Name: Oswaldo Giroldo Júnior
Nickname: "Juninho Paulista", "Chuck Norris", "Little Fella"



Country: Brazil
Club: Vasco da Gama | Flamengo
Position: ★AMF, SMF, CMF
Side: RF/BS
Age: 27-29 years (22/02/1973)

Height: 168 cm
Weight: 63 kg

Attack: 80
Defence: 49
Balance: 69
Stamina: 73
Top Speed: 83
Acceleration: 86
Response: 77
Agility: 87
Dribble Accuracy: 85
Dribble Speed: 83
Short Pass Accuracy: 85
Short Pass Speed: 79
Long Pass Accuracy: 84
Long Pass Speed: 77
Shot Accuracy: 76
Shot Power: 81
Shot Technique: 79
Free Kick Accuracy: 75
Curling: 80
Header: 65
Jump: 70
Technique: 87
Aggression: 83
Mentality: 71
Goalkeeper Skills: 50
Team Work: 80

Injury Tolerance: B
Condition/Fitness: 4
Weak Foot Accuracy: 6
Weak Foot Frequency: 5
Consistency: 5
Free Kick Style: 2
Penalty Kick Style: 5
Dribble Style: 2
Growth type: Standard/Lasting

CARDS:
S02 - Passer
S05 - 1-Touch Play
S06 - Outside Curve
S20 - Flicking Skills
P15 - Free Roaming

SPECIAL ABILITIES: Tactical Dribble - Playmaking - Passing - 1-Touch Play - Outside


Attack/Defence Awareness Card: Attack-Minded

Dude, thanks for your work. You came to stay. It's really impressive the effort to make so many players in such a short time.

Only if he had them in "storage" I guess.

Juninho's 2000-2002 set was the only one I had that was almost complete, I just had to make some adjustments.

Thx!

Good point

Updated.

Updated. I took some time to rewatch some of his matches at Vasco and Flamengo, and reviewed this set. It strikes me as if he had lost some of his incisiveness, but he was still a very classy midfielder. His long passing seemed much more accurate, as he could deliver precise through passes to strikers and activate lots of runs from from fellow wingers and side midfielders.

At times, it looked like he was "asleep", but then suddenly he'd find an opening for a long ball, or he'd be able to run forward with the ball (although with less TS than before).

I used to remember him as a flop at Flamengo, but he was actually quite solid during his spell at the "rubro-negro", at a time when the whole team was struggling in the national tournaments.

Regarding him now playing as a CMF, he was sometimes deployed as a "segundo volante", playing alongside the DMF in order to provide extra defensive coverage and help with ball distribution in attacking situations. He performed this role in the WC, partnering Gilberto Silva, and he could be seen doing it at Vasco and Flamengo (partnering the likes of Paulo Miranda, Felipe and Leandro Ávila). His defending as a CMF wasn't bad at all, but I believe he shined much more while running freely during attacks.