Júnior Caiçara

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Júnior Caiçara
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Caiçara with Ludogorets in 2014
Personal information
Full name Uilson de Souza Paula Júnior
Date of birth (1989-04-27) 27 April 1989 (age 34)
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
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Position(s) Full-back
Team information
Current team
 Schalke 04
Number 3
Youth career
Coritiba
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2012 Santo André 1 (0)
2009 → CS Alagoano (loan) 13 (1)
2010 → América-SP (loan) 4 (0)
2010–2012 → Gil Vicente (loan) 56 (1)
2012–2015 Ludogorets Razgrad 83 (0)
2015– Schalke 04 22 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:37, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

Uilson de Souza Paula Júnior (born 27 April 1989, in São Paulo, Brazil), commonly known as Júnior Caiçara, is a Brazilian-born Bulgarian footballer who currently plays as a defender for German club Schalke 04.

Career

Santo André and loans

Caiçara's first professional club is Santo André. In 2009, he was loaned out to Brazilian team CS Alagoano. He did not make a league appearance for the team. In 2010 Caiçara was sent on loan to América-SP where he made his league debut on 14 January against São Bento.

In summer of 2010 he goes to Portugal team Gil Vicente again on loan from Santo André. He made his debut on 29 August against Trofense in the second Portugal league. He helped his team to gain promotion in the Primeira Liga and played with the team in their return in Primeira Liga.

Ludogorets Razgrad

After playing two seasons for Gil Vicente in Portugal, Júnior Caiçara joined Bulgarian side Ludogorets Razgrad on 5 June 2012.[1] He signed a three-year contract and was given the number 80 jersey.

On 11 July, Caiçara marked his debut for Ludogorets with a goal and first trophy. He opened the scoring in the 2012 Bulgarian Supercup against Lokomotiv Plovdiv, the match ended 3–1 to Ludogorets.[2] On 18 July, he made his European debut against Dinamo Zagreb in the second qualifying round of the Champions League. Then he made his Bulgarian A Group debut, playing full 90 minutes in a 3–0 away win over Cherno More Varna on 11 August. Caiçara quickly established himself as Ludogorets's first choice right-back, making 28 league appearances during his debut campaign in Bulgaria. He collected his first A group title winner's medal at the end of the 2012–13 season.

On 21 August 2013, Caiçara was sent off against Basel in a 4–2 home defeat in the play-off round of the Champions League, his first red card in a Ludogorets shirt.[3]

On 12 December 2014, Ludogorets announced that Caiçara has signed a new two-year deal that will keep him at the club until 2017.[4]

Schalke 04

On 25 June 2015, Caiçara signed with German club Schalke 04 on a 3 year deal for a fee of €4.5 million.[5]

International career

On 1 July 2014, Caiçara got a Bulgarian passport and become able to play for Bulgaria from April 2016. He said that he would be happy to represent Bulgaria on the international level.[6]

Career statistics

As of 30 April 2016
Club performance League Cup Continental Other Total
Club League Season Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brazil League Copa do Brasil Copa Libertadores Others Total
CS Alagoano Série D 2009 0 0 2 0 – – 2 0
Total 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
América-SP Série A2 2010 4 0 0 0 – – 4 0
Total 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Portugal League Taça de Portugal Europe Others Total
Gil Vicente Segunda Liga 2010–11 28 1 6 1 0 0 – 34 2
Primeira Liga 2011–12 28 0 6 1 0 0 – 34 1
Total 56 1 12 2 0 0 0 0 68 3
Bulgaria League CCB Cup Europe Other[lower-alpha 1] Total
Ludogorets Razgrad A Group 2012–13 28 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 31 1
2013–14 29 0 9 0 15 0 0 0 53 0
2014–15 26 0 6 0 11 0 1 0 44 0
Total 83 0 15 0 28 0 2 1 128 1
Germany League DFB-Pokal Europe Other[lower-alpha 2] Total
Schalke 04 Bundesliga 2015–16 22 0 2 0 7 0 – 31 0
Total 22 0 2 0 7 0 0 0 31 0
Career total 165 1 31 2 35 0 2 1 233 4
  • Notes
  1. ↑ Includes Bulgarian Supercup matches.
  2. ↑ Includes DFL-Supercup matches.


Honours

Club

Gil Vicente

Ludogorets Razgrad

References

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