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Júnior Santos

Júnior Santos

Forward · Botafogo · 32 · Brazil

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Season score
43.5
Brasileiro Serie A 2026, 19 matches
Last 5 weeks
42.2
average of weeks with 60+ minutes
Market value
€3.0M
−€500k (−14%) since 10 Dec 2025
Transfermarkt, 26 May 2026

Photo: Copa do Nordeste, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Born
11 Oct 1994
Height
188 cm
Foot
R
Contract until
31 Dec 2026
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Wikipedia Wikidata Transfermarkt

Every week

1–7 Jul 2025 to 20–26 Oct 2026

11 of 69 weeks with 60+ minutes, averaging 43.5 (minutes-weighted); 0 of them 70 or better.

no matchunder 60′under 4545–5555–7070+

Every week as a table
WeekMatchesMinutesScoreExpectedUnderlying
13–19 Oct 202611436.346.935.0
6–12 Oct 202624940.646.941.7
15–21 Sep 2026211840.147.340.3
8–14 Sep 202617439.947.942.7
1–7 Sep 202612751.347.751.4
25–31 Aug 202611396.747.0100.0
18–24 Aug 202629051.046.753.9
11–17 Aug 202616243.046.444.2
12–18 May 202615841.946.545.9
5–11 May 202617736.547.135.2
28 Apr – 4 May 202611331.747.229.9
21–27 Apr 2026210942.047.546.6
14–20 Apr 2026211643.148.239.3
7–13 Apr 202618038.048.837.5
31 Mar – 6 Apr 2026215053.748.151.5
24–30 Mar 202613239.148.039.3
17–23 Mar 202629039.648.738.5
10–16 Mar 202611936.549.135.2
23–29 Sep 202511742.049.241.1
9–15 Sep 202511840.249.440.3
19–25 Aug 202516844.249.943.6
12–18 Aug 20251833.550.131.9
5–11 Aug 202512052.350.052.5
29 Jul – 4 Aug 202512443.250.342.5
22–28 Jul 202512339.050.737.9
15–21 Jul 202513339.951.438.9
8–14 Jul 202512858.251.159.6

Against expectation

How it's expected

Each week's score beside what the player's earlier matches led to expect. Over the last 10 weeks with 60+ minutes: −4.3 a week below expectation.

35.040.045.050.055.019 Aug31 Mar14 Apr5 May18 Aug15 SepExpected 47.3Score 40.1

Market value

Where these come from
Transfermarkt €3.0M −€500k (−14%) since 10 Dec 2025 26 May 2026 · its own valuation, revised a few times a year
Current estimate €2.7M no change recorded 22 Oct 2026 · BSD, seen when squads refresh
Next summer, if it goes like similar cases €1.2M–€1.8M −46% median of 40 similar past cases; players the same age −40% Closest cases, what their Transfermarkt value then did in a year: Juanmi at 32 (€2.8M, scoring 44.2) −64%; Dimitri Foulquier at 31 (€2.5M, scoring 42.3) −52%; Luciano at 32 (€2.5M, scoring 44.8) −48%.
0€2.0M€4.0M€6.0M2020202120222023202420252026€3.0M€2.7M
Every value as a table
DateSourceValue
22 Oct 2026Current estimate (BSD)€2.7M
26 May 2026Transfermarkt€3.0M
12 Mar 2026Transfermarkt€3.0M
10 Dec 2025Transfermarkt€3.5M
5 Sep 2025Transfermarkt€4.0M
6 Jun 2025Transfermarkt€5.0M
9 Dec 2024Transfermarkt€6.0M
17 Jun 2024Transfermarkt€4.0M
28 Mar 2024Transfermarkt€2.5M
11 Dec 2023Transfermarkt€1.4M
25 Jul 2023Transfermarkt€1.0M
7 Apr 2023Transfermarkt€600k
14 Nov 2022Transfermarkt€600k
28 Jun 2022Transfermarkt€600k
14 Jan 2022Transfermarkt€700k
29 Jun 2021Transfermarkt€800k
29 Jan 2021Transfermarkt€800k
8 Apr 2020Transfermarkt€550k
28 Dec 2019Transfermarkt€700k
18 Feb 2019Transfermarkt€900k

Two different estimates, so each is its own line and each change is measured within its own line.

Moves

All transfers
DateMoveFee
6 Mar 2026Atlético-MG BotafogoFree or loan
24 Jan 2025Botafogo Atlético-MG€7.6M
31 Mar 2023Fortaleza Botafogo€200k
20 Jan 2023Sanf. Hiroshima Fortaleza€650k
31 Dec 2022Botafogo Sanf. HiroshimaFree or loan
15 Aug 2022Sanf. Hiroshima BotafogoFree or loan

What the score is made of

Brasileiro Serie A 2026: each part per 90 minutes against the average forward in the top five leagues (0), in standard deviations.

