David Sualehe

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David Sualehe
Personal information
Full name David de Senna Fernandes Sualehe [1]
Date of birth (1997-03-23) 23 March 1997 (age 28)
Place of birth Porto, Portugal
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Noah
Number 33
Youth career
2007–2008 Odivelas
2008–2010 CAC
2010–2011 Sporting CP
2011 Belenenses
2012 CAC
2013 Boavista
2013–2016 Porto
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015 Porto B 0 (0)
2016–2018 Sporting CP B 39 (0)
2018–2020 Vitória Guimarães B 23 (0)
2019–2020 → Farense (loan) 14 (0)
2020–2022 Paços de Ferreira 0 (0)
2021–2022 → Académica (loan) 21 (0)
2022–2025 Olimpija Ljubljana 75 (2)
2025– Noah 0 (0)
International career
2014 Portugal U18 2 (0)
2016 Portugal U19 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:47, 31 May 2025 (UTC)

David de Senna Fernandes Sualehe (born 23 March 1997) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Armenian Premier League club Noah.

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Career

Born in Porto and of Mozambican descent, [2] Sualehe was on the books of several clubs as a youth, including Sporting CP and Belenenses in Lisbon, and FC Porto and Boavista in his hometown. He took part with Porto under-19 in the UEFA Youth League in 2015–16. [3]

In July 2016, Sualehe ended his three-year spell at Porto by signing a five-year contract at Sporting with a release clause of €45 million. [4] On 6 August, he made his professional debut with Sporting B in a 2016–17 LigaPro match against Portimonense, playing the first 73 minutes of a 2–1 home loss before being substituted for Bubacar Djaló. [5]

On 30 August 2018, Sualehe signed a three-year deal at Vitória de Guimarães, being again assigned to the reserve team in the second tier. [6] A year later, after relegation, he was loaned to Farense in the same league. [7]

Sualehe moved to Primeira Liga club Paços de Ferreira on 1 September 2020, having contributed to Farense's promotion to the top flight. [8] Nearly exactly a year later, having not played any games for the Castores, he was loaned to second-tier Académica de Coimbra. [9]

On 12 July 2022, Sualehe left Portugal for the first time in his career, signing a two-year deal with the option of a third at Olimpija Ljubljana in the Slovenian PrvaLiga. [10] He played 30 times in his first season, scoring once on 16 April 2023 to open a 2–0 home win over Maribor in the Eternal derby and win the title with five games remaining; the 20-metre strike was his first goal in 123 senior league appearances in his career. [11] With a 2–1 extra time win over the same opponents in the cup final, the team secured a double. [12]

Honours

Olimpija Ljubljana

References

  1. ↑ "David De Senna Fernandes Sualehe". nzs.si (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia . Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  2. ↑ "Os "mambas" jogam em Portugal" [The "Mambas" play in Portugal]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 5 October 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  3. ↑ "FC Porto despede-se da Youth League com empate" [FC Porto say goodbye to the Youth League with draw]. Record (in Portuguese). 9 December 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  4. ↑ "Sporting contrata jogador ao FC Porto" [Sporting sign player from FC Porto] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 3 July 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  5. ↑ "Pires com faro deu a volta ao Sporting B" [Switched-on Pires went around Sporting B]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 6 August 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  6. ↑ "OFICIAL: Vitória anuncia ex-FC Porto e Sporting para a B" [OFFICIAL: Vitória announce ex-FC Porto and Sporting player for the B team] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 30 August 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  7. ↑ "Farense garante David Sualehe por empréstimo" [Farense confirm David Sualehe on loan] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  8. ↑ "David Sualehe reforça Paços de Ferreira" [David Sualehe bolsters Paços de Ferreira] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 1 September 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  9. ↑ "OFICIAL: P. Ferreira empresta David Sualehe à Académica" [OFFICIAL: P. Ferreira loan David Sualehe to Académica] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  10. ↑ "Po napadu Olimpija tudi obrambo okrepila s Portugalcem" [After the attack, Olimpija also strengthened the defence with a Portuguese] (in Slovenian). Radiotelevizija Slovenija. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  11. 1 2 Plestenjak, Rok (16 April 2023). "Neverjetno, kaj je uspelo Portugalcu proti Mariboru!" [It's incredible what the Portuguese managed to do against Maribor!] (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  12. 1 2 "Portugueses do Olimpia Liubliana conquistam 'dobradinha'" [Olimpija Ljubljana's Portuguese conquer the 'double']. A Bola (in Portuguese). 7 May 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  13. ↑ "Tudi uradno: Olimpija se je poslovila od dveh pomembnih članov šampionske ekipe" (in Slovenian). Nogomania. 31 May 2025. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
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