Antônio (footballer, born 1989)

Brazilian footballer

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Rodrigues and the second or paternal family name is dos Santos. "Júnior" is a generational suffix used for someone whose name is the same as their father, like "Jr." in English.

AntônioPersonal information

Full name|  Antônio Carlos Rodrigues dos Santos Júnior
Date of birth|  (1989-03-30) March 30, 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth|  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height|  1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)|  Defensive midfielder
Team information

Current team

|  Flamengo
Youth career
|  Fluminense
2006–2009|  Flamengo
Senior career*
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Gls)
2009–|  Flamengo|  1|  (0)
2010|  → Americano (loan)|  0|  (0)
2010|  → CFZ (loan)|  0|  (0)
2011|  → Duque de Caxias (loan)|  8|  (0)
International career‡
2008|  Brazil U-20|  |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of December 5, 2011
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of December 5, 2011

Antônio Carlos Rodrigues dos Santos Júnior, better known as Antônio (born March 30, 1989), is a Brazilian defensive midfielder. He currently plays for Flamengo.

## Career

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### Fluminense

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Carioca, the defensive midfielder half began his career in Futsal. His first steps were on the court of Vila Isabel. There, caught the attention of other clubs, and ended up at Fluminense.

### Flamengo

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Thanks to its prominence in soccer, the head-of-area was invited to transfer to Flamengo and make the transition to the football field. Since then she has been doing its part and collecting evidence. In two years, the first one as the second year of youth and the second as the first year of junior, won five trophies, including two Campeonato Carioca, one in each category.

### Brazil U-20

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In the 2008 season, Antônio has continued in the juniores team in his second and final year in the category, with good participation on the team. In between, he was captain of the Brazil U-20 then headed by Rogério Lourenço and was not the World category because they are severely injured.

### Americano, CFZ do Rio and Return to Flamengo

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In early 2010 was promoted to professional, but without many opportunities came to be loaned to Americano who will not be seized and returned Gávea, where Antônio headed to the club partner, the CFZ do Rio in order to recover from injury suffered years before. Later, with the arrival of Zico as executive in charge of football and under the tutelage of Rogério Lourenço, the shuttle returned to Flamengo in order to be integrated into the senior team to compete in the 2010 Brazilian Championship.

### Career statistics

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(Correct as of December 5, 2011[update])
Club  | Season  | State League  | League  | Copa do Brasil | Copa Libertadores | Copa Sudamericana | Total

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Apps  | Goals  | Apps  | Goals  | Apps  | Goals  | Apps  | Goals  | Apps  | Goals  | Apps  | Goals
Flamengo | 2009 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0
Americano (loan)  | 2010 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0
CFZ (loan)  | 2010 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0
Flamengo | 2010 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0
Duque de Caxias (loan)  | 2011 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | 0
Total | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 0

according to combined sources on the Flamengo official website[1] and Flaestatística.[2]

## Honours

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### Youth

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* Flamengo
* Copa Macaé de Juvenis: 2006
* Torneio Internacional de São Lourenço: 2006
* Campeonato Carioca de Juvenis: 2006
* Campeonato Carioca de Juniores: 2007
* Taça Belo Horizonte: 2007

## Contract

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* Flamengo.[3]

## References

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1. ^ Flamengo official website (in Portuguese)
2. ^ Flaestatística (in Portuguese)
3. ^ CBF Registry[permanent dead link‍] (in Portuguese)

## External links

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* (in Portuguese) Player profile @ Flapédia
* (in Portuguese) ogol

*[Apps]: League appearances
*[Gls]: League goals