  • Shooting −0.45
  • Creating −0.31
  • Progressing +0.21
  • Keeping the ball −0.84
  • Defending −0.29
  • Aerial −0.22
  • Finishing −0.14

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Plays most like

same position, last 12 months: the shape of their play, not its level
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Christopher Lungoyi Wieczysta Kraków · 26––84%Compare
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Mohammed Fuseini Derby County · 2442.5€2.5M82%Compare

Recent score: the last six months. Cheaper: valued at less than 60% of Júnior Santos.

Seasons

SeasonCompetitionTeamMatchesMinutesScoreUnderlying
Brasileiro Serie A 2026Brasileirão Série ABotafogo1981043.543.5
CONMEBOL Sudamericana 2026Copa SudamericanaBotafogo425944.743.0
Copa do Brasil 2026Copa do BrasilBotafogo212242.247.9
Brasileiro Serie A 2025Brasileirão Série AAtlético Mineiro1637551.852.2

Latest matches

34 since July 2025
DateCompetitionOpponentResultMinGoalsAssistsxGxAScore
17 Oct 2026Brasileirão Série AChapecoenseW 1–01400–0.0036.3
12 Oct 2026Brasileirão Série Aat CoritibaD 1–11600–0.0041.1
7 Oct 2026Brasileirão Série AVasco da GamaL 1–233000.110.0040.4
19 Sep 2026Brasileirão Série Aat MirassolL 0–24500–0.0139.8
16 Sep 2026Brasileirão Série AGrêmioW 3–273000.150.1840.3
12 Sep 2026Brasileirão Série ARed Bull BragantinoD 1–174000.310.0139.9
6 Sep 2026Brasileirão Série APalmeirasD 0–02700–0.0151.3
30 Aug 2026Brasileirão Série Aat FlamengoL 0–31300–0.0396.7
24 Aug 2026Brasileirão Série AAthleticoL 2–345000.120.0042.0
21 Aug 2026Copa SudamericanaCiencianoW 1–045000.160.3159.9
All 34 matches
DateCompetitionOpponentResultMinGoalsAssistsxGxAScore
17 Oct 2026Brasileirão Série AChapecoenseW 1–01400–0.0036.3
12 Oct 2026Brasileirão Série Aat CoritibaD 1–11600–0.0041.1
7 Oct 2026Brasileirão Série AVasco da GamaL 1–233000.110.0040.4
19 Sep 2026Brasileirão Série Aat MirassolL 0–24500–0.0139.8
16 Sep 2026Brasileirão Série AGrêmioW 3–273000.150.1840.3
12 Sep 2026Brasileirão Série ARed Bull BragantinoD 1–174000.310.0139.9
6 Sep 2026Brasileirão Série APalmeirasD 0–02700–0.0151.3
30 Aug 2026Brasileirão Série Aat FlamengoL 0–31300–0.0396.7
24 Aug 2026Brasileirão Série AAthleticoL 2–345000.120.0042.0
21 Aug 2026Copa SudamericanaCiencianoW 1–045000.160.3159.9
16 Aug 2026Brasileirão Série Aat VitóriaL 0–162000.130.0743.0
14 May 2026Copa do Brasilat ChapecoenseL 0–258000.310.0641.9
7 May 2026Copa SudamericanaRacing ClubW 2–17700–0.0036.5
2 May 2026Brasileirão Série ARemoL 1–21300–0.0031.7
25 Apr 2026Brasileirão Série AInternacionalD 2–245000.090.0041.2
21 Apr 2026Copa do BrasilChapecoenseW 1–064000.57–42.5
18 Apr 2026Brasileirão Série Aat ChapecoenseW 4–159000.150.0033.6
15 Apr 2026Copa Sudamericanaat Racing ClubW 3–257100.450.0052.9
9 Apr 2026Copa SudamericanaCaracas F.C.D 1–180000.060.0438.0
5 Apr 2026Brasileirão Série Aat Vasco da GamaW 2–160000.150.1750.0
1 Apr 2026Brasileirão Série AMirassolW 3–290100.430.0156.1
29 Mar 2026Brasileirão Série Aat AthleticoL 1–432000.050.0139.1
21 Mar 2026Brasileirão Série Aat Red Bull BragantinoW 2–14500––35.7
18 Mar 2026Brasileirão Série Aat PalmeirasL 1–24500–0.0043.4
14 Mar 2026Brasileirão Série AFlamengoL 0–31900–0.0036.5
28 Sep 2025Brasileirão Série AMirassolW 1–01700–0.0042.0
14 Sep 2025Brasileirão Série ASantosD 1–118000.020.0040.2
24 Aug 2025Brasileirão Série Aat São PauloL 0–26800–0.0144.2
17 Aug 2025Brasileirão Série AGrêmioL 1–3800–0.0033.5
10 Aug 2025Brasileirão Série Aat Vasco da GamaD 1–12000–0.0152.3
3 Aug 2025Brasileirão Série ARed Bull BragantinoW 2–12400–0.0243.2
27 Jul 2025Brasileirão Série Aat FlamengoL 0–12300–0.0239.0
20 Jul 2025Brasileirão Série Aat PalmeirasL 2–33300–0.0039.9
13 Jul 2025Brasileirão Série Aat BahiaL 1–228000.020.0058.2