Cédric Soares

Cédric Ricardo Alves Soares CvIH ComM[4][5] (born 31 August 1991), known simply as Cédric (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈsɛdɾik]), is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a right back for Premier League club Arsenal and the Portugal national team.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Alves and the second or paternal family name is Soares.
Cédric
Cédric playing for Portugal at the 2018 World Cup
Personal information
Full name Cédric Ricardo Alves Soares[1]
Date of birth (1991-08-31) 31 August 1991[2]
Place of birth Singen, Germany
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[3]
Position(s) Right back
Club information
Current team
 Arsenal
Number 17
Youth career
1998–2010 Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2015 Sporting CP 67 (2)
2011–2012 → Académica (loan) 24 (0)
2013 Sporting CP B 2 (0)
2015–2020 Southampton 120 (1)
2019 → Inter Milan (loan) 4 (0)
2020 → Arsenal (loan) 5 (1)
2020– Arsenal 6 (0)
National team‡
2006–2007 Portugal U16 11 (1)
2007–2008 Portugal U17 11 (0)
2009 Portugal U18 5 (0)
2009–2010 Portugal U19 17 (0)
2010–2011 Portugal U20 18 (0)
2011–2012 Portugal U21 10 (0)
2014– Portugal 33 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:11, 6 February 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:31, 2 January 2020 (UTC)

Cédric career started with Sporting CP, going on to appear in 93 competitive games over the course of four Primeira Liga seasons and scoring two goals. He signed for Southampton in 2015.

Having earned 72 caps across all youth levels, Cédric made his senior debut for Portugal in 2014. He appeared for the country at the 2018 World Cup and Euro 2016, winning the latter tournament.

Club career

Sporting

Born in Singen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany to Portuguese immigrants, Cédric returned to Portugal at the age of two.[6][7] He joined Sporting CP's youth system in 1998, aged seven.[8]

Cédric made his Primeira Liga debut with the first team on 8 May 2011, starting in a 0–1 home loss against Vitória de Setúbal.[9] For 2011–12 he, alongside teammate Adrien Silva, was loaned to fellow top division club Académica,[10] where he played regularly and won that season's Taça de Portugal, playing the full 90 minutes in the 1–0 triumph against Sporting.[11]

Subsequently, Cédric returned to the Lisbon side, being first-choice in the following years under several managers.[12] He scored his first goal in the Portuguese top division on 15 December 2012, netting with his left foot from 30 metres in a 1–1 draw away to Nacional.[13]

In the domestic cup final on 31 May 2015, against Braga, Cédric was sent off in the 14th minute after conceding a penalty with a foul on Djavan, but Sporting eventually won in a shootout.[14]

Southampton
Cédric playing for Southampton in 2017

On 18 June 2015, Cédric was announced as the second summer signing for Southampton on a four-year contract,[15] with the English club paying up to €6.5 million (£4.7 million) for his services.[16][17] He made his debut on 30 July, playing the full 90 minutes in a 3–0 home win over Vitesse for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.[18] Ten days later he first appeared in the Premier League, assisting the opening goal for Graziano Pellè in a 2–2 draw away to Newcastle United before being substituted for Cuco Martina at half time.[19]

Cédric scored his first goal for Southampton on 18 March 2018, in a 2–0 victory away to Wigan Athletic in the sixth round of the FA Cup, the first match under new manager Mark Hughes.[20]

Inter Milan (loan)

On 26 January 2019, Cédric moved to Inter Milan on loan for the rest of the season, with an option to purchase for £9.5m in the summer.[21] He made his first appearance five days later, playing 15 minutes and converting his attempt in the 4–3 shootout loss against Lazio in the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia (1–1 after 120 minutes).[22]

Arsenal

Cédric joined fellow Premier League team Arsenal on a six-month loan on 31 January 2020.[23]

On 24 June 2020, it was announced that Cédric had sealed a permanent move to Arsenal on a long term deal, as a free transfer upon the expiry of his contract.[24]

Cédric made his Arsenal debut on 1 July 2020 coming on as a 77th-minute substitute and scoring a 20-yard strike with his left foot, four minutes after coming on, in a 4–0 victory over Norwich City.[25] After playing for Southampton as a substitute in their FA Cup third round tie against Huddersfield Town Cédric was cup-tied and unable to take part in Arsenal's victorious 2019–20 FA Cup campaign.[26][27] On 29 August 2020, Cédric came on as a substitute, taking and scoring the third penalty in a shootout win against Liverpool in the Community Shield after the game ended 1–1.[28]

International career

Cédric played ten times with the Portuguese under-21s, his debut occurring on 1 September 2011 in a 2–0 win in Moldova for the 2013 UEFA European Championship qualifiers.[29] His maiden appearance with the senior team was on 11 October 2014, as he started in a 1–2 friendly defeat to France in Paris.[30][31]

Cédric was selected by manager Fernando Santos for his UEFA Euro 2016 squad.[32] His first game in the tournament took place on 25 June, when he started alongside Southampton teammate José Fonte in the round-of-16 clash against Croatia (1–0 win after extra time).[33] He went on to retain his position until the final, won at the expense of hosts France.[34]

Cédric scored his first goal for his country on 17 June 2017, netting in the 86th minute of an eventual 2–2 group stage draw to Mexico at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup at the Kazan Arena in Russia.[35] In May 2018, he was named in Portugal's squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[36]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 2 February 2021
Appearances and goals by club season, and competition
Club Season League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup[lower-alpha 2] Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sporting CP 2010–11[37] Primeira Liga 2000102[lower-alpha 3]0—50
2012–13[37] Primeira Liga 13100307[lower-alpha 3]0—231
2013–14[37] Primeira Liga 2810030——311
2014–15[37] Primeira Liga 24030007[lower-alpha 4]0—340
Total 6723070160—932
Académica (loan) 2011–12[37] Primeira Liga 2405000——290
Sporting CP B 2012–13[37] Segunda Liga 20————20
Southampton 2015–16[38] Premier League 24000201[lower-alpha 3]0—270
2016–17[39] Premier League 30000301[lower-alpha 3]0—340
2017–18[40] Premier League 3204100——361
2018–19[41] Premier League 1812020——221
2019–20[27] Premier League 1601021——191
Total 1201719120—1383
Inter Milan (loan) 2018–19[37] Serie A 4010—4[lower-alpha 3]0—90
Arsenal (loan) 2019–20[27] Premier League 5100———51
Arsenal 2020–21[42] Premier League 5020206[lower-alpha 3]01[lower-alpha 5]0160
Total 10120206010211
Career total 2274131181280102916
  1. Includes Taça de Portugal, FA Cup, Coppa Italia
  2. Includes Taça da Liga, League/EFL Cup
  3. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  4. Five appearances in UEFA Europa League, two in UEFA Champions League
  5. Appearance in FA Community Shield

International
As of match played 14 October 2018[43]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Portugal 201420
201560
201680
201791
201880
Total331
As of match played 14 October 2018. Portugal score listed first, score column indicates score after each Cédric goal.[43]
List of international goals scored by Cédric Soares
No.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef.
118 June 2017Kazan Arena, Kazan, Russia20 Mexico2–12–22017 FIFA Confederations Cup[35]

Honours

Académica

Sporting

Southampton

Arsenal

Portugal U20

Portugal

Orders

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