USL Pro

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Countries	United States  Antigua and Barbuda
Confederation	USSF
Founded	2010
Number of teams	11
Levels on pyramid	3
Promotion to	None
Relegation to	None
Domestic cup(s)	Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup
International cup(s)	CFU Club Championship
Current champions	Orlando City
Most championships	Orlando City (1 title)
TV partners	Fox Soccer Channel
Website	USL Pro website
2012 USL Pro season

The USL Professional Division, commonly known as USL Pro (stylized USL PRO), is a professional men's soccer league in the United States that began its inaugural season in 2011. USL Pro is sanctioned as the third tier of soccer in the American Soccer Pyramid, behind Major League Soccer (first tier) and the North American Soccer League (second tier) in the hierarchy.

The league is owned and operated by United Soccer Leagues (USL) and was formed as result of the organization's merger of the old USL First and Second Divisions, following the controversial 2010 season which saw neither the USL First Division or the North American Soccer League (NASL) receive sanctioning from the USSF, resulting in the temporary USSF Division 2 Pro League. The merger is meant to consolidate USL's position within the American professional soccer landscape and focus on stability, commercial growth and the professional development of soccer in four main regions throughout the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean.^[1]

History[link]

On September 8, 2010, USL formally announced the creation of USL Pro in a press release.^[1] Prior to the official announcement of the new league, on August 11, 2010, the Dayton Dutch Lions FC revealed they would be joining the "USL-Pro Championship Division (former USL-2)" at a press conference, revealing the name of the new league before its official announcement.^[2] With this disclosure, the Dutch Lions were the first confirmed team in USL Pro for its inaugural 2011 season. Alongside the announcement of the new league, the Richmond Kickers revealed they would be moving to USL Pro for 2011.^[3] With the departure of the Portland Timbers to MLS in 2011 and the defection of the Puerto Rico Islanders to the NASL^[4] from the USL First Division, the Austin Aztex were the lone First Division team left to fold into USL Pro.

On September 22, 2010 at a press conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico, USL formally announced that Sevilla FC Puerto Rico and Club Atletico River Plate Puerto Rico would be joining USL Pro in 2011 alongside Antigua Barracuda FC as part of the building blocks of a Caribbean division.^[5]

On September 28, 2010 USL announced that one of their flagship clubs and reigning 2010 USL Second Division Champions, the Charleston Battery, would be joining USL Pro for its launch in 2011.^[6] Two days later, on September 30, 2010 nearly two months following the team's own announcement of a "USL Pro Championship Division" move, the USL formally announced Dayton Dutch Lions FC would join USL Pro.^[7] The following week, on October 4 and October 7, 2010, the USL revealed two Second Division clubs, the Charlotte Eagles and the Harrisburg City Islanders, would be making the jump to USL Pro for 2011.^{[8] [9]} The Pittsburgh Riverhounds were added as the 9th official team on October 22, 2010. ^[10] October 25, 2010 saw the addition of the Rochester Rhinos^[11] who had previously committed to the NASL, along with expansion team Orlando City Soccer Club (formerly the Austin Aztex of USL First Division) after new ownership secured and moved the team from Texas to Florida.^[12]

On November 9, 2010, former USL-2 Division side Wilmington Hammerheads officially joined the league as the 12th team.^[13] They were followed by F.C. New York on November 17, 2010.^[13] The Los Angeles Blues, associated with the successful women's Pali Blues organization, were added with a message of future "Western Conference" growth into 2012, on December 7, 2010.^[14]

The "Caribbean Division" of USL Pro grew to four teams with the addition of Puerto Rico United to the league on December 9, 2010,^[15] rounding out the 15 teams that would compete in USL Pro for its inaugural season.

Divisions reformed[link]

On May 10, 2011, early in the league's inaugural season, the USL announced that it was "reforming" its agreement with the Puerto Rican Soccer League and dropping the three Puerto Rican clubs from the USL PRO schedule.^[16] The PRSL clubs were dropped due to economic and ownership issues^{[citation needed]}, and the two remaining International Division teams - Antigua Barracuda FC and Los Angeles Blues - were re-aligned into the American and National Divisions.

