Júnior Caiçara

This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Souza and the second or paternal family name is Paula.
Júnior Caiçara

Caiçara with Ludogorets in 2014
Personal information
Full name Uilson de Souza Paula Júnior
Date of birth (1989-04-27) 27 April 1989
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 12 in)
Playing position full back
Club information
Current team
Schalke 04
Number 3
Youth career
Coritiba
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2012 Santo André 1 (0)
2009CS Alagoano (loan) 13 (1)
2010América-SP (loan) 4 (0)
2010–2012Gil Vicente (loan) 56 (1)
2012–2015 Ludogorets Razgrad 83 (0)
2015– Schalke 04 24 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:49, 28 August 2016 (UTC).


Uilson de Souza Paula Júnior (born 27 April 1989, in São Paulo), commonly known as Júnior Caiçara, is a Brazilian-born Bulgarian footballer. He currently plays as a defender for Bundesliga side Schalke 04.

Career

Santo André and loans

Caiçara's first professional club is Santo André. In 2009, he was loaned out to Brazilian team CS Alagoano. He did not make a league appearance for the team. In 2010 Caiçara was sent on loan to América-SP where he made his league debut on 14 January against São Bento.

In summer of 2010 he goes to Portugal team Gil Vicente again on loan from Santo André. He made his debut on 29 August against Trofense in the second Portugal league. He helped his team to gain promotion in the Primeira Liga and played with the team in their return in Primeira Liga.

Ludogorets Razgrad

After playing two seasons for Gil Vicente in Portugal, Júnior Caiçara joined Bulgarian side Ludogorets Razgrad on 5 June 2012.[1] He signed a three-year contract and was given the number 80 jersey.

On 11 July, Caiçara marked his debut for Ludogorets with a goal and first trophy. He opened the scoring in the 2012 Bulgarian Supercup against Lokomotiv Plovdiv, the match ended 3–1 to Ludogorets.[2] On 18 July, he made his European debut against Dinamo Zagreb in the second qualifying round of the Champions League. Then he made his Bulgarian A Group debut, playing full 90 minutes in a 3–0 away win over Cherno More Varna on 11 August. Caiçara quickly established himself as Ludogorets's first choice right-back, making 28 league appearances during his debut campaign in Bulgaria. He collected his first A group title winner's medal at the end of the 2012–13 season.

On 21 August 2013, Caiçara was sent off against Basel in a 4–2 home defeat in the play-off round of the Champions League, his first red card in a Ludogorets shirt.[3]

On 12 December 2014, Ludogorets announced that Caiçara has extended his contract with a new two-year deal that will keep him at the club until 2017.[4]

Schalke 04

On 25 June 2015, Caiçara signed with German club Schalke 04 on a 3 year deal for a fee of €4.5 million.[5] He made his Bundesliga debut in a 1–1 draw with Darmstadt 98.

International career

On 1 July 2014, Caiçara got a Bulgarian passport and become able to play for Bulgaria from April 2016. He said that he would be happy to represent Bulgaria on the international level.[6]

Career statistics

As of 24 November 2016
Club performanceLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
ClubLeagueSeasonAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Brazil League Copa do Brasil Copa Libertadores Others Total
CS Alagoano Série D 2009 002020
Total 0020000020
América-SP Série A2 2010 400040
Total 4000000040
Portugal League Taça de Portugal Europe Others Total
Gil Vicente Segunda Liga 2010–11 2816100342
Primeira Liga 2011–12 2806100341
Total 5611220000683
BulgariaLeagueCCB CupEuropeOther[lower-alpha 1]Total
Ludogorets Razgrad A Group 2012–13 280002011311
2013–14 2909015000530
2014–15 2606011010440
Total 830150280211281
GermanyLeagueDFB-PokalEuropeOther[lower-alpha 2]Total
Schalke 04 Bundesliga 2015–16 2302070320
2016–17 10203161
Total 2404010100381
Career total 1671332381212405
    1. Includes Bulgarian Supercup matches.
    2. Includes DFL-Supercup matches.


    Honours

    Club

    Gil Vicente

    Ludogorets Razgrad

    References

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