Juninho Quixadá

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.

Juninho Quixadá

Personal information
Full name	Pedro Julião Azevedo Junior
Date of birth	(1985-12-12) 12 December 1985 (age 37)
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)

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	10	5	15	2	?	?	25	7
	2011	6	1	10	6	?	?	16	7
	Total	16	6	25	8	0	0	41	14
		A Group		Bulgarian Cup		Europe		Total
Ludogorets Razgrad	2011–12	11	5	1	0	–	–	12	5
	2012–13	17	3	0	0	–	–	17	3
	2013–14	30	7	7	0	8	3	45	10
	2014–15	25	10	6	3	2	0	33	13
	2015–16	16	3	0	0	2	0	18	3
	2016–17	24	3	6	1	4	0	34	4
	2017–18	9	3	2	1	0	0	11	4
	Total	132	34	22	5	16	3	170	42

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

• Bulgarian First Professional League: 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015-16, 2016–17
• Bulgarian Cup: 2011–12, 2013–14
• Bulgarian Supercup: 2012, 2014

References

1. (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"

External links

• at Sambafoot (archived)
• Juninho Quixadá at Soccerway