| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jorge Sammir Cruz Campos | ||
| Date of birth | 23 April 1987 [1] | ||
| Place of birth | Itabuna, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Playing position | Attacking Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Dinamo Zagreb | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2005–2007 | Atlético Paranaense | 0 | (0) |
| 2005 | → Ferroviária | ||
| 2005 | → Paulista | ||
| 2006 | → São Caetano | ||
| 2006–2007 | → Dinamo Zagreb | ||
| 2007– | Dinamo Zagreb | 292 | (68) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 December 2011.. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Jorge Sammir Cruz Campos (born 23 April 1987) commonly known simply as Sammir, is a Brazilian-born Croatian[2] professional footballer who currently plays for Dinamo Zagreb, wearing the number 10 shirt. He previously played for Brazilian club Atlético Paranaense. He joined Dinamo Zagreb on 6 November 2006 and has since then made 188 appearances for the club in all competitions, scoring 42 goals. Sammir has recently expressed his desire to play for the Croatia national football team.[3]
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Sammir started his senior football career at Brazilian team Atlético Paranaense. He failed to make any appearances for the Brazilian club and was loaned out to various other teams from around his native country before moving to Europe to join Croatian reigning champions Dinamo Zagreb. He moved to his new club on 6 November 2006[1] on a loan which would last until the end of the 2006–07 season.[4] Sammir made his first official appearance for Dinamo Zagreb on 17 March 2007 in a league match against Rijeka.[5][6] By the end of the season, Sammir had made eleven league appearances for the club and scored against Slaven Belupo.[6] He also made four appearances in the 2006–07 Croatian Cup.[7] In his first season with the club, Sammir had already won the league and cup title, which was the first of the clubs three consecutive doubles they won from 2007 to 2009.
In the 2007–08 season, Sammir made his European football debut, featuring in all of the club's UEFA Cup and Champions League matches. It was the club's second season that they had won both the domestic league and cup, Sammir participating in 24 league games, scoring four goals, and 4 cup matches. He made a total of 38 appearances for the club and scored five goals during the course of the season. The club repeated the success from the last two seasons, clinching the double again in the 2008–09 season. He missed only one league match of the 33 rounds played, scoring 8 goals in the process. He made eleven appearances in UEFA competitions and made five more in the Croatian Cup. Overall, it was his best season with Dinamo Zagreb, making a total of 44 appearances and scoring eleven goals.[6]
On 16 August, at the start of the 2009–10 season, Sammir scored his first hat–trick for Dinamo in a 5–0 home victory against NK Osijek, converting two penalties and a free kick.[8] The club failed to defend the cup title on that occasion, but won their fifth consecutive league title. Sammir helped with 26 league appearances and five goals. He made six appearances in the 2009–10 Croatian Cup, and featured in all of the club's European matches, playing in all four of the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League matches and in all eight 2009–10 UEFA Europa League matches. Overall, he made 46 appearances and scored six goals for the club.[6]
At the start of the 2010–11 season Sammir won his first Croatian Supercup with the club as they defeated Hajduk Split by a score 1–0, captain Igor Bišćan scoring the winning goal. Sammir has scored 17 goals in his 28 appearances†.[9]
Sammir has scored many important goals for Dinamo during the 2010-2011 season including goals against Hajduk Split, Villarreal C.F. and Club Brugge K.V.
The Brazilian started the 2011-2012 season on a high note, scoring against Cibalia Vinkovci in the Prva HNL, and also the winning goal in the first leg of the Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round tie in a 2-1 win against HJK Helsinki. He then played one of his best matches for Dinamo, scoring two goals and setting up another in a 4-1 win against Malmö FF in the first leg of the Champions League Play-off.[10]
†Correct as of 18 August 2011.
| Club | Season | Prva HNL | Cup | Supercup | Europe | Total | ||||||||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||||||
| Dinamo Zagreb | 2006–07 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | |||||
| 2007–08 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 38 | 5 | ||||||
| 2008–09 | 32 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 48 | 11 | ||||||
| 2009–10 | 26 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 44 | 6 | ||||||
| 2010–11 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 40 | 19 | ||||||
| 2011–12 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 23 | 5 | ||||||
| Total | 128 | 30 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 13 | 210 | 47 | ||||||
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