Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Tare da kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Brazil, Júnior ta sami 'yan wasa goma sha tara tsakanin 1996 da 2004, inda ta zira kwallaye guda daya, wanda ya zo ne a kan Costa Rica a gasar cin kofin duniya ta FIFA ta 2002. Ya kuma kasance memba na 'yan wasan Brazil da suka halarci gasar cin kofin CONCACAF ta 1998
da kuma 2001 Copa América.