Samir Santos

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Samir
Personal information
Full name Samir Caetano de Souza Santos
Date of birth (1994-12-05) 5 December 1994 (age 26)
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) [1]
Position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Udinese
Number 3
Youth career
2009–2011 Audax Rio
2011 → Flamengo (loan)
2012–2013 Flamengo
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2015 Flamengo 50 (1)
2016– Udinese 124 (6)
2016 → Verona (loan) 3 (1)
National team‡
2014 Brazil U21 1 (0)
2019– Brazil 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league onlyand correct as of 09:55, 6 June 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 August 2019

Samir Caetano de Souza Santos (born 5 December 1994), also known as Samir, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a centre back for Udinese and the Brazil national team.

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Club career

Born in Rio de Janeiro, 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]

Samir was included in the senior national team for the first time in August 16th 2019; for friendlies against Colombia and Peru in the following month.

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

As of match played 23 May 2021 [6] [9]
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Flamengo Série A 2013 13040----170
2014 1715060111392
2015 20030--71301
Total50112060182863
Udinese Serie A 2016–17 210------210
2017–18 31200----312
2018–19 21210----222
2019–20 21110----221
2020–21 30120----321
Total12468000001326
Verona (loan) Serie A 2015–16 31------31
Career total17781606018221710

Honours

Club

Flamengo [4] [9]

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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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