Januário started his professional career playing for a number of provencial league teams in Brazil before moving the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A team Esporte Clube Vitória. After a season at Esporte Clube Vitória he moved from the Campeonato Brasileira Seria A to the Portuguese Liga where he played for Gil Vicente and C.F. Os Belenenses. He then moved to Iran where he started playing for Foolad in 2006. In 2008, he moved to Esteghlal, talent has dramatically went up and has been in the starting line-up for most of the 2008–09 season and has established great popularity with Esteghlal fans. On 27 April 2009, he netted his fourth goal of the season which eventually made Esteghlal the league champions.
On 26 May 2010, he joined to Sepahan (Iranian Champion) with the contract amount of $ 1,200.000. He returned to Esteghlal after spending two seasons in Sepahan by signing a one year contract. However before the season ends, he separated from the team due to foot injury in January 2013.
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