Juninho Bacuna

#6 · Midfielder · age 28

Brother of Leandro; engine of midfield

Club

FC Volendam

Netherlands · Eerste Divisie

Caps

Intl goals

WC26 rating

high confidence

Recent form: 36
Career peak: 55
League level: 62
Competition pedigree: 54
International pedigree: 76
Longevity: 63

Independent rating — league strength (Opta-anchored) × competition tier × position-normalized output. Not affiliated with EA or FIFA.

Career by season

Season	Club	Competition	Apps	Gls	Ast	Rating
25/26	Football Club Volendam	Eredivisie	13	0	2	—
25/26	Gaziantep Futbol Kulübü A.Ş.	Super Lig	9	0	0	—
24/25	Al Wehda	Saudi Pro League	32	3	4	6.95
23/24	Birmingham City	Championship	45	7	6	6.98
22/23	Birmingham City	Championship	43	2	6	6.90
21/22	Birmingham City	Championship	17	2	3	6.98
20/21	Huddersfield Town	Championship	43	5	4	6.70
19/20	Huddersfield Town	Championship	38	6	5	6.78
18/19	Huddersfield Town	Premier League	21	1	0	—
18/19	Huddersfield Town	FA Cup	1	0	0	—
17/18	Football Club Groningen	Eredivisie	33	1	5	—
17/18	Football Club Groningen	KNVB Beker	2	2	0	—
16/17	Football Club Groningen	Eredivisie	24	1	4	—
15/16	Football Club Groningen	Eredivisie	14	0	1	—
15/16	Football Club Groningen	UEFA Europa League	1	0	0	—
15/16	Football Club Groningen	Johan Cruijff Schaal	1	0	0	—
15/16	Football Club Groningen	KNVB Beker	1	0	0	—
14/15	Football Club Groningen	Eredivisie	12	0	0	—
14/15	Football Club Groningen	KNVB Beker	2	0	1	—

Source: transfermarkt + sofascore · fetched 2026-05-29

Juninho is the runner to his brother’s organiser. Together they cover the kind of midfield ground Curaçao needs against opponents who will dominate possession, and the question for Advocaat is whether the brothers’ familiarity makes up for the technical level gap to Germany’s Kimmich-Stiller or Ecuador’s Caicedo-Páez axis.

Strengths

box-to-box running
ball-carrying through the middle third
midfield duels

Recent form

Senior Volendam starter through 2025-26.

He once scored from his own half for Rangers in a Scottish Premiership match against Hibernian — a goal still routinely shown in Scottish football year-in-review montages.