Samuel Firmino de Jesus
Encyclopedia
Samuel full name Samuel Firmino de Jesus (born 7 April 1986), is a Brazilian footballer
who plays for R.S.C. Anderlecht
as centre-back.
, which he was registered as an amateur in 2005 season. He made his Série B
debut on 23 April 2005 and scored a goal on 23 August. He also played the last round of the season as last minute substitute, on 10 September, which the team did not advanced to the second stage (quarter-final). He signed a professional 3-year contract on 28 July 2006.
In January 2007 he was signed by Portuguesa
in 1-year deal, where he met his namesake forward Samuel
. In 2008 season at first he left for Comercial de Ribeirão Preto
, then União São João
(on 1 July) and Paraná
(on 5 August). He scored the opening goal on 23 January 2008, losing to Santo André
1–2, and played every games in 2008 Campeonato Paulista Série A2
.
In 2009 season he was signed by Joinville
. He signed a new 1-year deal in April, winning 2009 Copa Santa Catarina
and 2009 Recopa Sul-Brasileira; finished as the runner-up of 2010 Campeonato Catarinense
.
His contract with Joinville expired on 10 May 2010 and not renewed. On 17 June 2010 he was signed by São Paulo FC until the end of season.
On 31 January 2011, he was signed by Werder Bremen
as free agent.
|2005||rowspan=2|Ituano
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|2006||24||0||colspan=2| ||?||?||?||?
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|2007||Portuguesa
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|2008||Comercial
||rowspan=2|Regional (SP A2)
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|2008||União São João
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|2008||Paraná
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|2009||rowspan=2|Joinville
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|2010
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|2010
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|2010–11
||Bremen
||Bundesliga
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45||1||2||0||?||?||?||?
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Note: State Leagues are marked as League Cup
Football in Brazil
Football is the most popular sport in Brazil. The Brazilian national football team has won the FIFA World Cup tournament a record 5 times, in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002, and is the only team to succeed in qualifying for every World Cup competition ever held. It is among the favourites to win...
who plays for R.S.C. Anderlecht
R.S.C. Anderlecht
Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht, usually known as Anderlecht or RSCA , is a Belgian professional football club based in Anderlecht in the Brussels Capital Region. Anderlecht plays in the Belgian Pro League and is the most successful Belgian football team in European competitions as well as in the...
as centre-back.
Biography
Samuel started his career with ItuanoItuano Futebol Clube
Ituano Futebol Clube, also known as Ituano Sociedade Civil de Futebol Ltda, or Ituano as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football team from Itu in São Paulo, founded on May 24, 1947.-History:...
, which he was registered as an amateur in 2005 season. He made his Série B
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
The Série B is the second division of Brazilian football. It is played by 20 teams. However, the competition format has changed almost every year since it first occurred, in 1971. In some years, it was not played altogether...
debut on 23 April 2005 and scored a goal on 23 August. He also played the last round of the season as last minute substitute, on 10 September, which the team did not advanced to the second stage (quarter-final). He signed a professional 3-year contract on 28 July 2006.
In January 2007 he was signed by Portuguesa
Associação Portuguesa de Desportos
Associação Portuguesa de Desportos, usually called Portuguesa or Lusa, is a sports club, and a Brazilian football team from São Paulo in São Paulo state, founded on August 14, 1920 by the Portuguese population of the city.-History:...
in 1-year deal, where he met his namesake forward Samuel
Samuel Lopes
Samuel Lopes da Cunha known as Samuel is a Brazilian footballer who plays for São Raimundo Esporte Clube .-Grêmio:...
. In 2008 season at first he left for Comercial de Ribeirão Preto
Comercial Futebol Clube (Ribeirão Preto)
Comercial Futebol Clube , usually known simply as Comercial , is a traditional Brazilian football club from Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo state.-History:...
, then União São João
União São João Esporte Clube
União São João Esporte Clube, usually known as União São João is a Brazilian football club from Araras, São Paulo state.-History:On January 14, 1981 , the club was founded by Hermínio Ometto, who was the owner of Usina São João...
(on 1 July) and Paraná
Paraná Clube
Paraná Clube is a Brazilian football team. It was established on December 19, 1989, in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. Its uniform is composed of a blue/red shirt, white shorts and white socks....
(on 5 August). He scored the opening goal on 23 January 2008, losing to Santo André
Esporte Clube Santo André
Esporte Clube Santo André, also known as Santo André, is a Brazilian football team from Santo André, São Paulo state.Santo André greatest rival is São Caetano, the other team in ABC region. The club's mascot name is Ramalhão after the bandeirante João Ramalho...
1–2, and played every games in 2008 Campeonato Paulista Série A2
Campeonato Paulista Série A2
Campeonato Paulista Série A2 is the second level of the São Paulo state professional football championship, one of the Brazilian state championships. This tournament is played by 20 teams, in which the four best teams are promoted to Série A1 and the four worst teams are relegated to Série...
.
In 2009 season he was signed by Joinville
Joinville Esporte Clube
Joinville Esporte Clube, or simply Joinville as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football team from Joinville in Santa Catarina, founded on January 29, 1976....
