In this Portuguese name, "Júnior" is a generational suffix used for someone whose name is the same as their father, like "Jr." in English.
Júnior Messias
Messias with Crotone in 2020
Personal information
Full name
Walter Messias Júnior
Date of birth
(1991-05-13) 13 May 1991 (age 33)[1]
Place of birth
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Height
1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s)
Forward
Team information
Current team
Genoa
Number
10
Youth career
2008–2011
Cruzeiro
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
2015–2017
Casale
32
(21)
2016–2017
Chieri
33
(14)
2017–2019
Gozzano
51
(8)
2019–2022
Crotone
70
(15)
2021–2022
→ AC Milan (loan)
26
(5)
2022–2024
AC Milan
25
(5)
2023–2024
→ Genoa (loan)
9
(1)
2024–
Genoa
9
(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:19, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
Walter Messias Júnior (born 13 May 1991) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Italian Serie A club Genoa. Capable of playing anywhere across the attacking front, he has also been deployed on occasions as an attacking midfielder.
^"Official Statement: Messias Junior". AC Milan.
^"Júnior Messias: Biography". AC Milan. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
following relegation to Serie B, the club loaned out attacking midfielder JuniorMessias to AC Milan with an option for the latter to buy, and striker Simy to...
January 2022, he scored the opener against Roma, and helped his teammate JuniorMessias scoring the second after Giroud snatched the ball from Roma defense...
poor fashion for the club, they had bought Argentine Mario Boyé from Boca Juniors but he stayed only one season and the club were relegated after finishing...
national football team. The career of JuniorMessias is one of the most incredible in football history. Messias come back to football in the early 2010s...
Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021. Manoel Messias at World Triathlon Manoel Messias at Olympedia v t e...
Championship play-offs: 2006 United States CONCACAF Gold Cup: 2007 JuniorMessias - another football player who made semi-professional career lately and...
con opzione". UC Sampdoria. 11 August 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2023. "MESSIAS È IL NUOVO COLPO PER L'ATTACCO". Genoa CFC. 11 August 2023. Retrieved 12...
C. Milan. 7 July 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022. "Official Statement: MessiasJunior". A.C. Milan. 7 July 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022. "Trasferimento a Titolo...
the Labor Law were honored with the "Commendation Messias Pereira Donato". On that occasion, Messias was given a standing ovation by the full Congress...
Jair Messias Bolsonaro (Brazilian Portuguese: [ʒaˈiʁ meˈsi.ɐz bowsoˈnaɾu]; born 21 March 1955) is a Brazilian politician and retired military officer...
Crotone on 29 December 2019 in a game against Trapani. He substituted JuniorMessias in the 85th minute. On 25 September 2020 he was loaned to Serie C club...
Retrieved 18 April 2024. "Santos FC empresta zagueiro Messias ao Goiás" [Santos FC loan stopper Messias to Goiás] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Santos FC. 11...
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