Vini Jr. - Brazilian football star
Vinícius José Paixão de Oliveira Júnior, better known as Vinícius Júnior or Vini Jr (born 12 July 2000), is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a left winger. He currently plays for Real Madrid.
In 2017, the striker entered the history of world football. At just 16 years old, he was sold by Flamengo to Real Madrid for €45 million.
This amount represented, at the time, the 2nd largest sale in the history of Brazilian football, only behind the sale of Neymar, and also the highest amount ever paid by a footballer under 19 years of age. On May 28, 2022, he scored the goal that gave Real Madrid their 14th Champions League title.
Titles:
Flamengo:
Guanabara Cup: 2018
Real Madrid:
FIFA Club World Cup: 2018
UEFA Champions League: 2021–22
La Liga: 2019–20, 2021–22
Spanish Super Cup: 2019–20, 2021–22
Brazilian Team:
South American Under-17 Championship: 2017
South American Under-15 Championship: 2015
Individual awards:
Best Player of the South American Under-17 Championship: 2017
São Paulo Junior Football Cup: 2017
UEFA Champions League Player of the Week: April 2021
La Liga Player of the Month: November 2021
La Liga ideal team: 2021–22
UEFA Champions League ideal team: 2021–22
UEFA Champions League Best Young Player: 2021–22
Artillery:
2017 South American Under-17 Championship (7 goals)
Records:
Highest amount collected by a Brazilian club for a negotiation (45 million euros)
Most expensive transfer in football history among footballers under 19 years of age
Youngest Flamengo player to score a goal in the Copa Libertadores (17 years, 8 months and 2 days)
Youngest Brazilian player to score two goals in the same game in the Copa Libertadores (17 years, 8 months and 2 days)
Youngest player to complete 50 games for Flamengo (17 years, 8 months and 10 days)
4th youngest player to reach 100 games for Real Madrid (20 years, 7 months and 17 days)
Real Madrid striker Vini Jr was chosen by the UEFA technical observer group as the revelation player of the last Champions League. The result of the vote was announced on Tuesday.
Vini Jr finished the 2021/22 Champions League with four goals and six assists, that is, ten direct contributions to Real Madrid goals, in 13 games. He was the decisive goal for Real Madrid in the final against Liverpool, last Saturday.
Vini Jr arrived at the Brazilian team today (31) being applauded by his teammates. Scorer of Real Madrid's title-winning goal in the Champions League, the striker was cheered by the group alongside Casemiro and Rodrygo, who also lifted the trophy.
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/vinijr
Twitter: @vinijr
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His good and really deserves everything he has and everything coming his way too, he is sure one more player Brazil will look up now and with the way his career is going he sure ought to be great too