Juary

Born in São João de Meriti, Rio de Janeiro, Juary started his career at Santos FC. As an 18-year-old, he was important to the club's 1978 conquest of the Paulistan League. He had his first stint abroad the following year, with Mexico's Leones Negros de Guadalajara. In 1980, Juary embarked on an Italian adventure when he moved to U.S. Avellino. Over the course of two seasons, Juary scored regularly, helping the club to secure its permanence in Serie A. His performance caught the eye of Inter Milan, and Juary signed for the team for the 1982–83 season. Regrettably Juary struggled to fit in with the Milanese team, and left at the end of the season after having scored only two goals. He then moved to Ascoli Calcio 1898, where he recovered some of his previous form, and U.S. Cremonese before moving to Portugal. During his time in Italy, Juary became popular for celebrating his goals with a 'corner dance'. The idea came to him after a journalist asked him how he intended to celebrate, and he replied 'I'll come up with something'. Juary moved to FC Porto in the 1985 summer, serving as backup to club great Fernando Gomes. There, he achieved the greatest moment in his career when, on 27 May 1987, he came from the bench to net the decisive 2–1 against FC Bayern Munich in the 1986–87 European Cup final. However, Juary left Porto in the ensuing season, returning to his country with Associação Portuguesa de Desportos and moving back to Santos the following year, where he was not able to…

Juary played twice for Brazil in 1979 (aged 20), going scoreless in the process: his debut came on 26 July against Bolivia, and he also appeared in a friendly with Argentina on 2 August. He was a member of the squad that took part at the Copa América that year, reaching the semi-finals.

Porto

Primeira Divisão: 1985–86, 1987–88 Taça de Portugal: 1987–88 European Cup: 1986–87 European Super Cup: 1987 Intercontinental Cup: 1987