![]() Vivaldo Semedo in 2025 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Vivaldo Leandro Semedo Moura Sousa | ||
Date of birth | 28 January 2005 | ||
Place of birth | Luanda, Angola [1] | ||
Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Watford | ||
Number | 18 | ||
Youth career | |||
2016–2018 | Povoense | ||
2018–2022 | Sporting CP | ||
2022–2023 | Udinese | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2023–2025 | Udinese | 6 | (0) |
2024 | → Volendam (loan) | 13 | (1) |
2024–2025 | → Vizela (loan) | 25 | (9) |
2025– | Watford | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2022 | Portugal U17 | 4 | (0) |
2022–2024 | Portugal U18 | 12 | (3) |
2023– | Portugal U19 | 4 | (2) |
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 26 March 2024 |
Vivaldo Leandro Semedo Moura Sousa (born 28 January 2005) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for EFL Championship club Watford. Born in Angola, he is a youth international for Portugal.
Semedo is a youth product of Povoense, and joined the youth academy of Sporting CP in 2018. On 6 May 2021, he signed his first professional contract with Sporting. [2] In his final season with the Sporting U17s, he scored 23 goals in 24 games. On 25 August 2022, he transferred to Udinese signing a three-year contract. [3] He made his professional and senior debut with Udinese as a late substitute in a 1–1 tie with Hellas Verona on 30 January 2023. [4]
On 24 January 2024, Udinese sent Semedo on loan to Eredivisie club Volendam until the end of the 2023–24 season. [5] [6]
On 2 September 2024, Semedo was loaned to Vizela for the 2024–25 season. [7]
Semedo was born in Angola, and moved to Portugal at a young age. [8] He is a youth international for Portugal, having played up to the Portugal U18s. [9]