Samir Santos

Samir
Personal information
Full name Samir Caetano de Souza Santos
Date of birth (1994-12-05) 5 December 1994
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in)[1]
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Udinese
Number 3
Youth career
2009–2011 Audax Rio
2011 → Flamengo (loan)
2012–2013 Flamengo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Flamengo 50 (1)
2016– Udinese 53 (2)
2016 → Verona (loan) 3 (1)
National team‡
2014– Brazil U21 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 August 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 January 2016

Samir Caetano de Souza Santos (born 5 December 1994 in Rio de Janeiro), also known as Samir, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Udinese as a centre back.

Club career

Samir began his career with Brazilian side Flamengo, making his Série A debut with the club's first team in 2013; he won the 2013 Copa do Brasil and the 2014 Campeonato Carioca with the club.[2][3][4]

On 18 January 2016, he joined Italian club Udinese for €4.5 million,[2] but was immediately loaned out to Verona for the remainder of the 2015–16 Serie A season.[3]

On 4 April 2016, he made his Serie A debut, scoring the decisive goal in a 1–0 away win against Bologna from a header.[3]

International career

Samir was included in the Brazilian under-20 side for the 2013 South American Youth Football Championship.[5] He has also represented Brazil at under-21 level.[4]

Style of play

Samir is a large, quick, and physically powerful left-footed defender, who is known for his confidence, solid distribution, ability to read the game, and strength in the air, which makes him a goal threat on set-pieces in the opposition's area. Although primarily a centre-back, he is also capable of playing as a left-back or as a defensive midfielder.[2][3][4][6][7][8]

Career statistics

Club

(Correct as of 21 August 2018)[6][9]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Flamengo Série A
2013 13040----170
2014 1715060111392
2015 20030--71301
Total 50112060182863
Verona (loan) Serie A
2015–16 31------31
Total 3100000031
Udinese Serie A
2016–17 210------210
2017–18 31200----312
2018–19 1010----20
Total 532100000542
Career total 1064130601821436

Honours

Club

Flamengo[4][9]

References

  1. ↑ "Samir Caetano de Souza Santos". www.udinese.it. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 Stefano Chioffi (2 December 2015). "Samir, colpo Udinese: arriverà in estate" (in Italian). Il Corriere dello Sport. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Francesco Oddi (4 April 2017). "Verona, Delneri ringrazia Samir: gol all'esordio, in attesa dell'Udinese" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Luca Persico (29 July 2017). "Report: Udinese continue to push for Flamengo defender Samir". www.sambafoot.com. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  5. ↑ Christopher Atkins (30 December 2012). "Brazil name 22-man squad for South American Under-20 Championship". www.sambafoot.com. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  6. 1 2 "SAMIR CAETANO DE SOUZA SANTOS" (in Italian). www.tuttocalciatori.net. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  7. ↑ "Calciomercato, Inter: piace Samir dell'Udinese" (in Italian). Sky.it. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  8. ↑ Matteo Pifferi (20 June 2017). "Samir chiarisce: "Sono un terzino sinistro ma prima di tutto difensore. Contro l'Inter…"" (in Italian). www.fcinter1908.it. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  9. 1 2 "Samir". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
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