The big interview: Juninho – "When I got to Boro it was so cold I put newspaper inside my boots to help warm them up"

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Sao Paulo

Atlético Madrid

Vasco da Gama

Middlesbrough

Flamengo

Celtic

Palmeiras

Sydney

Brazil

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I wasn’t at the same level, of course – I played with my arm in a sling – but I loved the experience

- Juninho

If I could go back in time and change one thing about my career, I wouldn’t have left England at this moment

- Juninho

I heard that there had been talks with Arsenal, but I didn’t ever get an offer from them

- Juninho

If it had been out on the street I think I’d call him names, punch him and run like I was running away from death

- Juninho

Then they put the razor on the grade zero setting and shaved all my hair off!

I was at the stage where I was a member of the first team and the reserves, so I was switching between the sides

- Juninho

We used to send out one team in the Premier League and another in the cups

- Juninho

The media heavily criticised me because they were expecting to see Juninho the playmaker

- Juninho

Fact files: 

FACT FILE

• Full name: Osvaldo Giroldo Junior
• Date of birth: 22/02/1973
• Place of birth: Sao Paulo, Brazil
• Height: 5ft 5in
• Position: Attacking midfielder

CLUBS AND INTERNATIONAL

• 1993-95 Sao Paulo 
• 1995-97 Middlesbrough 
• 1997-2002 Atletico Madrid
• 1999-2000 Middlesbrough (loan)
• 2000-01 Vasco da Gama (loan) 
• 2002 Flamengo (loan) 
• 2002-04 Middlesbrough
• 2004-05 Celtic
• 2005-06 Palmeiras
• 2007 Flamengo
• 2007-08 Sydney FC
• Brazil 50 caps (5 goals)

HONOURS

• Copa Libertadores 1993
• Intercontinental Cup 1993
• CONMEBOL Cup 1994
• Confederations Cup 1997
• World Cup 2002
• League Cup 2004

 

PAL'S POSER - CRAIG HIGNETT

You once said you ‘adored’ fish and chips. But what did you make of the traditional Middlesbrough delicacy of ‘parmo’?

What’s parmo? Damn, I can’t remember, man! Perhaps I ate it, but I wasn’t aware of its name.

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