| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Almami Samori Silva Moreira | ||
| Date of birth | 16 June 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Bissau, Guinea-Bissau | ||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Dalian Aerbin | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1990–1995 | Sacavenense | ||
| 1995–1997 | Boavista | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1997–2001 | Boavista | 17 | (1) |
| 1997–1998 | → Gondomar (loan) | 21 | (4) |
| 1998–1999 | → Gil Vicente (loan) | 33 | (9) |
| 2001–2006 | Standard Liège | 114 | (18) |
| 2004–2005 | → Hamburger (loan) | 22 | (3) |
| 2006 | Dynamo Moscow | 1 | (0) |
| 2007 | Aves | 8 | (3) |
| 2007–2011 | Partizan | 88 | (23) |
| 2011 | Dalian Aerbin | 22 | (4) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1997–1999 | Portugal U21 | 19 | (7) |
| 2002 | Portugal B | 2 | (0) |
| 2010– | Guinea-Bissau | 5 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 October 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Almami Samori da Silva Moreira (born 16 June 1978) is a Bissauan-Portuguese footballer who plays for Dalian Aerbin.
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Born in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, Moreira reached Boavista FC's youth ranks in 1995, but started out professionally with northern neighbours Gondomar SC and Gil Vicente FC, on loan, returning in 1999, with relative impact, being mainly used as a substitute, and winning the league in his last year, the club's only.
With the start of the new millennium, Moreira moved to Standard Liège, where he quickly became a fan favourite, going on to spend five years in Belgium, a loan to Hamburger SV in 2004–05 notwithstanding.[1]
In August 2006, he joined Russia's FC Dynamo Moscow, a club that was signing a large number of Portuguese and Portugal-based players at the time. Unsettled as the vast majority of those, he returned to his country of adoption in January, as lowly Desportivo das Aves battled to avoid relegation from the top level, which eventually did not happen.
On 5 July 2007, Moreira signed a two-year contract with FK Partizan in Serbia, being handed the #10 shirt, whilst also becoming the first Portuguese player to represent the club. He made his competitive debut for Partizan on 19 July 2007 in a game against HŠK Zrinjski Mostar, and scored his first official goal on August 2, in a UEFA Cup match against the same club.
On 29 September 2007, Moreira scored against city rivals Red Star in a 2–2 draw. This made him the first ever Portuguese player to score in a Belgrade derby. In his first season at the club, he appeared 28 times and scored seven goals, as Partizan won the league title; to this he added the domestic cup.
In a UEFA Cup match at Sevilla FC, on 3 December 2008, Moreira collapsed early into the game, being immediately taken into observation,[2] and fully recovering. On 10 April 2009, he agreed to sign a new three-year contract, which would keep him with Partizan until 2012.
Following impressive and consistent performances, Moreira was named in the 2008–09 SuperLiga Team of the Year, alongside seven teammates, as the double was again conquered.
On 5 August 2009, Moreira, grieving the loss of his mother a day earlier, decided to play in the second leg of Partizan's UEFA Champions League qualifier against APOEL FC. He scored the opener in the third minute, but the Cypriots eventually progressed 2–1 on aggregate.
On 27 February 2010, Moreira made his 100th competitive match for Partizan, coming on as an 55th-minute substitute for Saša Ilić against FK Borac Čačak.
Moreira played for Portugal under-21s on nearly 20 occasions in the late 90's, and in 2002 he was part of the Portugal B team that won the Vale do Tejo summer tournament.[3]
In 2010, with the increasing development and professionalization of football in Guinea-Bissau, he decided to represent the land of his ancestors at full level, earning his first cap in October of that year, at the ripe age of 32.
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Belgium | League | Belgian Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 2001–02 | Standard Liège | First Division | 26 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 9 |
| 2002–03 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 6 | ||
| 2003–04 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 4 | ||
| 2004–05 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Germany | League | DFB-Pokal | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 2004–05 | Hamburg | Bundesliga | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 |
| Belgium | League | Belgian Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 2005–06 | Standard Liège | First Division | 26 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 2 |
| Russia | League | Russian Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 2006 | Dynamo Moscow | Premier League | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Portugal | League | Taça de Portugal | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 2006–07 | Aves | Primeira Liga | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
| Serbia | League | Serbian Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 2007–08 | Partizan | SuperLiga | 28 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 8 |
| 2008–09 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 41 | 11 | ||
| 2009–10 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 40 | 5 | ||
| 2010–11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 6 | ||
| China PR | League | FA Cup | Asia | Total | ||||||
| 2011 | Dalian Aerbin | China League One | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4 |
| Total | Belgium | 114 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 129 | 21 | |
| Germany | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 | ||
| Russia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Portugal | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | ||
| Serbia | 88 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 30 | 3 | 132 | 30 | ||
| China PR | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4 | ||
| Total | Club | 255 | 51 | 27 | 5 | 35 | 5 | 317 | 61 | |
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