Samir (footballer, born 1994)

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is de Souza and the second or paternal family name is Santos.
Samir
Personal information
Full name Samir Caetano de Souza Santos[1]
Date of birth (1994-12-05) 5 December 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 UANL
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)
2016–2022 Udinese 142 (6)
2016 → Verona (loan) 3 (1)
2022 Watford 19 (0)
2022– UANL 57 (3)
International career
2014 Brazil U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:25, 15 December 2023 (UTC)

Samir Caetano de Souza Santos (born 5 December 1994), also known as Samir, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Liga MX club Tigres UANL.

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.[3][4][5]

On 18 January 2016, he joined Italian club Udinese for €4.5 million,[3] but was immediately loaned out to Verona for the remainder of the 2015–16 Serie A season.[4]

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.[4]

On 6 January 2022, Samir signed for English club Watford on a three-and-a-half-year deal for an undisclosed fee.[6]

International career

Samir was included in the Brazilian under-20 side for the 2013 South American Youth Football Championship.[7] He has also represented Brazil at under-21 level.[5]

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

Style of play

Samir is a large 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.[3][4][5][8][9][10]

Career statistics

As of match played 6 January 2022[8][11]
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
Udinese Serie A 2016–17 21 0 0 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 30 1 2 0 — — 32 1
2021–22 18 0 2 0 — — 20 0
Total 142 6 10 0 0 0 0 0 152 6
Verona (loan) Serie A 2015–16 3 1 0 0 — — 3 1
Watford Premier League 2021–22 19 0 0 0 0 0 — 19 0
Career total 214 8 18 0 6 0 18 2 237 10

Honours

Flamengo[5][11]

Tigres UANL

References

  1. ^ "Updated squad lists for 2021/22 Premier League". Premier League. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  2. ^ "22. Samir". www.watfordfc.com. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  3. ^ a b c Stefano Chioffi (2 December 2015). "Samir, colpo Udinese: arriverà in estate" (in Italian). Il Corriere dello Sport. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d 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.
  5. ^ a b c d Luca Persico (29 July 2017). "Report: Udinese continue to push for Flamengo defender Samir". www.sambafoot.com. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Official: Samir Joins Hornets". www.watfordfc.com. 6 January 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  7. ^ Christopher Atkins (30 December 2012). "Brazil name 22-man squad for South American Under-20 Championship". www.sambafoot.com. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  8. ^ a b "SAMIR CAETANO DE SOUZA SANTOS" (in Italian). www.tuttocalciatori.net. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  9. ^ "Calciomercato, Inter: piace Samir dell'Udinese" (in Italian). Sky.it. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ a b "Samir". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 October 2017.