Junior De Barranquilla
Corporación Popular Deportiva Junior, also known simply as Junior or by its former name Atlético Junior, is a professional Colombian football team based in Barranquilla.
The club was founded in 1924 Known as "Los Tiburones" (The Sharks), or "El Equipo Tiburón" (The Shark Team). Atletico Junior won the Colombian 2011 Fall Championship in penalty kicks (4-2) after losing the 2nd leg game 2-1 against Once Caldas in Manizales on December 21, 2011. Junior won the 1st leg match 3-2 in Barranquilla on December 18, 2011. Junior have won the Colombian professional football championship seven times (1977, 1980, 1993, 1995, 2004, 2010, and 2011). Club legends include Heleno de Freitas, Garrincha, Juan Ramón Verón, Efraín Sánchez, Carlos "El Pibe" Valderrama and Julio César Uribe.
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