Josué Sá

Josué Humberto Gonçalves Leal de Sá (born 17 June 1992) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Spanish club SD Huesca on loan from R.S.C. Anderlecht as a central defender.

Josué Sá
Personal information
Full name Josué Humberto Gonçalves Leal de Sá
Date of birth (1992-06-17) 17 June 1992
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Huesca
(on loan from Anderlecht)
Number 3
Youth career
2000–2009 Sporting CP
2009–2011 Vitória Guimarães
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011−2017 Vitória Guimarães 97 (5)
2011−2012 → Chaves (loan) 23 (1)
2012−2014 Vitória Guimarães B 48 (2)
2017− Anderlecht 22 (0)
2018−2019 → Kasımpaşa (loan) 17 (1)
2019− → Huesca (loan) 7 (0)
National team
2010 Portugal U18 5 (0)
2011−2012 Portugal U19 12 (0)
2012 Portugal U20 5 (0)
2013 Portugal U21 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 October 2019

Club career

Vitória Guimarães

Born in Lisbon, Sá spent nine of his formative years with local Sporting CP, signing with Vitória S.C. at the age of 17.[1] He started his senior career in 2011, being loaned by the latter to third division club G.D. Chaves.[2]

Subsequently returned to Guimarães, Sá initially alternated between the first team and the recently created reserve side in the Segunda Liga.[3][4] His first appearance in the Primeira Liga with the former was on 20 January 2013, when he came on as a late substitute in a 3−1 away win against Rio Ave FC.[5]

Sá scored his first goal in the top level on 7 November 2014, in a 2−1 away victory over F.C. Arouca.[6] He added another one[7] during the season from 26 appearances, helping to an eventual fifth-place finish and qualification to the UEFA Europa League.

On 6 May 2016, Sá renewed his contract until 2019, with the release clause being improved from €3 to 8 million.[8]

Anderlecht

Sá joined R.S.C. Anderlecht on 31 August 2017, after agreeing to a four-year deal.[9] He made his Belgian First Division A debut on 1 October, playing the entire 1–0 home victory over Standard Liège.[10]

Sá spent the following two seasons on loan, to Turkish Süper Lig's Kasımpaşa S.K.[11] and SD Huesca of the Spanish Segunda División.[12]

International career

Four youth levels comprised, Sá won 28 caps for Portugal. His first for the under-21s arrived on 25 March 2013, in a 2−1 friendly defeat of the Republic of Ireland held in Dundalk.[13]

Career statistics
As of match played 26 December 2017[14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Chaves (loan) 2011–12 Second Division 2310000–231
Vitória Guimarães B 2012–13 Segunda Liga 311–––311
2013–14 Campeonato Nacional 91–––91
2014–15 Segunda Liga 80–––80
Total 482–––482
Vitória Guimarães 2012–13 Primeira Liga 300000–30
2013–14 4000101[lower-alpha 1]060
2014–15 2621010–282
2015–16 312001000322
2016–17 3015010–361
2017–18 3000001[lower-alpha 1]040
Total 9756040201095
Anderlecht 2017–18 Belgian First Division A 7010–3[lower-alpha 2]0110
Career total 17587040501918
  1. Appearances in the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
  2. Appearances in the Champions League

References
  1. "Josué está a caminho da Bélgica onde vai assinar pelo Anderlecht" [Josué is on his way to Belgium where he will sign for Anderlecht] (in Portuguese). Notícias ao Minuto. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  2. "Vimaranenses emprestam 15 jogadores" [Vimaranenses loan 15 players]. Record (in Portuguese). 8 July 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  3. "Rui Vitória quer responder "dentro do campo"" [Rui Vitória wants to reply "on the pitch"]. Correio da Manhã (in Portuguese). 23 October 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  4. "Rui Vitória 'puxa' por Josué mas central divide estrutura" [Rui Vitória 'calls for' Josué but stopper divides structure]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 29 November 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  5. "Rio Ave 1−3 V. Guimarães" (in Portuguese). SAPO. 20 January 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  6. ""Estrelinha" de líder" [Leader's "fortune"] (in Portuguese). Rádio Renascença. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  7. "V. Guimarães 1−0 Marítimo" (in Portuguese). SAPO. 27 February 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  8. "Josué renovou até 2019 e tem nova cláusula de rescisão" [Josué renewed until 2019 and has a new release clause]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 6 May 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  9. "OFFICIEEL: Anderlecht brengt langverwachte verdediger naar het Astridpark" [OFFICIAL: Anderlecht bring long-awaited defender to Astridpark]. Voetbalkrant (in Dutch). 31 August 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  10. "Herbeleef hoe Anderlecht in het ultieme slot de maat nam van Standard (1–0)" [Relive how Anderlecht bested Standard in the dying breath (1–0)]. Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). 1 October 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  11. "TT (16/08). Josué Sá op weg naar Turkse club – Mignolet en Ochoa niet naar Napoli – Anderlecht biedt 6 miljoen voor Gambiaanse verdediger" [TT (16/08). Josué Sá on his way to Turkish club – Mignolet and Ochoa not to Napoli – Anderlecht offer 6 million for Gambian defender]. Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). 16 August 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  12. "Josué Sá refuerza la defensa del Huesca" [Josué Sá bolsters Huesca defence]. Diario del AltoAragón (in Spanish). 23 August 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  13. "Portugal vence a Irlanda" [Portugal beat Ireland]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 25 March 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  14. "Josué Sá". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
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