Vinícius Júnior

**Vinícius José Paixão de Oliveira Júnior** (born 12 July 2000), commonly known as **Vinícius Júnior** or **Vini Jr.** (), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Spanish club Real Madrid and the Brazil national team. He is considered to be one of the best wingers in the world due to his dribbling skills, pace, and stamina.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|Flamengo|2017|Série A|25|3|4|0|7|1|1|0|37|4|
|2018|Série A|12|4|2|0|5|2|13|4|32|10|||
|Real Madrid Castilla|2018–19|Segunda División B|5|4|—|—|—|5|4|||||
|rowspan=7|Real Madrid|2018–19|La Liga|18|1|8|2|3|0|1|0|31|3|
|2019–20|La Liga|29|3|3|1|5|1|1|0|38|5|||
|2020–21|La Liga|35|3|1|0|12|3|1|0|49|6|||
|2021–22|La Liga|35|17|2|0|13|4|2|1|52|22|||
|2022–23|La Liga|33|10|5|3|12|7|5|3|55|23|||
|2023–24|La Liga|9|2|0|0|3|2|0|0|12|4|||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="4"|Brazil|2019|1|0|
|2021|8|0|||
|2022|11|2|||
|2023|5|1|||

- _Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first._

|No.|Date|Venue|Cap|Opponent|Score|Result|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|24 March 2022|Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil|12||2–0|4–0|2022 FIFA World Cup qualification|
|2|5 December 2022|Stadium 974, Doha, Qatar|19||1–0|4–1|2022 FIFA World Cup|
|3|17 June 2023|RCDE Stadium, Barcelona, Spain|22||4–1|4–1|Friendly|

## Honours

**Real Madrid**
- La Liga: 2019–20, 2021–22
- Copa del Rey: 2022–23
- Supercopa de España: 2019–20, 2021–22
- UEFA Champions League: 2021–22
- UEFA Super Cup: 2022
- FIFA Club World Cup: 2018, 2022

**Brazil U15**
- South American U-15 Championship: 2015

**Brazil U17**
- South American U-17 Championship: 2017
- BRICS U-17 Football Cup: 2016

**Individual**
- Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior Best Left-Winger: 2017
- South American U-17 Championship Best Player: 2017
- La Liga Player of the Month: November 2021
- UEFA Champions League Team of the Season: 2021–22, 2022–23
- UEFA Champions League Young Player of the Season: 2021–22
- La Liga Team of the Season: 2021–22, 2022–23
- FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball: 2022
- Socrates Award: 2023

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Vinícius Júnior
- **image**: Vinicius Jr 2021.jpg
- **caption**: Vinícius Júnior in 2021
- **fullname**: Vinícius José Paixão de Oliveira Júnior
- **birth place**: São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro, São Gonçalo, Brazil
- **height**: 1.76 m
- **position**: Midfielder#Winger, Winger
- **currentclub**: Real Madrid CF, Real Madrid
- **clubnumber**: 7
- **youthyears1**: 2005–2017
- **youthclubs1**: Clube de Regatas do Flamengo, Flamengo
- **years1**: 2017–2018
- **clubs1**: Clube de Regatas do Flamengo, Flamengo
- **caps1**: 50
- **goals1**: 11
- **years2**: 2018
- **clubs2**: Real Madrid Castilla, Real Madrid
- **caps2**: 5
- **goals2**: 4
- **years3**: 2018–2023
- **clubs3**: Real Madrid CF, Real Madrid
- **caps3**: 117
- **goals3**: 25
- **nationalyears1**: 2015–2016
- **nationalteam1**: Brazil national under-15 football team, Brazil U15
- **nationalcaps1**: 10
- **nationalgoals1**: 7
- **nationalyears2**: 2016–2017
- **nationalteam2**: Brazil national under-17 football team, Brazil U17
- **nationalcaps2**: 19
- **nationalgoals2**: 17
- **nationalyears3**: 2018–2019
- **nationalteam3**: Brazil national under-20 football team, Brazil U20
- **nationalcaps3**: 4
- **nationalgoals3**: 0
- **nationalyears4**: 2019–
- **nationalteam4**: Brazil national football team, Brazil
- **nationalcaps4**: 12
- **nationalgoals4**: 1
- **club-update**: 22:33, 20 May 2022 (UTC)
- **nationalteam-update**: 19:13, 25 March 2022 (UTC)