Júnior Morais

For the Jamaican footballer, see Junior Morias. For the Brazilian-born Ukrainian footballer, see Junior Moraes.

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

Júnior Morais

Morais with FCSB in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Iraneuton Sousa Morais Júnior
Date of birth	(1986-07-22) 22 July 1986
Place of birth	São Luís, Brazil
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Left-back
Team information
Current team	Metaloglobus București
Number	12
Youth career
1998–2006	São Cristóvão
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2009	São Cristóvão	81	(5)
2009–2010	Freamunde	32	(3)
2011–2017	Astra Giurgiu	198	(6)
2017–2019	FCSB	49	(0)
2019–2021	Gaziantep	51	(0)
2021–2023	Rapid București	71	(4)
2023–2024	Gaziantep	15	(0)
2024–	Metaloglobus București	14	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 December 2024

Iraneuton Sousa Morais Júnior (born 22 July 1986), known as Júnior Morais or Júnior Maranhão, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Liga II club Metaloglobus București.

Career

Morais spent the first years of his senior career in Brazil and Portugal, with São Cristóvão and Freamunde, respectively. In 2011, he joined Astra Ploiești in Romania, which was later relocated and renamed Astra Giurgiu. Over the course of six and a half seasons, Morais totalled 256 matches and eight goals in all competitions for Astra; he also aided to four domestic trophies, including the 2015–16 Liga I title.

He continued in the country and its Liga I for the 2017–18 and 2018–19 campaigns, signing for FCSB. Morais transferred to Turkish club Gaziantep in the summer of 2019, where he rejoined former Astra manager Marius Șumudică. He spent two years in the Süper Lig before returning to Romania with Rapid București, aged nearly 35.

Personal life

In 2015, Morais married Romanian handballer Andreea Dospin. They have two children together, a girl and a boy, with his former Astra teammate Constantin Budescu baptizing them. Despite earlier reports, Morais stated in October 2020 that he does not hold Romanian citizenship.

Career statistics

Morais playing for Rapid București in August 2022

As of match played 16 December 2024

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League		National cup		League cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
São Cristóvão	2006			–		–		–		–
	2007			–		–		–		–
	2008			–		–		–		–
	2009			–		–		–		–
	Total	81	5	–		–		–		–		81	5
Freamunde	2009–10	19	2	2	1	0	0	–		–		21	3
	2010–11	13	1	0	0	3	0	–		–		16	1
	Total	32	3	2	1	3	0	–		–		37	4
Astra Giurgiu	2010–11	14	0	–		–		–		–		14	0
	2011–12	31	0	1	0	–		–		–		32	0
	2012–13	33	3	5	0	–		–		–		38	3
	2013–14	33	2	5	1	0	0	8	0	–		46	3
	2014–15	29	0	0	0	4	0	10	0	1	0	44	0
	2015–16	29	1	1	0	1	0	6	0	–		37	1
	2016–17	29	0	4	1	0	0	11	0	1	0	45	1
	Total	198	6	16	2	5	0	35	0	2	0	256	8
FCSB	2017–18	21	0	0	0	–		11	2	–		32	2
	2018–19	28	0	2	0	–		4	0	–		34	0
	Total	49	0	2	0	–		15	2	–		66	2
Gaziantep	2019–20	29	0	1	0	–		–		–		30	0
	2020–21	22	0	1	0	–		–		–		23	0
	Total	51	0	2	0	–		–		–		53	0
Rapid București	2021–22	34	2	1	0	–		–		–		35	2
	2022–23	36	2	1	0	–		–		–		37	2
	2023–24	1	0	–		–		–		–		1	0
	Total	71	4	2	0	–		–		–		73	4
Gaziantep	2023–24	15	0	2	0	–		–		–		17	0
Metaloglobus București	2024–25	14	0	0	0	–		–		–		14	0
Career total		511	18	26	3	8	0	50	2	2	0	594	23

Honours

Astra Giurgiu

• Liga I: 2015–16
• Cupa României: 2013–14
• Supercupa României: 2014, 2016

External links

• Júnior Morais at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
• Astra Giurgiu official profile (in Romanian)