Following the 2011 season, USL PRO announced with the release of the 2012 season schedule that F.C. New York would not be returning to play, with the former National and American Divisions being dissolved to form a single, eleven team, league table.^[17]

Competition format[link]

Battery

Eagles

Orlando

Kickers

Hammerheads

Dutch Lions

Islanders

Riverhounds

Rhinos

Barracuda

Blues

Locations of teams for the 2012 USL PRO season

USL Pro debuted in 2011 with 12 teams playing a 24-game regular season schedule.

American and National Division teams play a home-and-away series against all opponents from the two divisions (totaling 18 games), 2 additional regional rivalry matches, with each team making an additional trip to either Los Angeles or the Caribbean to play two games while hosting International Division competition for two games.

International Division teams play each team in their division four times (twice home, twice away, totaling 16 games) while traveling to face American or National Division opponents in four games and hosting those opponents for four games.^[18][19][20]

The original playoff format saw eight teams compete in a one-game quarterfinal. Both the American and National Divisions will see their top three teams advance for an inter-divisional playoff, while the top 2 teams in the International Division will play-off against each other to reach the semifinals. The four remaining teams will be re-seeded for a single semi-final match, again with the higher seed hosting, leading up to a single match for the USL Pro Championship. In all playoff matches the highest seeded team hosts.^[21] Due to the removal of the International Division, the revised playoff format features the top four teams in each of the two divisions. The two eventual division playoff winners will meet in the USL Pro Championship, at the home venue of the team with the better record.

2012 format[link]

With the release of the 2012 season schedule, the league stated that "Teams will once again play 24 games in the 2012 season with a maximum of four games played against any single opponent. The 2012 USL PRO Playoffs will include the top six finishers in the table, with the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds receiving a first-round bye the weekend of August 24-26. The semifinals featuring the four remaining teams will be played the following weekend, with the 2012 USL PRO Championship set for the weekend of September 7-9. All playoff rounds feature a single-game knockout format."^[17]

Organization[link]

On September 14, 2010, USL President Tim Holt expressed the desired structure for the league to launch with 14-18 teams across 4 specific geographic areas in 2011, expansion to 22-26 teams by 2013, and 28-32 teams by 2015.^[22] The expected number of teams to launch league play in 2011 was announced as 18-20 alongside the announcement of the Wilmington Hammerheads joining the league,^[13] however following USL Pro's first annual general meeting, the league confirmed it would debut with 16 teams playing a 24 game regular season schedule in 2011, with planned growth for 20-24 teams to start the 2012 season.^[18]

On September 22, 2010, the "Caribbean Division" of USL Pro was announced, with teams from Puerto Rico and Antigua and Barbuda signing on to compete in the league.^[5] With the addition of Puerto Rico United to the league and "Caribbean Division", league representatives expressed their intent to see expansion in the region continue, with an eventual 8-team "Caribbean Conference".^[15] With the inclusion of a team from Los Angeles, this division eventually became the International Division.

On May 10, 2011, the USL announced it formally removed the three Puerto Rico Soccer League (PRSL) teams from the 2011 USL PRO schedule due to severe economic difficulties and serious unforeseen medical situations involving owners from two of the three PRSL teams. The USL announced a revised schedule for USL PRO, with the Antigua Barracuda FC joining the American Division and the Los Angeles Blues joining the National Division as part of the adjusted divisional alignment resulting in two, six-team divisions.

