A tigers it’s up to you to face Club World Cup quarterfinals at Ulsan Hyundai, Team of South Korea, A country that is not unknown to cats, then here they played two elements that left their mark on the club, one for being very good and another for being one of the most criticized strikers in recent years.
This is Juninho e Itamar Batista, Brazilians who arrived as reinforcements at the UANL, But they ran with different luck; they both had in common that they played in South Korea.
Itamar was the longest in this country, it practically started there, because from 2003 to 2004 it was with Chunnam dragons, In 2005 moved to Pohang Steelers and from 2005 to 2006 in the Suwon Bluewings.
After this adventure in South Korea, Itamar arrived in Mexico with Jaguars from Chiapas, where he remained only in 2008-2009, as Tigers signed him at the request of Daniel Guzmán; but in 2011 he asked to leave, he no longer felt good at the club due to criticism, lack of confidence from his coach Ricardo Ferretti, In addition to being attacked for his nightlife and low performance, with 23 goals in 54 games.
He emigrated to Qatar, where he stayed 2011-2012 with Al-Rayyan, before arriving in 2012 in Flamengo; he finally retired in 2017 with Londrina Esporte Clube.
Juninho was in Brazil in its beginnings, from the year 2002 to the year 2004 in Coritiba, happened to Botafogo from the 2005 to the year 2007, in 2008 with Sao Paulo, 2009 again to Botafogo, for then in 2010 live the adventure in South Korea with the Suwon Samsung Bluewings, Where he played only 11 games, As Tigers saw it and took it as a reinforcement for the 2010 Opening, where he remained as the leader of the defense, a captain in the team and historic, as with 35 goals, he is the defender more club scorer.
While in the retire in 2018, Happened to be Tuca technical assistant. Ara, the feline fans see that in the future, Juninho could be Ferretti’s replacement at the helm.
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