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| From | Brazil | ||||||
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| Gender | male | ||||||
| Birth | 5 December 1994, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||||||
| Age: | 25 years | ||||||
| Star sign | Sagittarius | ||||||
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Samir Caetano de Souza Santos (born 5 December 1994), also known as Samir, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Udinese as a centre back.
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.
On 18 January 2016, he joined Italian club Udinese for €4.5 million, but was immediately loaned out to Verona for the remainder of the 2015–16 Serie A season.
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.
International career
Samir was included in the Brazilian under-20 side for the 2013 South American Youth Football Championship. He has also represented Brazil at under-21 level.
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.
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 26 May 2019
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| 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 | ||
| Total | 73 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 4 | ||
| Career total | 126 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 163 | 8 | ||
Honours
Club
Flamengo
- Copa do Brasil: 2013
- Rio de Janeiro State League: 2014