With F.C. New York withdrawing in January 2012, the league announced an eleven team single-table schedule for the 2012 season.^[17]

Media coverage[link]

The league will feature national broadcast coverage on Fox Soccer Channel.^[13]

Clubs[link]

Current Clubs[link]

The following teams are currently playing in the USL Pro division.^[23]

Team	City/Area	Stadium	Founded	Color	Head Coach
Antigua Barracuda	St. George, AG	Sticky Wicket Stadium	2010	Light Blue, White	Tom Curtis
Charleston Battery	Charleston, SC	Blackbaud Stadium	1993	Yellow, Black	Michael Anhaeuser
Charlotte Eagles	Charlotte, NC	Restart Field	1991	Orange, Black, White	Mark Steffans
Dayton Dutch Lions	Bellbrook, OH	Miami Valley South Stadium	2009	Orange, White, Blue	Ivar van Dinteren
Harrisburg City Islanders	Harrisburg, PA	Skyline Sports Complex	2004	White, Navy Blue	Bill Becher
Los Angeles Blues	Fullerton, CA	Titan Stadium	2010	Light Blue, White	Charlie Naimo
Orlando City	Orlando, FL	Citrus Bowl	2010	Purple, Red, Gold, White	Adrian Heath
Pittsburgh Riverhounds	Pittsburgh, PA	Chartiers Valley High School	1999	White, Blue, Black	Justin Evans
Richmond Kickers	Richmond, VA	City Stadium	1993	Red, White	Leigh Cowlishaw
Rochester Rhinos	Rochester, NY	Sahlen's Stadium	1996	Green, Black, White	Jesse Myers
Wilmington Hammerheads	Wilmington, NC	Legion Stadium	1996	Light Blue, White	David Irving

Expansion Clubs[link]

On November 16, 2011, USL announced that VisionPro Sports Institute (VSI) will be creating an academy, PDL team, W-League team, and a USL Pro team in Tampa, Florida. The USL Pro team is set to begin play in 2013. ^[24]

Former Clubs[link]

• Puerto Rico United
• River Plate Puerto Rico
• Sevilla Puerto Rico
• F.C. New York (2011; shifted to National Premier Soccer League)

Champions[link]

Key[link]

Results[link]

See also[link]

• United States Soccer Federation
• Major League Soccer
• North American Soccer League
• United Soccer Leagues
• USL Premier Development League

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official USL Pro site

Juninho

Personal information
Full name	Antônio Augusto Ribeiro Reis Jr.
Date of birth	(1975-01-30) 30 January 1975 (age 37)
Place of birth	Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Playing position	Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current club	Vasco da Gama
Number	8
Youth career
1991–1992	Sport Recife
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1991–1995	Sport Recife	99	(22)
1995–2001	Vasco da Gama	295	(55)
2001–2009	Lyon	344	(100)
2009–2011	Al-Gharafa	66	(25)
2011–	Vasco da Gama	43	(14)
National team‡
1999–2007	Brazil[2]	47	(7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:17, 30 May 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:17, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

Antônio Augusto Ribeiro Reis Jr. (born 30 January 1975 in Recife), commonly known as Juninho or Juninho Pernambucano,^[3] is a Brazilian footballer and dead-ball specialist, currently playing as a midfielder for Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A club Vasco da Gama. He is considered to be one of the greatest free kick takers of all time.^[4][5] Juninho led Olympique Lyonnais to 7 consecutive Ligue 1 titles before leaving the club in 2009 while scoring 100 goals in 344 games for Lyon,^[6] and six goals in 40 games for the Brazilian national team. He retired from international football after the 2006 World Cup.

Club career[link]

Early career[link]

Juninho started his career at Sport Recife and quickly established himself as a rising star in Brazilian football. After winning two regional titles with Sport, he moved to Vasco da Gama in 1995, and won several trophies with the club, including the Brazilian Championship in 1997 and 2000, the Copa Libertadores in 1998, the Copa Mercosur in 2000, as well as the 2000 Brazilian Silver Ball award as one of the best Brazilian midfielders of the season. In that time, he was part of an incredible squad, playing with Romário, Edmundo, and Juninho Paulista.

