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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Paulo Roberto Junges | ||
| Date of birth | (1976-05-07)7 May 1976 (age 49) | ||
| Place of birth | Selbach, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Paracatu (Manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1991–1992 | Internacional | ||
| 1992–1996 | Tuna Luso | ||
| 1995 | →São Paulo (loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997 | Paraná | ||
| 1997 | Iraty | ||
| 1998 | XV de Piracicaba | ||
| 1999 | Cerro Porteño | ||
| 2000 | Grêmio | ||
| 2001 | Atlético Paranaense | ||
| 2001 | Botafogo–SP | ||
| 2001 | Goiás | ||
| 2001–2002 | Avaí | ||
| 2002 | Inter de Limeira | ||
| 2002 | América de Natal | ||
| 2003 | Cruz Azul | ||
| 2004 | Guaraní | ||
| 2005 | União Barbarense | ||
| 2006 | Deportes Tolima | ||
| 2007–2008 | Luverdense | ||
| 2009 | Sinop | ||
| 2009 | Mineiros | ||
| 2009 | Treze | ||
| 2010 | Inter de Santa Maria | ||
| 2010 | Brasília | ||
| 2010 | Luverdense | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2011 | CRAC-MT | ||
| 2011 | Brasília | ||
| 2011 | CRAC-MT | ||
| 2014 | Paracatu | ||
| 2014 | Novo Horizonte | ||
| 2016 | Paracatu[1] | ||
| 2022–2023 | Brasília[2] | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of January 2016 | |||
Paulo Roberto Junges (born 7 May 1976), commonly known asGauchinho, is a retired Brazilianfootball striker. His best performance as a striker came in 1999 while playing forCerro Porteño, as he was thetop scorer for the1999 Copa Libertadores with 6 goals and theParaguayan 1st Division topscorer with 22 goals.
The son of German descendants, he was born in the small town ofSelbach located in the north of the state ofRio Grande do Sul, on 7 May 1976.
Gauchinho always had a passion for playing football. He spared no effort to achieve this dream. In 1991 at age 15, his dream of becoming a football player began to materialize. He qualified to play on the youth team ofSport Club Internacional ofPorto Alegre, where he played for over a year. In 1992 he transferred toTuna Luso inBelém, the capital ofPará, where he played on the youth teams until 1995, when he aroused the interest of some of Brazil's biggest clubs. He was loaned toSão Paulo to participate in theCopa São Paulo de Juniores. The manager of the youth team,Darío Pereyra, had already formed the team, so Gauchinho didn't have an opportunity to play. He returned to his home club and signed his first professional contract.[citation needed]
Gauchinho started playing professionally at age 20 when he still belonged to a youth team, in the1996 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, defending Tuna Luso in 3 games and scoring 5 goals. In 1997, businessman Sergio Malucelli Luiz negotiated a contract to transfer him toIraty Sport Club ofParaná. That year he played in theParaná State League and was the highlight of the team. This success earned him a transfer toParaná Clube to play in the1997 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. Playing at Paraná Club, he scored 12 goals, almost half of the 30 goals scored by the team that season. In 1998 he transferred toXV November inPiracicaba in theState of São Paulo. There he played in the1998 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, and was the greatest striker of the season with 16 goals. In 1999 Gauchinho participated in an international championship, playing forCerro Porteño ofParaguay. He achieved great success in the1999 Copa Libertadores, and was one of the highlights of the competition and the top scorer with 6 goals. That year he was also champion of theClausura National Championship of Paraguay, and was the top scorer of that tournament with 14 goals. That same year, he was also the highest goalscorer in theApertura Tournament with 12 goals. That year he also played in theCopa Mercosur scoring 1 goal.[citation needed]
In 2000 he made the biggest leap of his career, moving toGremio, however he competed withRonaldinho for a spot in the offense; not receiving any great opportunities, he ended up leaving. In 2001 he passed through four major Brazilian football clubs. Starting atAtlético-PR, after a few games he went to play in the Regional Championship of São Paulo State forBotafogo-SP, where he scored important and decisive goals that led the team to the final, which they lost toCorinthians Paulista. Next, he was transferred toGoiás EC to play in the2001 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. After the first round he was transferred toAvaí FC, where he made several great performances, scoring 12 goals and succeeding in the qualifying stage to lead his team to the semi-finals. In 2002, he played forInternacional de Limeira andAmérica-RN.
In 2003 he ventured again into international football by playing forCruz Azul in Mexico, yet after a good start he suffered a fractured cheekbone in a scrum, and required surgery that kept him out of action for months. After recovering, in 2004 he returned to Paraguay to the play in the national championship, this time playing forClub Guaraní. In 2005, he returned to Brazil to play forUnião Barbarense, playing in the2005 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B. In 2006 went toColombia and played in the national championship forDeportes Tolima. In 2007–08 he returned to Brazil to play forLuverdense ofLucas do Rio Verde, located in northernMato Grosso. Within only two years he became the top scorer in the club's history with 44 goals in only 54 games, of which 9 goals were scored in the2008 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C.
In 2009 he participated in the Mato Grosso Regional Championship, playing forSinop FC, and was the highlight and top scorer of the team. He participated in only 8 games but was the third highest scorer of the competition with 6 goals, just 2 less than the top scorer. He played in 6 games of the2009 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, scoring 3 goals forTreze; however the team did not get the necessary points to qualify, finishing third in the group, and was eliminated.
