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Júnior, born in 1954 in João Pessoa, is a Brazilian former association football player and journalist. He played as a full-back and midfielder for clubs including Clube de Regatas do Flamengo, Torino FC, Delfino Pescara 1936, and Stroemsgodset. He also represented the Brazil men's national football team, participating in the 1982 and 1986 FIFA World Cups.
His professional career spanned from 1974 to 1993, during which he played one match and scored zero goals. Known by the nicknames Leo and Capacete, he later worked as a sports journalist. He is a Portuguese speaker and holds Brazilian citizenship.
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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
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Brazil
- Place of birth
- João Pessoa
- Languages spoken
- Portuguese
- Participant in
- 1982 FIFA World Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Brazil men's national football team
- Position played
- full-back
- Country for sport
- Brazil
- Mass
- 69
- Image
- Leovegildo lins da gama júnior.JPG
- Height
- 1.72
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- Commons category
- Leovegildo Lins da Gama Júnior
- date of birth
- 1954-06-29
- pseudonym
- Capacete (casquet)
- end of work period
- 1993-00-00
- start of work period
- 1974-00-00
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 1
- total goals in career
- 0
- nickname
- Leo
via Wikidata · CC0
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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.