King of São Januário[link]

Before joining Lyon, Juninho played for Vasco da Gama in Brazil. While there, he won the Brazilian Championship twice (1997–2000) and two continental cups (the Copa Libertadores in 1998 and the Copa Mercosul in 2000), becoming a favourite of the Vasco fans.^{[citation needed]}

Since that time he has been known as Reizinho de São Januário (The Little King of São Januário)^[7] or Reizinho da Colina (The Little King of the Hill),^[8] a reference to Vasco da Gama Stadium's name (São Januário) or nickname (Giant of the Hill). Although he left Vasco for Lyon after a judicial fight, he is still considered a favourite of Vasco fans.^[9] Juninho has been citated in a classic chorus sang by the fans^[10] remembering his free-kick goal against River Plate, at Monumental de Nuñez stadium, during the 1998 Libertadores^[11][12] which helped the club reach the finals against Barcelona de Guayaquil. Juninho played 295 games for Vasco from 1995-2001.

Lyon[link]

In 2001, Juninho moved abroad to play for French club Olympique Lyonnais. Before his arrival at Lyon, the club had never won the French Ligue 1 championship. In his first year at the club, the championship was secured, and it was subsequently won seven seasons in a row. At Lyon, Juninho made himself especially noted for his accurate, powerful and varied set pieces.

Having been regarded as one of the world's greatest free kick takers of the present day and possibly one of the greatest of all time, in addition, he is an effective passer, having provided many assists, and his leadership abilities prompted Lyon manager Gérard Houllier to name him team captain.

On 26 May 2009, Juninho announced that he would leave Lyon at the end of the season as a free agent. Lyon chairman Jean-Michel Aulas explained to the media that the club and Juninho agreed to cancel the last year of his contract. During the press conference, Juninho was sitting next to Aulas and left the press conference without saying a word.^[13][14]

Al-Gharafa[link]

On 17 June 2009, Juninho signed a two-year contract with Qatari club Al-Gharafa for a fee of €2.5 million.^[15] In his first season with Al-Gharafa, Juninho captained the team to their seventh league title and wins in the Qatari Stars Cup and Qatar Crown Prince Cup, completing the treble. He finished the season with Player of the Year honours from the Qatar Football Association.

Vasco da Gama return[link]

On 27 April 2011, Juninho rejoined his former club Vasco da Gama. He scored his first goal for them in his first game back, on a freekick against Corinthians. Scored another 2 more free kicks and one penalty during the course of the Brazilian top flight season. He played also his 300 game against São Paulo. This year Juninho scored two goals (against Duque de Caxias and Comercial) On March 28.2012 Juninho played and scored goal for 4:1 in Edmundo farwall game against Barcelona Sporting Club. Vasco won this game 9:1.^[16]

International career[link]

Juninho made his debut for the Brazilian national team in 1999.

On 7 September 1999, he became the first footballer to play two top-level matches in two different countries in the same day.^{[citation needed]} He represented his country in the second half of the friendly match between Brazil and Argentina in Porto Alegre, which Brazil won 4–2, playing about fifteen minutes. In spite of a delayed flight to Montevideo, he still arrived in Uruguay in time to feature in the second half of the Copa Mercosur match between Vasco and Nacional.

Juninho represented Brazil at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Juninho scored against Japan in a group stage match.Following Brazil's defeat in the quarter-finals of the tournament, he announced his international retirement, as to make way for younger talents coming through the ranks in Brazil to build for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Juninho has been nominated many times for FIFA World Player of the Year award and France Football Ballon d'Or but has still not won it.

Playing style[link]

Juninho has been described as "One of the world's most feared strikers of a static ball".^[17] As of 17 May 2009, Juninho has scored 44 goals from direct free kicks for Olympique Lyonnais,^[18] his last for the club being a strike from long distance against Olympique de Marseille. With his free kick in Champions League against FC Barcelona he rewrote Olympique Lyonnais' record books as their highest ever European goal scorer with 17 goals.^[19] The method he uses for long-range free kicks is frequently "knuckle balling," where the ball has almost no spinning motion during flight. A successful knuckle ball will "move" or "wobble" in the air unpredictably, making it difficult for the goal keeper to save.^[20] He first made his name as a free kick taker in Europe with a long range free kick against Bayern Munich in the 2003–04 champions league group stage in which the ball dipped viciously at the end of travel that deceived Bayern keeper Oliver Kahn who was considered the best keeper in the world at the time. He was also the creator of the famous "shoot of the snake".

