Paulo, Brazil
Height: 167 cms
Weight: 57 kgs
Position: Midfielder
Games & Goals with National Team: 40 caps, 2 goals (as of June 2, 2000)
Debut in Premier League: November 4, 1995 vs. Leeds United

One of the smallest men in the English Premier, the Brazilian makes up for his lack of height with pinpoint passing and outstanding dribbling. Missed France 1998 World Cup because of an injury. Returned to Middlesbrough after some problems in Atletico Madrid. Juninho was a vital member in the São Paulo's dream team that won almost everything in the early 1990's. In spite of being on a "small" English team, Juninho was named best player of the Premier League in 1997 during his first spell before moving to Spanish Liga Primera. His transger fee is setted to be worth $20.20 Millions of Dollars.

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Brazil

Nickname	A Seleção (The Selection)
Association	Brazilian Football Confederation
Coach	Carlos Alberto Parreira, 2003-
Most caps	Cafu (141)
Top scorer	Pelé (77)
Home colours Away colours
First international  Argentina 5 - 0 Brazil (Buenos Aires, Argentina; August 20, 1914)
Largest win Brazil 10 - 1 Bolivia (São Paulo, Brazil; 10 April 1949)
Worst defeat  Uruguay 6 - 0 Brazil (Viña del Mar, Chile; 18 September 1920)
World Cup
Appearances	18 (First in 1930)
Best result	Winners, 1958, 1962, 1970,  1994, 2002
Copa América
Appearances	31 (First in 1916)
Best result	Winners, 1919, 1922, 1949,  1989, 1997, 1999, 2004

The Brazilian national football team is the national football team of Brazil. As of this writing, it is the most successful national football team in the world, with five FIFA World Cup victories, including the most recent tournament in 2002. A common quip about football is: "The English invented it, the Brazilians perfected it."

Brazilians refer to the national football team as the "Seleção," which literally means "selection" and can be translated "the selected".

Contents 1 History  1.1 Early history 1.2 World Cup 1958 1.3 The Pelé era (1958–1970) 1.4 1974–1990 1.5 More success (1994–present) 2 World Cup record 3 Copa América record 4 Famous players 5 Famous coaches 6 World Cup squad 7 See also 8 References 9 Notes 10 External links

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