Jordan Semedo

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Jordan Semedo [1]
Personal information
Full name Jordan Semedo Varela [2]
Date of birth (2003-01-15) 15 January 2003 (age 22)
Place of birth Nice, France
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [3]
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Slavia Sofia
Number 20
Youth career
2009–2017 Cavigal Nice Sports
2017–2021 AS Monaco
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021–2023 AS Monaco II 21 (1)
2023–2024 AS Monaco 0 (0)
2023–2024 → Cercle Brugge (loan) 14 (0)
2024– Slavia Sofia 5 (1)
International career‡
2021–2022 France U19 11 (0)
2022–2023 France U20 11 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:47, 4 March 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 May 2023

Jordan Semedo Varela (born 15 January 2003) is a French professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Bulgarian First League club Slavia Sofia.

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Club career

Born in Nice, Semedo began his youth career playing for local team Cavigal Nice Sports before joining the AS Monaco academy in 2017. [4] [5]

In June 2023, Semedo joined Cercle Brugge on a one-year loan deal. [1] [5] He made his professional debut on 30 July 2023, in Cercle Brugge's 0–1 defeat against Royal Antwerp. [6]

International career

Semedo is eligible to play for France and Cape Verde but chose to represent France internationally.

In 2022, he participated in the 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship with France under-19s. He started in three out of four matches, as France was defeated by Israel in the semi-finals. [7]

In May 2023, he was selected with France under-20s for the FIFA World Cup. [4] [8] Semedo appeared as the starting left-back in all three group stages matches but France failed to advance to the knockout stage. [9]

References

  1. 1 2 "JORDAN SEMEDO ARRIVE AU CERCLE BRUGES" (in French). Cercle Brugge . Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  2. ↑ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Argentina 2023™ SQUAD LIST: France (FRA)" (PDF). FIFA. 22 May 2023. p. 8. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  3. ↑ Jordan Semedo at WorldFootball.net
  4. 1 2 Quarez, Benjamin (22 May 2023). "Odobert, Keita, Semedo Varela… qui sont les Bleuets à suivre à la Coupe du monde U20". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  5. 1 2 "Un grand talent de Monaco au Cercle". Walfoot.be (in French). 28 June 2023.
  6. ↑ "Antwerp vs. Cercle Brugge 1 - 0". soccerway. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  7. ↑ "Euro U19 : la France piégée par Israël et éliminée en demi-finales" (in French). L'Équipe. 28 June 2022.
  8. ↑ "La France dévoile une improbable liste des Bleuets pour le Mondial U20 !" (in French). Foot Mercato. 10 May 2023.
  9. ↑ "Mondial U20: déjà la fin de l'aventure pour l'équipe de France" (in French). Le Figaro. 29 May 2023.


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