Juninho Quixadá
Pedro Julião Azevedo Junior, known as Juninho Quixadá, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward for Ceará.Career
Born in Quixadá, Juninho Quixadá has previously played for Ferroviário, as well as for Bragantino, before moving in 2011 to Bulgaria.
On 20 June 2011, Quixadá joined PFC Ludogorets Razgrad on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee. He made his debut on 3 July in a 6–1 friendly win against Septemvri Simitli, playing 45 minutes on the right wing.
Juninho made his league debut for Ludogorets against Lokomotiv Plovdiv on 6 August 2011. He scored his first competitive goal on 20 August in a 4–0 victory against Vidima-Rakovski. On 11 September, he scored twice in a 6–0 win over Slavia Sofia. On 28 November 2011, in a 2–2 away draw against CSKA Sofia, Quixadá netted his fourth goal of the season and assisted Ivan Stoyanov. On 27 February 2014, he scored a last-minute goal against S.S. Lazio to bring the score to 3:3 and enable his team to advance to the 1/8 finals of the UEFA Europa League by 4:3 on aggregate.
After almost 7 years in Ludogorets, Quixada left the club on 11 January 2018 due to mutual agreement.Club statistics
As of 11 January 2018International career
On 24 January 2013, Quixadá got a Bulgarian passport and become able to play for Bulgaria. He said that he would be happy to represent Bulgaria on the international level.Honours
Club
; Ludogorets
