- Celso Luís Honorato Júnior
Infobox Football biography
playername = Celsinho
fullname = Celso Luís Honorato Júnior
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1988|10|20
cityofbirth =São Paulo
countryofbirth =Brazil
height = height|m=1.77
position = Attacking Midfielder / Striker
currentclub =Sporting Clube de Portugal
clubnumber = 88
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 2005 2006-2007 2007-
clubs = Portuguesa Lokomotiv Moscow
→Sporting Clube de Portugal (loan)
caps(goals) =
4 (1)
1 (0)
nationalyears =
nationalteam = Brazil U-17 Brazil U-20
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate =
ntupdate =Celso Luís Honorato Júnior (born
October 18 ,1988 inSão Paulo ,Brazil ) is a Brazilian football player known as Celsinho. He currently plays forSporting Clube de Portugal .He began his career in his native Brazil with Portuguesa, where he was always compared to
Ronaldinho Gaúcho , due to his long and curly hair and amazing technical skills. He was soon signed by Lokomotiv Moscow in January 2006.The climate, the roughness of Russian football and a bad personal relationship with the Lokomotiv coach made him want to leave. He plays for the Brazil U-20 national team.Celsinho is very highly regarded inBrazil and has the potential to be a world class player. His technical and set piece attributes are among his best.Celsinho loves to have the ball at his feet. He was one 1 of 3 players to move to Russia with compatriot Ramon and Turkey'sCaner Erkin moving to Lokomotiv's rivalsCSKA Moscow after the under - 17 world cup.On
19 August 2007 he moved on loan toSporting Clube de Portugal , with the option of a permanent switch. The option to make his loan move permanent was taken and he signed for Sporting before being loaned out once again toEstrela da Amadora to gain more first team experience.
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