Vinícius Júnior
Appearance
- This is a Portuguese name; the first family name is Paixão and the second is de Oliveira.
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Full name | Vinícius José Paixão de Oliveira Júnior[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | [2] | 12 July 2000|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | São Gonçalo, Brazil[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Winger | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Real Madrid | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005–2017 | Flamengo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Flamengo | 50 | (11) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | Real Madrid | 5 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2018–2023 | Real Madrid | 117 | (25) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | Brazil U15 | 10 | (7) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Brazil U17 | 19 | (17) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Brazil U20 | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2019– | Brazil | 12 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:33, 20 May 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19:13, 25 March 2022 (UTC) |
Vinícius Lucas Pedro Esteves José Paixão de Pinto Oliveira Júnior (born 11 Setember 2001), commonly known as Vinícius Júnior or Vini Jr. (Brazilian Portuguese: [viˈnisjus ˈʒũɲoʁ]),[4] is a moni Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Spanish club Real Madrid and the Brazil national team. He is considered to be one of the best wingers in the world due to his dribbling skills, pace, and stamina.[5][6][7][8]
Career statistics
[change | change source]Club
[change | change source]- As of match played 8 November 2023[9]
Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Flamengo | 2017 | Série A | 25 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7[b] | 1 | 1[c] | 0 | 37 | 4 |
2018 | Série A | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5[d] | 2 | 13[e] | 4 | 32 | 10 | |
Total | 37 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 69 | 14 | ||
Real Madrid Castilla | 2018–19 | Segunda División B | 5 | 4 | — | — | — | 5 | 4 | |||
Real Madrid | 2018–19 | La Liga | 18 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3[f] | 0 | 1[g] | 0 | 31 | 3 |
2019–20 | La Liga | 29 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5[f] | 1 | 1[h] | 0 | 38 | 5 | |
2020–21 | La Liga | 35 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12[f] | 3 | 1[h] | 0 | 49 | 6 | |
2021–22 | La Liga | 35 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 13[f] | 4 | 2[h] | 1 | 52 | 22 | |
2022–23 | La Liga | 33 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 12[f] | 7 | 5[i] | 3 | 55 | 23 | |
2023–24 | La Liga | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3[f] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | |
Total | 159 | 36 | 19 | 6 | 49 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 237 | 63 | ||
Career total | 201 | 47 | 25 | 6 | 61 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 311 | 81 |
- ↑ Includes Copa do Brasil, Copa del Rey
- ↑ Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
- ↑ Appearance in Primeira Liga
- ↑ Appearances in Copa Libertadores
- ↑ Appearances in Campeonato Carioca
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ↑ Appearance in FIFA Club World Cup
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Appearances in Supercopa de España
- ↑ Two appearances in Supercopa de España, one appearance in UEFA Super Cup, two appearances and three goals in FIFA Club World Cup
International
[change | change source]- As of match played 17 October 2023[10]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Brazil | 2019 | 1 | 0 |
2021 | 8 | 0 | |
2022 | 11 | 2 | |
2023 | 5 | 1 | |
Total | 25 | 3 |
- Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first.
No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 24 March 2022 | Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 12 | Chile | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
2 | 5 December 2022 | Stadium 974, Doha, Qatar | 19 | South Korea | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup |
3 | 17 June 2023 | RCDE Stadium, Barcelona, Spain | 22 | Guinea | 4–1 | 4–1 | Friendly |
Honours
[change | change source]Real Madrid
- La Liga: 2019–20,[11] 2021–22[12]
- Copa del Rey: 2022–23[13]
- Supercopa de España: 2019–20,[14] 2021–22[15]
- UEFA Champions League: 2021–22[16]
- UEFA Super Cup: 2022[17]
- FIFA Club World Cup: 2018,[18] 2022[19]
Brazil U15
Brazil U17
Individual
- Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior Best Left-Winger: 2017[22]
- South American U-17 Championship Best Player: 2017[23]
- La Liga Player of the Month: November 2021[24]
- UEFA Champions League Team of the Season: 2021–22,[25] 2022–23[26]
- UEFA Champions League Young Player of the Season: 2021–22[27]
- La Liga Team of the Season: 2021–22,[28] 2022–23[29]
- FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball: 2022[30]
- Socrates Award: 2023[31]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Acta del Partido celebrado el 19 de mayo de 2019, en Madrid" [Minutes of the Match held on 19 May 2019, in Madrid] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Vini Jr". Real Madrid. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ↑ "Vinicius Jr. – Real Madrid CF". Real Madrid CF.