On 23 May, the day of his very last game for Lyon, Juninho reached the 100 goal landmark total overall goal tally for Lyon through a penalty kick against Caen. He has scored from free-kicks beyond 40 metres on four occasions: a 41 metre absolute screamer against AC Ajaccio in 2006,^[21] a 45 metre goal against Barcelona in 2007,^[22] a 48 metre goal against OGC Nice in 2008, and a 40 metre strike against Marseille in 2009, this being his final free kick goal for Lyon.^[23] Even before Lyon, he displayed his talent at Vasco da Gama, scoring several free kick goals for the club. Juninho has also scored memorable free kick goals for Brazil, the most famous being a curling shot from 27 metres against Greece in the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup. Brazil would go on to win the match 3–0. Also, Juninho scored two memorable free kicks against Nice in the 2008–09 season as Lyon were losing 2–0. Juninho rapidly pulled back his team by scoring one free kick that bounced past the goalkeeper and in the top corner and one from 48 yards away. Lyon went on to win that game as well with a converted penalty by Karim Benzema.^[24] Juninho's style of freekick taking has been adapted by players such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Didier Drogba. The knuckling ball technique takes a lot of skill to strike the ball that way and to aim it as a freekick.

Career statistics[link]

Club career[link]

¹Including 1 appearance in Trophée des Champions

²Total includes 3 appearances in Trophée des Champions in 2003, 2004 & 2005^[25][25]

International career[link]

National team Club Season Apps Goals Brazil Vasco da Gama 1999[26] 4 0 2000[27] 3 0 2001[27] 4 0 Lyon 2001–2002[28] 0 0 2002–2003[28] 2 0 2003–2004[28][29] 7 0 2004–2005[29][30] 10 1 2005–2006[30][31] 10 5 Total 40 6

International appearances and goals # Date Venue Opponent Result Goal Competition 1999 1. 28 March 1999 Seoul, South Korea  South Korea 0–1 0 Friendly 2. 31 March 1999 Tokyo, Japan  Japan 2–0 0 Friendly 3. 7 September 1999 Porto Alegre, Brazil  Argentina 4–2 0 Friendly 4. 9 October 1999 Amsterdam, Netherlands  Netherlands 2–2 0 Friendly 2000 5. 23 February 2000 Bangkok, Thailand  Thailand 7–0 0 Friendly 6. 8 October 2000 Maracaibo, Venezuela  Venezuela 6–0 0 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification 7. 15 November 2000 São Paulo, Brazil  Colombia 1–0 0 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification 2001 8. 12 July 2001 Cali, Colombia  Mexico 0–1 0 Copa América 2001 9. 15 July 2001 Cali, Colombia  Peru 2–0 0 Copa América 2001 10. 18 July 2001 Cali, Colombia  Paraguay 3–1 0 Copa América 2001 11. 23 July 2001 Manizales, Colombia  Honduras 0–2 0 Copa América 2001 2002–2003 12. 12 February 2003 Guangzhou, China PR  China PR 0–0 0 Friendly 13. 30 April 2003 Guadalajara, Mexico  Mexico 0–0 0 Friendly 2003–2004 14. 12 October 2003 Leicester, England  Jamaica 1–0 0 Friendly 15. 19 November 2003 Curitiba, Brazil  Uruguay 3–3 0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification 16. 31 March 2004 Asunción, Paraguay  Paraguay 0–0 0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification 17. 28 April 2004 Budapest, Hungary  Hungary 4–1 0 Friendly 18. 20 May 2004 Saint-Denis, France  France 0–0 0 Friendly 25 May 2004 Barcelona, Spain Catalonia 5–2 0 Unofficial friendly 19. 2 June 2004 Belo Horizonte, Brazil  Argentina 3–1 0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification 20. 6 June 2004 Santiago, Chile  Chile 1–1 0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification 2004–2005 21. 18 August 2004 Port-au-Prince, Haiti  Haiti 6–0 0 Friendly 22. 5 September 2004 São Paulo, Brazil  Bolivia 3–1 0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification 23. 8 September 2004 Berlin, Germany  Germany 1–1 0 Friendly 24. 9 October 2004 Maracaibo, Venezuela  Venezuela 5–2 0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification 25. 17 November 2004 Quito, Ecuador  Ecuador 0–1 0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification 26. 9 February 2005 Hong Kong  Hong Kong 7–1 0 Friendly 27. 27 March 2005 Goiânia, Brazil  Peru 1–0 0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification 28. 16 June 2005 Leipzig, Germany  Greece 3–0 1 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup 29. 19 June 2005 Hanover, Germany  Mexico 0–1 0 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup 30. 29 June 2005 Frankfurt, Germany  Argentina 4–1 0 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup 2005–2006 31. 17 August 2005 Split, Croatia  Croatia 1–1 0 Friendly 32. 4 September 2005 Brasília, Brazil  Chile 5–0 0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification 6 September 2005 Seville, Spain Sevilla FC 1–1 0 Unofficial friendly 33. 9 October 2005 La Paz, Bolivia  Bolivia 1–1 1 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification 34. 12 October 2005 Belém, Brazil  Venezuela 3–0 0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification 35. 12 November 2005 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates  United Arab Emirates 8–0 2 Friendly 36. 1 March 2006 Moscow, Russia  Russia 1–0 0 Friendly 30 May 2006 Basel, Switzerland FC Lucerne Selection 8–0 1 Unofficial friendly 37. 4 June 2006 Geneva, Switzerland  New Zealand 4–0 1 Friendly 38. 22 June 2006 Dortmund, Germany  Japan 4–1 1 2006 FIFA World Cup 39. 27 June 2006 Dortmund, Germany  Ghana 3–0 0 2006 FIFA World Cup 40. 1 July 2006 Frankfurt, Germany  France 0–1 0 2006 FIFA World Cup

