| Intro | Brazilian footballer |
| Is |
Athlete Football player Association football player |
| From | Brazil |
| Type | Sports |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 14 March 1970, Feira de Santana |
| Age: | 50 years |
| Star sign | Pisces |
Raimundo Ferreira Ramos Jr. (also known as Júnior or Júnior Baiano [by adding the demonym of Bahia, his home state]) (born 14 March 1970 in Feira de Santana) is a retired Brazilian footballer.
Career
Club
Júnior Baiano began his career in the late 1980s, playing with Flamengo in the Campeonato Brasileiro. Over the course of the next 15 years Júnior Baiano’s career took him to Germany, China, and all over Brazil. He is most remembered in Germany for the ten-match ban he received after punching an opponent in a game, which caused his club Werder Bremen to cancel his contract. He won the Campeonato Carioca twice in two stints with Flamengo in 1991 and 2004, as well as the Copa do Brasil and the Campeonato Brasileiro. He also won the Copa Conmebol and the Recopa Sul-Americana with São Paulo in 1994, and the Copa Libertadores with Palmeiras in 1999.
He retired in the end of 2005, but in December 2006 he signed a professional contract with América from Rio de Janeiro to defend the club in Rio State Championship in the beginning of 2007. Baiano signed a contract with Brasiliense to play Série B Brazilian League in 2007.
After a brief stint with Volta Redonda in 2009, he signed with Miami FC of the USL First Division, which is coached by his former Brazilian national team teammate Zinho.
International
Júnior Baiano earned 25 caps with the Brazilian national team between 1997 and 1998, and was a member of the Brazil squad which took part in the 1998 World Cup, the 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup, and which won the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup. During the 1998 World Cup Baiano played a key role in the Brazil squad which reached the 1998 FIFA World Cup Final in Paris, although in the match against Norway which Brazil lost 2-1, he lost a “trial of strength” with Tore Andre Flo immediately before the striker hit the ball beyond the reach of Claudio Taffarel.
Honours
- Club
- Campeonato Carioca: 1991, 2004
- Copa do Brasil: 1990
- Campeonato Brasileiro: 1992, 2000
- Copa Conmebol: 1994
- Recopa Sul-Americana: 1994
- Copa Mercosul: 1998, 2000
- Copa Libertadores: 1999
- International
- FIFA Confederations Cup: 1997
- Individual
- Bola de Prata: 1997