- ↑ Team, Forvo. "Vinícius Júnior pronunciation: How to pronounce Vinícius Júnior in Portuguese". Forvo.com.
- ↑ Omuya, Kevin (7 March 2022). "Fascinating facts about top ten left wingers in the world 2022". SportsBrief - Sport news. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ↑ Ed McCambridge Contributions from Mark White (11 March 2022). "Ranked! The 10 best left-wingers in the world right now". fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ↑ Saha, Rahul (20 May 2022). "Top 10 left-wingers in football right now – Male". SportsKhabri. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ↑ Ajith, Shambhu. "5 best Brazilian forwards in the world right now (2022)". www.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ↑ Vinícius Júnior at Soccerway
- ↑ Júnior, Vinícius at National-Football-Teams.com
- ↑ "Real Madrid win 2019/20 LaLiga Santander". LaLiga. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
- ↑ Westwood, James (30 April 2022). "Real Madrid clinch 35th La Liga title with four games to spare after victory over Espanyol". Goal.com. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
- ↑ "Real Madrid 2–1 Osasuna: Rodrygo scores twice as Madrid win Copa del Rey". BBC. 6 May 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
- ↑ "Real Madrid win the Supercopa from the spot". Marca. Spain. 12 January 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ↑ Mctear, Euan (16 January 2022). "Modric and Benzema fire Real Madrid to the Supercopa title". Marca. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
- ↑ "Champions League final: Vinícius Júnior scores only goal as Real Madrid deny Liverpool again". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 28 May 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
- ↑ Honeyman, Sam (10 August 2022). "Real Madrid 2–0 Eintracht Frankfurt: Five-star Madrid triumph in Helsinki". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
- ↑ Rodríguez, José María (22 December 2018). "El Madrid agranda su leyenda" [Madrid enlargen their legend]. Marca (in Spanish). Spain. Archived from the original on 8 October 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
- ↑ "Vinicius and Valverde dazzle as five-star Madrid conquer". FIFA. 11 February 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
- ↑ "2015 South American U-15 Championship". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 15 June 2019.
- ↑ "Brasil golea 5–0 a Chile y es campeón del Sudamericano Sub-17" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 20 March 2017.
- ↑ "Seleção da Copinha tem Vinícius Júnior e 4 do Timão; Pedrinho é o melhor jogador". Globoesporte.com. 26 January 2017.
- ↑ "Vinicius y un protagonismo estratégico". CONMEBOL.com. 20 March 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
- ↑ "Vini Jr. named LaLiga Santander Player of the Month for November". La Liga. 10 December 2021.
- ↑ "2021/22 UEFA Champions League Team of the Season". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ↑ "2022/23 UEFA Champions League Team of the Season". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 11 June 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ↑ "2021/22 UEFA Champions League Young Player of the Season". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ↑ "LaLiga Santader Team of the Season". EA. 19 May 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ↑ "Los Premios 'Team Of The Season' de EA SPORTSTM y LaLiga revelan a los mejores 15 jugadores de la temporada" [The EA SPORTSTM and LaLiga 'Team Of The Season' Awards reveal the best 15 players of the season]. LaLiga. 19 May 2023. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ↑ "The adidas awards ceremony | FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2022™". FIFA.com. 11 February 2023.
- ↑ "Bellingham wins Kopa Trophy and Vini Jr. scoops Socrates Award | Real Madrid CF". Real Madrid C.F. 30 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.