Honours[link]

Club[link]

Sport Recife

• Campeonato Pernambucano: 1994
• Campeonato do Nordeste: 1994

Vasco da Gama

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 1997, 2000
• Campeonato Carioca: 1998
• Taça Guanabara 1998, 2000
• Taça Rio 1998,1999
• Copa Libertadores: 1998
• Torneio Rio-São Paulo: 1999
• Copa Mercosur: 2000

Olympique Lyonnais

• Ligue 1: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
• Trophée Des Champions: 2002, 2003, 2004
• Coupe de France: 2008

Al-Gharafa

• Qatari Stars Cup: 2009
• Qatar Stars League: 2010
• Qatar Crown Prince Cup: 2010, 2011

Country[link]

Brazil

• Toulon Tournament: 1995
• FIFA Confederations Cup: 2005

Individual[link]

• Revista Placar Bola de Prata (1): 2000
• UNFP Ligue 1 Player of the Month (3): February 2005, March 2005, October 2007
• UNFP Ligue 1 Player of the Year (1): 2005–06
• UNFP Ligue 1 Team of the Year (3): 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06
• Qatar Football Association Player of the Year: 2010

Footnotes[link]

1. ^ "Juninho" (in Portuguese). CR Vasco da Gama. http://www.vasco.com.br/site/index.php/elenco/interno/127. Retrieved 18 November 2011. 
2. ^ "Brazil – Record International Players". Rsssf.com. http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/braz-recintlp.html. Retrieved 7 July 2010. 
3. ^ His nickname comes from a combination of the Brazilian diminutive "Juninho" which is commonly applied to any person with the name "Junior" and "Pernambucano" meaning someone born in the north-eastern Brazilian state of Pernambuco. He is sometimes referred to as "Pernambucano" in southern France.
4. ^ Adam Axon (27 January 2009). "Top Ten Free Kick Specialists Of All Time". soccerlens.com. http://soccerlens.com/top-ten-free-kick-specialists-of-all-time/20493/. Retrieved 17 March 2011. 
5. ^ George Rader (11 October 2010). "Top 10 Free Kick Takers Of All Time". bleacherreport.com. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/487805-the-top-10-free-kick-takers-of-all-time#page/12. Retrieved 17 March 2011. 
6. ^ R.B. "Juninho... ses chiffres lyonnais – Article – Accueil". Olweb.Fr. http://www.olweb.fr/fr/Accueil/100007/Article/50317/Juninho-ses-chiffres-lyonnais. Retrieved 27 April 2010. 
7. ^ "<< Distintivos.Com.Br >>". Juninhopaulista.com. http://www.juninhopaulista.com/Reportagens/2000/12/distintivos_com_br.htm. Retrieved 7 July 2010. 
8. ^ "GloboEsporte.com na Copa do Mundo 2006 – Exclusivo: todos os jogos em vídeo ao vivo – ARTICLE IMPRIMIR – FERAS DO PARREIRA: Raio-X de Juninho Pernambucano". Globoesporte.globo.com. http://globoesporte.globo.com/ESP/Noticia/Impressao/0,,AL1138149-5187,00.html. Retrieved 7 July 2010. 
9. ^ "Juninho quer homenagear o Vasco". GloboEsporte.com. http://globoesporte.globo.com/ESP/Noticia/Futebol/Campeonatos/0,,MUL148167-4276,00.html. 
10. ^ "Juninho Pernambucano agradece homenagem em música da torcida". SuperVasco.com. http://www.supervasco.com/noticias/juninho-pernambucano-agradece-homenagem-em-musica-da-torcida-20333.asp. 
11. ^ "Goal against River in Libertadores '98". YouTube.com. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWhillbhaVc. 