. He signed a new 1-year deal in April, winning 2009 Copa Santa Catarina
Copa Santa Catarina
The Copa Santa Catarina is a tournament organized by the Santa Catarina State Football Federation every second half of the season. It is played by Santa Catarina state teams. The competition's winner gains the right to compete in the same year's Recopa Sul-Brasileira and in the following year's...
and 2009 Recopa Sul-Brasileira; finished as the runner-up of 2010 Campeonato Catarinense
Campeonato Catarinense
Campeonato Catarinense is the Brazilian State of Santa Catarina football league.-History:The Campeonato Catarinense top level had several different names since it started. From its first edition, in 1924, to 1985, it was called just Campeonato Catarinense...
.
His contract with Joinville expired on 10 May 2010 and not renewed. On 17 June 2010 he was signed by São Paulo FC until the end of season.
On 31 January 2011, he was signed by Werder Bremen
SV Werder Bremen
SV Werder Bremen is a German sports club best known for its association football team playing in Bremen, in the northwest German federal state of the same name. The club was founded on 4 February 1899 as Fußballverein Werder by a group of sixteen vocational high school students who had won a prize...
as free agent.
Career statistics
|-|2005||rowspan=2|Ituano
Ituano Futebol Clube
Ituano Futebol Clube, also known as Ituano Sociedade Civil de Futebol Ltda, or Ituano as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football team from Itu in São Paulo, founded on May 24, 1947.-History:...
||rowspan=3|Série B
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
The Série B is the second division of Brazilian football. It is played by 20 teams. However, the competition format has changed almost every year since it first occurred, in 1971. In some years, it was not played altogether...
||3||1||0||0||?||?||?||?
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|2006||24||0||colspan=2| ||?||?||?||?
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|2007||Portuguesa
Associação Portuguesa de Desportos
Associação Portuguesa de Desportos, usually called Portuguesa or Lusa, is a sports club, and a Brazilian football team from São Paulo in São Paulo state, founded on August 14, 1920 by the Portuguese population of the city.-History:...
||9||0||2||0||20||0||31||0
|-
|2008||Comercial
Comercial Futebol Clube (Ribeirão Preto)
Comercial Futebol Clube , usually known simply as Comercial , is a traditional Brazilian football club from Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo state.-History:...
||rowspan=2|Regional (SP A2)
Campeonato Paulista Série A2
Campeonato Paulista Série A2 is the second level of the São Paulo state professional football championship, one of the Brazilian state championships. This tournament is played by 20 teams, in which the four best teams are promoted to Série A1 and the four worst teams are relegated to Série...
||rowspan=2 colspan=2| ||rowspan=6 colspan=2| ||19||1||19||1
|-
|2008||União São João
União São João Esporte Clube
União São João Esporte Clube, usually known as União São João is a Brazilian football club from Araras, São Paulo state.-History:On January 14, 1981 , the club was founded by Hermínio Ometto, who was the owner of Usina São João...
||rowspan=2 colspan=2| ||0||01
|-
|2008||Paraná
Paraná Clube
Paraná Clube is a Brazilian football team. It was established on December 19, 1989, in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. Its uniform is composed of a blue/red shirt, white shorts and white socks....
||Série B||1||0||1||0
|-
|2009||rowspan=2|Joinville
Joinville Esporte Clube
Joinville Esporte Clube, or simply Joinville as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football team from Joinville in Santa Catarina, founded on January 29, 1976....
||Regional (SC)
Campeonato Catarinense
Campeonato Catarinense is the Brazilian State of Santa Catarina football league.-History:The Campeonato Catarinense top level had several different names since it started. From its first edition, in 1924, to 1985, it was called just Campeonato Catarinense...
||colspan=2| ||20||1||37||12
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|2010
2010 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
In 2010, the Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, the fourth division of the Brazilian League, will be contested for the second time in history. The competition has 40 clubs, four of which will eventually qualify to the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C to be contested in 2011.-Competition format:The 40...
||Série D
Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
The Campeonato Brasileiro Série D is the fourth tier of the Brazilian football, and it was announced by Brazilian Football Confederation on April 9, 2008. Campeonato Brasileiro Série D was formed from the split of Série C, keeping its best 20 clubs and playing double round robin, like the top...
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|2010
2010 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
The 2010 Campeonato Brasileiro de Clubes da Série A was the 40th season of the Série A, the top-level of professional football in Brazil. It began on May 8 and ended on December 5. Flamengo came as the defending champion having won the 2009 season.-Format:...
||São Paulo||Série A
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
The Campeonato Brasileiro de Clubes da Série A , popularly known as the Brasileirão , is a professional football league at the top of the Brazilian football league system held annually since 1959. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates a system of promotion and relegation with the Série B...
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|2010–11
2010–11 Fußball-Bundesliga
The 2010–11 Fußball-Bundesliga was the 48th season of the Fußball-Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. The season started on the weekend of 21 August 2010 with the traditional season opening match involving the defending champions and ended with the last games on 14 May 2011. The winter...
||Bremen
SV Werder Bremen
SV Werder Bremen is a German sports club best known for its association football team playing in Bremen, in the northwest German federal state of the same name. The club was founded on 4 February 1899 as Fußballverein Werder by a group of sixteen vocational high school students who had won a prize...
||Bundesliga
Fußball-Bundesliga
The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...
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Note: State Leagues are marked as League Cup
- 1 0 game in 2008 Copa Paulista
- 2 Included 15 games in Copa Santa Catarina and 2 games in 2009 Recopa Sul-Brasileira
- 3 Bremen was eliminated before Samuel arrived.