Samuel Armenteros
Kristiano Samuel Armenteros Nunez Mendoza (born 27 May 1990), known as Samuel Armenteros, is a Swedish footballer of Cuban descent who plays as a striker for Crotone, on loan from Benevento, of the Italian Serie B.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cristiano Samuel Armenteros Núñez Mendoza | ||
| Date of birth | 27 May 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Gothenburg, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position(s) | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team |
Crotone (on loan from Benevento) | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Azalea BK | |||
| 2000–2003 | Örgryte | ||
| 2003–2006 | Husqvarna | ||
| 2006–2008 | Heerenveen | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2009 | Heerenveen | 0 | (0) |
| 2009–2013 | Heracles Almelo | 100 | (26) |
| 2013–2015 | Anderlecht | 5 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | → Feyenoord (loan) | 19 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | → Willem II (loan) | 29 | (11) |
| 2015–2016 | Qarabağ | 23 | (7) |
| 2016–2017 | Heracles Almelo | 29 | (19) |
| 2017– | Benevento | 34 | (7) |
| 2018 | → Portland Timbers (loan) | 28 | (8) |
| 2020– | → Crotone (loan) | 5 | (3) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2005–2006 | Sweden U17 | 3 | (2) |
| 2008 | Sweden U19 | 5 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Sweden U21 | 10 | (1) |
| 2017 | Sweden | 2 | (1) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 February 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 31 August 2017 | |||
Career
Born in Masthugget, Gothenburg, Sweden, to a Cuban father and a Swedish mother, Armenteros moved to the Netherlands at age 16 to join SC Heerenveen's youth system, and made it into the first team under head coach Gertjan Verbeek. He was successively released by Heerenveen in 2009, and later chose to rejoin Verbeek at Heracles Almelo, where he showed himself as a promising striker and managed to score his first Eredivisie goals.
In September 2015, Armenteros signed a two-year contract with reigning Azerbaijan Premier League Champions FK Qarabağ.[1]
On 29 August 2016, Armenteros returned to Heracles Almelo, signing a one-year contract with the club.[2]
Benevento
On 30 August 2017, Armenteros signed a contract with Serie A team Benevento.[3] Armenteros struggled at Benevento, getting little playing time, and looked for a transfer in January 2018. Before departing for Benevento in August, he played 45 minutes for Heracles's B team while recovering from injury, meaning that he had officially played for two teams on the fall-through-spring league calendar. Under FIFA rules, he couldn't play for a third team that used that calendar, and any transfer would require going to a league that plays on a spring-to-fall calendar.[4]
Portland Timbers
In February 2018, Armenteros was loaned by Benevento to Portland Timbers of Major League Soccer.[5] He won MLS's Goal of the Week twice in a row in May 2018.[6] His loan contract expired on 31 December 2018, and he returned to Benevento.[7]
Career statistics
- As of match played 19 November 2017[9]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[nb 1] | Europe[nb 2] | Other[nb 3] | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Heracles Almelo | 2009–10 | Eredivisie | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 15 | 3 | ||
| 2010–11 | 34 | 10 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 35 | 10 | ||||
| 2011–12 | 33 | 4 | 5 | 2 | – | – | 38 | 6 | ||||
| 2012–13 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 4 | – | – | 21 | 13 | ||||
| Total | 100 | 26 | 9 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 109 | 32 | ||
| Anderlecht | 2012–13 | Belgian Pro League | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 1 | ||
| 2013–14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Total | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Feyenoord | 2013–14 | Eredivisie | 19 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 24 | 2 | |
| Willem II | 2014–15 | Eredivisie | 29 | 11 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 30 | 11 | ||
| Qarabağ | 2015–16 | Azerbaijan Premier League | 23 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | – | 32 | 11 | |
| Heracles Almelo | 2016–17 | Eredivisie | 29 | 19 | 3 | 2 | – | – | 32 | 21 | ||
| 2017–18 | Eredivisie | – | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 29 | 19 | 4 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 33 | 21 | ||
| Benevento | 2017–18 | Serie A | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | 6 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 211 | 66 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 240 | 79 | ||
- Notes
- Includes KNVB Cup, Belgian Cup and Azerbaijan Cup.
- Includes UEFA Europa League.
- Includes Belgian Super Cup.
Honours
Club
- Belgian First Division : 2012–13
References
- "Armenteros və Migel Markos Madera `Qarabağ`da!". qarabagh.com (in Azerbaijani). FK Qarabağ. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
- "Samuel Armenteros terug in Almelo". heracles.nl (in Dutch). Heracles Almelo. 29 August 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
- "Samuel Armenteros al Benevento". goal.com. goal.com. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
- Stejskal, Sam (31 May 2018). "Stejskal: Samuel Armenteros emerges from 'nightmare' to spark the Timbers". MLS Soccer. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
- https://www.timbers.com/post/2018/02/09/timbers-acquire-forward-samuel-armenteros
- Boehm, Charles (31 May 2018). "Timbers' Samuel Armenteros wins second straight AT&T Goal of the Week award". MLS Soccer. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
- "Portland Timbers announce roster status ahead of 2019 season". Portland Timbers. 10 December 2018.
- "Colpo Crotone, Armenteros è rossoblù!" (Press release) (in Italian). Crotone. 30 January 2020.
- Samuel Armenteros at Soccerway
External links
- Samuel Armenteros at Voetbal International (in Dutch)
- Samuel Armenteros at National-Football-Teams.com