12. ^ "Vasco Fans Singing Juninho Monumental". YouTube.com. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjS3gRwLnMM&feature=related. 
13. ^ "Juninho bids emotional goodbye to Lyon". Uefa.com. http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=833637.html. Retrieved 7 July 2010. 
14. ^ "Legend Juninho leaving Lyon". Fifa.com. 26 May 2009. http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid=1062682.html. Retrieved 7 July 2010. 
15. ^ "Soccer-Brazil's Juninho joins Qatari champions Al Gharafa". Reuters. 18 June 2009. http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKSP38684620090618. Retrieved 4 October 2009. 
16. ^ TUA IMENSA TORCIDA É BEM FELIZ! JUNINHO VOLTOU!
17. ^ "Who is the free-kick master?". FIFA.com. 30 October 2007. http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/news/newsid=625416.html. Retrieved 27 April 2010. ^{[dead link]}
18. ^ "Accueil". Olweb.Fr. http://www.olweb.fr/index.php?lng=fr&a=43005&pid=101002. Retrieved 27 April 2010. 
19. ^ "Accueil". Olweb.Fr. http://www.olweb.fr/index.php?lng=fr&m=1079&pid=105001. Retrieved 27 April 2010. 
20. ^ "Who is the free-kick master?". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 15 December 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20071215221220/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/news/newsid=625416.html. Retrieved 16 December 2007. 
21. ^ "YouTube – Juninho Free Kick – Beautiful". It.youtube.com. http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=nNOnU2uT7mg. Retrieved 27 April 2010. 
22. ^ "Site officiel de l'Olympique Lyonnais". Olweb.Fr. http://www.olweb.fr/index.php?lng=fr&a=39367&pid=101002. Retrieved 7 July 2010. 
23. ^ "YouTube – Juninho two new amazing free kicks in the same match!". It.youtube.com. http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=Ktwrmf09RuY&feature=PlayList&p=78F6C8631198A58F&index=0. Retrieved 27 April 2010. 
24. ^ "YouTube – Juninho Goal VS Greece". It.youtube.com. http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbg-xNBtIg4. Retrieved 27 April 2010. 
25. ^ ^{a b} ".. Player – Juninho Pernambucano:". National Football Teams. 30 January 1975. http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=1061. Retrieved 7 July 2010. 
26. ^ "Seleção Brasileira (Brazilian National Team) 1998–1999". Rsssfbrasil.com. http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/sel/brazil199899.htm. Retrieved 7 July 2010. 
27. ^ ^{a b} "Seleção Brasileira (Brazilian National Team) 2000–2001". Rsssfbrasil.com. http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/sel/brazil200001.htm. Retrieved 7 July 2010. 
28. ^ ^{a b c} "Seleção Brasileira (Brazilian National Team) 2002–2003". Rsssfbrasil.com. http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/sel/brazil200203.htm. Retrieved 7 July 2010. 
29. ^ ^{a b} "Seleção Brasileira (Brazilian National Team) 2004–2005". Rsssfbrasil.com. http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/sel/brazil200405.htm. Retrieved 7 July 2010. 
30. ^ ^{a b} Jogos Da Seleção Em 2005^{[dead link]}
31. ^ Jogos Da Seleção Em 2006^{[dead link]}

