Full name Thiago Junior Aquino 2001–2004 Atletico Mineiro Current team Perak FA Number 26 Height 1.87 m | Playing position Role Footballer Place of birth Contagem, Brazil Name Thiago Aquino Position Defender | |
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Date of birth (1984-04-03) April 3, 1984 (age 31) | ||
Thiago Junior Aquino (born 3 April 1984), simply known as Thiago Junio is a Brazilian professional footballer playing for Perak in Malaysia Super League as a defender.
Club career
After playing for Brazil U17 in 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship, he signed for Atlético Mineiro in 2001. He spent the following season on loan at Danish Superliga club with Aalborg BK. Making 5 appearances for Atlético Mineiro, he signed for América Mineiro. In the following seasons, he continued to play in lower divisions of club football.
He entered Portuguese football with Gondomar in 2007. However the stint was brief as in the following year he returned home to Brazil. He again tried his luck with various clubs in the lower division. In 2014, entered Asian football by signing for Đồng Nai of Vietnam. He joined his current club, Perak FA, a team in Malaysia Super League in December 2014.
While in Malaysia, he also was selected in a Malaysia League XI team, composed of Super League and Premier League players, in a friendly against visiting clubs Tottenham Hotspur F.C. and Liverpool F.C on May 2015. He scored the only goal for Malaysia XI against Tottenham Hotspur in a 1-2 loss for Malaysia XI.