Name: Osvaldo Giroldo Júnior
Nickname: "Juninho Paulista"
Country:
BrazilClub: Middlesbrough F.C. (1995-1997), Club Atlético de Madrid (1997-1999)
Position: *AMF, SMF
Side: RF/BS
Age: 23-26 years (22/02/1973)
Height: 168 cm
Weight: 70 kg
Attack: 82
Defence: 44
Balance: 71
Stamina: 79
Top Speed: 85
Acceleration: 89
Response: 80
Agility: 92
Dribble Accuracy: 88
Dribble Speed: 85
Short Pass Accuracy: 88
Short Pass Speed: 80
Long Pass Accuracy: 81
Long Pass Speed: 79
Shot Accuracy: 78
Shot Power: 84
Shot Technique: 80
Free Kick Accuracy: 75
Curling: 83
Header: 66
Jump: 72
Technique: 90
Aggression: 85
Mentality: 73
Goalkeeper Skills: 50
Team Work: 77
Injury Tolerance: B
Condition: 7 (Middlesbrough) | 6 (Atlético de Madrid)
Weak Foot Accuracy: 6
Weak Foot Frequency: 6
Consistency: 5
Growth type: Standard/Lasting
CARDS:
P05 - Mazing Run
P15 - Free Roaming
S02 - Passer
S05 - 1-touch Play
S06 - Outside Curve
S20 - Flicking Skills
SPECIAL ABILITIES: Dribbling - Tactical Dribble - Playmaking - Passing - 1-touch Play - Outside
Attack/Defence Awareness Card: Attack Minded
INFO:
Juninho Paulista was an attacking or side midfielder. His career started in 1993 at São Paulo. He transferred to Middlesbrough two years later. Elected Boro's best player in the 1996-97 season and regarded as one of the greatest in the modern history of the team, he played 152 matches and scored 34 goals in three different spells: between 1995 and 1997, on loan in 1999-00, between 2002 and 2004. Also, he played 75 games, scoring 22 times for Atlético de Madrid between 1997 and 1999. Vasco da Gama, Flamengo, Celtic, Palmeiras and Sydney are the other clubs he played for. He gained 49 caps for Brazil, scoring 5 goals.
Juninho was an outstanding offensive midfielder. He was gifted with high speed, especially on acceleration. That was combined with great agility, superb dribbling and excellent technique, thanks to which he could resist charges from the opponents by moving between them. This way he offset his lack of strength due to a small physique. His incredible playmaking skills were made mostly of very accurate and fast short and through passes, mainly with the right foot but also with the left and the outside. In the rare actions where he didn't do much movements and stayed in the center of the field, he could deliver good long balls. He was excellent at triggering the attack before sprinting towards the goal to received the ball back inside the box and score with accurate shots after stopping the ball, dribbling the goalkeeper or with a first time touch. He sometimes shot with powerful long range strikes. He wasn't the kind of player with high mentality throughout the whole match but everytime he had the ball, he would do something good with it.
https://youtu.be/WsCXpoXfJ4Q Middlesbrough 1996-97 season
https://youtu.be/m2eHketRY2s his goals with Middlesbrough
https://youtu.be/G16yER8csqQ Juninho Paulista at Atlético de Madrid
