# Júnior Morais

Iraneuton Sousa Morais Júnior (born 22 July 1986), known as Júnior Morais or Júnior Maranhão, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Liga II club Metaloglobus București.

## Career

Morais spent the first years of his senior career in Brazil and Portugal, with São Cristóvão and Freamunde, respectively. In 2011, he joined Astra Ploiești in Romania, which was later relocated and renamed Astra Giurgiu. Over the course of six and a half seasons, Morais totalled 256 matches and eight goals in all competitions for Astra; he also aided to four domestic trophies, including the 2015–16 Liga I title.
He continued in the country and its Liga I for the 2017–18 and 2018–19 campaigns, signing for FCSB. Morais transferred to Turkish club Gaziantep in the summer of 2019, where he rejoined former Astra manager Marius Șumudică. He spent two years in the Süper Lig before returning to Romania with Rapid București, aged nearly 35.

## Personal life

In 2015, Morais married Romanian handballer Andreea Dospin. They have two children together, a girl and a boy, with his former Astra teammate Constantin Budescu baptizing them. Despite earlier reports, Morais stated in October 2020 that he does not hold Romanian citizenship.

## Career statistics

    As of match played 8 March 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | National cup | National cup | League cup | League cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| São Cristóvão | 2006 | | | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | |
| São Cristóvão | 2007 | | | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | |
| São Cristóvão | 2008 | | | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | |
| São Cristóvão | 2009 | | | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | |
| São Cristóvão | Total | 81 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 81 | 5 |
| Freamunde | 2009–10 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 21 | 3 |
| Freamunde | 2010–11 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 16 | 1 |
| Freamunde | Total | 32 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 37 | 4 |
| Astra Giurgiu | 2010–11 | 14 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 0 |
| Astra Giurgiu | 2011–12 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 32 | 0 |
| Astra Giurgiu | 2012–13 | 33 | 3 | 5 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 38 | 3 |
| Astra Giurgiu | 2013–14 | 33 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | – | – | 46 | 3 |
| Astra Giurgiu | 2014–15 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 0 |
| Astra Giurgiu | 2015–16 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 37 | 1 |
| Astra Giurgiu | 2016–17 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 1 |
| Astra Giurgiu | Total | 198 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 256 | 8 |
| FCSB | 2017–18 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 2 | – | – | 32 | 2 |
| FCSB | 2018–19 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 0 | – | – | 34 | 0 |
| FCSB | Total | 49 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 15 | 2 | – | – | 66 | 2 |
| Gaziantep | 2019–20 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 30 | 0 |
| Gaziantep | 2020–21 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 23 | 0 |
| Gaziantep | Total | 51 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 53 | 0 |
| Rapid București | 2021–22 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 35 | 2 |
| Rapid București | 2022–23 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 37 | 2 |
| Rapid București | 2023–24 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 |
| Rapid București | Total | 71 | 4 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 73 | 4 |
| Gaziantep | 2023–24 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | 0 |
| Metaloglobus București | 2024–25 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16 | 0 |
| Career total | Career total | 513 | 18 | 26 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 50 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 596 | 23 |

## Honours

Astra Giurgiu
* Liga I: 2015–16
* Cupa României: 2013–14
* Supercupa României: 2014, 2016