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Júnior Urso

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Born
1989 (35 years old)

Birth Place
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Position
Defensive Midfield

Status
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Ethnicity
Black

Team Number
21

Height
1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)

Weight
159 lbs

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Ocimar de Almeida Júnior or simply Júnior Urso (born 10 March 1989) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Major League Soccer club Orlando City.

Career
Brazil
Júnior started his career in Santo André. In 2010, he transferred to Ituano. After a good performance in early 2011, he had his federative rights purchased to Avaí and was loaned to Paraná Clube immediately. In the middle of 2011 season, Avaí called back Junior Urso to play in the Série A. He made his debut for Avaí in the game which Avaí loses to Grêmio in Ressacada. In the end of 2011, he was hired with Coritiba.

Shandong Luneng
In February 2014, Urso moved to Chinese Super League giants Shandong Luneng and proceeded to score the first goal of the season against Harbin Yiteng.

Loan to Atlético Mineiro
Following contract disputes with Shandong Luneng, the Chinese club loaned Urso back to Brazil where he played the 2016 season with Atlético Mineiro. The loan fee was a reported US$2 million (R$7.2 million).

Guangzhou R&F
On 9 January 2017, Júnior moved to fellow Super League side Guangzhou R&F.

Corinthians
On 4 February 2019, Júnior Urso returned to Brazil, signing with Corinthians after Guangzhou terminated his contract. He made his debut for the team on 17 February against São Paulo FC in the 2019 Campeonato Paulista, a competition Corinthians would go on to win. Three days later he scored his first goal for the club in a 4–2 win over Avenida in the Copa do Brasil.

Orlando City
On 6 January 2020, Corinthians confirmed the sale of Urso to MLS team Orlando City ahead of the 2020 season, reportedly for a fee of $900k. Orlando announced his arrival the following week. Urso made his debut for the team in the season opener, captaining the side in place of the suspended Nani as Orlando earned a 0–0 draw against Real Salt Lake. On 29 August 2020, Urso scored the opener in a 3–1 win over Atlanta United, Orlando's first ever win in the rivalry's history.

Personal life
Urso's brother is former professional footballer Peter de Almeida who retired in 2015 to become Junior's agent.
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Lamar Hunt US Open Cup
2022

Orlando City
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Campeonato Paulista
2019

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Campeonato Paranaense
2013

Coritiba
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Campeonato Paranaense
2012

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MLS Team Of The Week
2022-10-10


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2009-2010
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2010-2011
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2011-2012
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2013
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2014-2016
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2016 (Loan)
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2017-2019
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