Cícero Semedo
Cícero in action for Dynamo Moscow (2007) | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Cícero Casimiro Sanches Semedo | ||
Date of birth | 8 May 1986 | ||
Place of birth | Seia, Portugal | ||
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Arouca | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Youth career | |||
2000–2001 | Desportivo Seia | ||
2001–2002 | Bairro da Misericórdia | ||
2002–2004 | Braga | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2003–2004 | Braga B | 15 | (5) |
2004 | Braga | 8 | (1) |
2005–2008 | Dynamo Moscow | 39 | (4) |
2009–2010 | Vitória Guimarães | 4 | (0) |
2009–2010 | → Oliveirense (loan) | 27 | (8) |
2010–2011 | Rio Ave | 13 | (0) |
2011–2015 | Paços Ferreira | 54 | (12) |
2012 | → Moreirense (loan) | 8 | (4) |
2013–2014 | → Astana (loan) | 20 | (7) |
2015–2016 | Şanlıurfaspor | 10 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Paços Ferreira | 28 | (1) |
2017– | Arouca | 1 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2007 | Portugal U21 | 4 | (0) |
2010– | Guinea-Bissau | 14 | (6) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 August 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 March 2016 |
Cícero Casimiro Sanches Semedo (born 8 May 1986), known simply as Cícero, is a Guinea-Bissauan professional footballer who plays for Portuguese club F.C. Arouca as a forward.
Club career
A product of S.C. Braga's youth system, Cícero was in born in Seia, Guarda, Portugal. He was promoted to the first team for the 2004–05 campaign, making his official debut with the main squad in a 2–2 away draw against Académica de Coimbra on 30 August 2004; on 21 November, as a second-half substitute, he scored his first Primeira Liga goal, in a 2–0 home win against G.D. Estoril Praia.[1]
In January 2005, Cícero moved to Russia for FC Dynamo Moscow as many Portuguese players (or playing in the league) during that period, returning to Portugal in the 2009 January transfer window and joining Braga rivals Vitória de Guimarães. In the summer, he signed with second level club U.D. Oliveirense in a season-long loan.[2]
On 25 June 2013, Cícero joined FC Astana in the Kazakhstan Premier League on a year-long move.[3] He subsequently returned to Paços de Ferreira.[4]
International career
Cícero represented Portugal at youth level. He earned his first senior cap for Guinea-Bissau on 9 October 2010, playing the full 90 minutes in a 0–1 away loss against Angola for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.
International goals
- As of 27 March 2016 (Guinea-Bissau score listed first, score column indicates score after each Cícero goal)[5][6]
No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 9 February 2011 | Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon, Portugal | Gambia | 1–1 | 3–1 | Friendly |
2. | 2–1 | |||||
3. | 3–1 | |||||
4. | 31 May 2014 | Estádio 24 de Setembro, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau | Central African Republic | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
5. | 3–0 | |||||
6. | 27 March 2016 | Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi, Kenya | Kenya | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
References
- ↑ "Sp. Braga-Estoril, 2–0: Uma entrada fulgurante recompensada no final" [Sp. Braga-Estoril, 2–0: Explosive start paid off in the end]. Record (in Portuguese). 22 November 2004. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- ↑ "Cícero é reforço para Pedro Miguel" [Cicero is an addition for Pedro Miguel]. Record (in Portuguese). 29 August 2009. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- ↑ "Cícero renova com o Paços de Ferreira e é cedido ao Astana (Cazaquistão)" [Cícero renews with Paços de Ferreira and is loaned to Astana (Kazakhstan)]. Expresso (in Portuguese). 25 June 2013. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
- ↑ "Cícero bisou pela Guiné-Bissau" [Cícero scored twice for Guinea-Bissau] (in Portuguese). F.C. Paços de Ferreira. 2 June 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
- ↑ "Cicero – Matches". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
- ↑ "Guiné-Bissau vence a Gâmbia no jogo de preparação para as eliminatórias do CAN 2012" [Guinea-Bissau beat Gambia in preparation match for the 2012 CAN qualifiers] (in Portuguese). Los Turkus. 9 February 2011. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
External links
- Cícero Semedo at TheFinalBall.com
- Cícero Semedo at ForaDeJogo
- Portugal national team data (in Portuguese)
- Cícero Semedo at National-Football-Teams.com
- Cícero Semedo at Soccerway