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Júnior, born Leovegildo Lins da Gama Júnior in João Pessoa, Brazil, on June 29, 1954, was a male association football player, journalist, and coach. He played as a full-back for Clube de Regatas do Flamengo, Torino FC, Delfino Pescara 1936, and the Brazil men's national football team. His professional career spanned from 1974 to 1993. He participated in the 1982 FIFA World Cup and the 1986 FIFA World Cup.
The athlete, who stood 1.72 meters tall and weighed 69 kilograms, was known by the nicknames Leo and Capacete. He spoke Portuguese and represented Brazil in international competition. Beyond his playing career, he worked as a sports journalist and association football coach.
Synthesized by Vinony from 42 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Thesportsdb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1902
- Died
- 1991
- Works
- 32
Top works
- Do homem negro, da sua vida e da sua arte
- Para uma cultura moçambicana
- Delirio e asas
- Terra nossa na costa do Malabar
- Omar Áli
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1934-12-09
- Active to
- 1998-01-15
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 684
- Total plays
- 3,233
Tags
Leovegildo Lins Gama JÚNIOR was one of the most talented midfielders in Brazilian football history. He played for Flamengo, Torino, Pescara and Brazilian national team. Known as a Carnival fan, Junior recorded some sambas in the 80's. His most successful song was "Voa Canarinho". Nowadays, Junior is a TV commentator in Brazil. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/J%C3%BAnior">Read more on Last.fm</a>
via Last.fm · Júnior
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC
· 2012 · cited 6,660x
- Safety and efficacy of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine (AZD1222) against SARS-CoV-2: an interim analysis of four randomised controlled trials in Brazil, South Africa, and the UK
· 2021 · cited 4,165x
- Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants
· 2021 · cited 3,164x
- Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults
· 2024 · cited 2,080x
- Presence of airborne microplastics in human lung tissue
· 2021 · cited 1,159x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- 1997
- Flamengo
- 2003
- Corinthians
- Full name
- Leovegildo Lins da Gama Júnior
- Date of birth
- ( 1954-06-29 ) 29 June 1954 (age 71)
- Place of birth
- João Pessoa , Brazil
- Height
- 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
- Positions
- Left back midfielder
- 1973 1974
- Flamengo
- Years
- Team
- 1974 1984
- Flamengo
- 1984 1987
- Torino
- 1987 1989
- Pescara
- 1989 1993
- Flamengo
- 1979 1992
- Brazil
- 1993 2001
- Brazil (beach)
- 1993 1994
- Flamengo
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Team
- Stroemsgodset
- Position
- Midfielder
- Nationality
- Portugal
via TheSportsDB
~6 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Leovegildo Lins da Gama Júnior (born 29 June 1954), also known as Maestro Júnior, Léo Júnior or simply Júnior, is a Brazilian football pundit and retired footballer who played as a left back or midfielder.
He was nicknamed "Capacete" ("helmet", in Portuguese) because of his afro hairstyle.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Júnior” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.