External links[link]

• Official Website
• Juninho Pernambucano Video
• FootballDatabase profile
• ribeiro-reis-antonio-augusto {{{last}}} French league stats at LFP.fr (French)

v t e Ligue 1 Player of the Year 1994: Ginola 1995: Guérin 1996: Zidane 1997: Anderson 1998: Simone 1999: Benarbia 2000: Gallardo 2001: Carrière 2002: Pauleta 2003: Pauleta 2004: Drogba 2005: Essien 2006: Juninho 2007: Malouda 2008: Benzema 2009: Gourcuff 2010: Lisandro 2011: Hazard 2012: Hazard

Brazil squad v t e Brazil squad – 2001 Copa América 1 Marcos 2 Belletti 3 Cris 4 Roque Júnior 5 Eduardo Costa 6 Roger 7 Geovanni 8 Emerson (c) 9 Guilherme 10 Juninho Paulista 11 Denílson 12 Dida 13 Alessandro 14 Luisão 15 Juan 16 Júnior 17 Juninho Pernambucano 18 Rochemback 19 Fernando 20 Alex 21 Ewerthon 22 Jardel Coach: Scolari v t e Brazil squad – 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup Winners (2nd Title) 1 Dida 2 Maicon 3 Lúcio 4 Roque Júnior 5 Emerson 6 Gilberto 7 Robinho 8 Kaká 9 Adriano 10 Ronaldinho (c) 11 Zé Roberto 12 Marcos 13 Cicinho 14 Juan 15 Luisão 16 Léo 17 Gilberto Silva 18 Juninho 19 Renato 20 Júlio Baptista 21 Oliveira 22 Edu 23 Gomes Coach: Parreira v t e Brazil squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup 1 Dida 2 Cafu (c) 3 Lúcio 4 Juan 5 Emerson 6 Roberto Carlos 7 Adriano 8 Kaká 9 Ronaldo 10 Ronaldinho 11 Zé Roberto 12 Rogério Ceni 13 Cicinho 14 Luisão 15 Cris 16 Gilberto 17 Gilberto Silva 18 Mineiro 19 Juninho 20 Ricardinho 21 Fred 22 Júlio César 23 Robinho Coach: Parreira

v t e CR Vasco da Gama – current squad 1 Prass 2 Feltri 3 Fabrício 4 Rodolfo 5 Costa 6 Felipe 7 Éder Luís 8 Juninho 9 Alecsandro 10 Diego Souza 11 Tenorio 12 Alessandro 15 Jonathan 16 Douglas 19 Nílton 21 Bastos 23 Fagner 25 Diogo Silva 26 Dedé 27 Rosa 31 Pipico 33 Renato Silva 35 Allan 37 Rômulo 38 Abelairas 43 Max 44 Barbio 45 Chaparro 84 Carlos Alberto  Bruno Paulo  Renato Augusto Head Coach: Ricardo Gomes Assistant Coach: Cristóvão Borges Goalkeeper Coach: Carlos Germano

Persondata
Name	Juninho Pernambucano
Alternative names
Short description	Brazilian footballer
Date of birth	30 January 1975
Place of birth	Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Date of death
Place of death