Samir Santos
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.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Samir Caetano de Souza Santos | ||
| Date of birth | 5 December 1994 | ||
| 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* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2015 | Flamengo | 50 | (1) |
| 2016– | Udinese | 113 | (6) |
| 2016 | → Verona (loan) | 3 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2014 | Brazil U21 | 1 | (0) |
| 2019– | Brazil | 0 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 January 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 August 2019 | |||
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
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Flamengo | Série A | 2013 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 17 | 0 |
| 2014 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 39 | 2 | ||
| 2015 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 7 | 1 | 30 | 1 | ||
| Total | 50 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 86 | 3 | ||
| Verona (loan) | Serie A | 2015–16 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 |
| Total | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Udinese | Serie A | 2016–17 | 21 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | 0 |
| 2017–18 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 31 | 2 | ||
| 2018–19 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 22 | 2 | ||
| 2019–20 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 22 | 1 | ||
| 2020–21 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 21 | 1 | ||
| Total | 113 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 6 | ||
| Career total | 166 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 206 | 10 | ||
Honours
References
- "Samir Caetano de Souza Santos". www.udinese.it. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- Stefano Chioffi (2 December 2015). "Samir, colpo Udinese: arriverà in estate" (in Italian). Il Corriere dello Sport. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- 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.
- Luca Persico (29 July 2017). "Report: Udinese continue to push for Flamengo defender Samir". www.sambafoot.com. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- Christopher Atkins (30 December 2012). "Brazil name 22-man squad for South American Under-20 Championship". www.sambafoot.com. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- "SAMIR CAETANO DE SOUZA SANTOS" (in Italian). www.tuttocalciatori.net. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- "Calciomercato, Inter: piace Samir dell'Udinese" (in Italian). Sky.it. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- 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.
- "Samir". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
External links
- Samir Santos at Soccerway