In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Sanches and the second or paternal family name is Semedo.
![]() Cícero in action for Dynamo Moscow (2007) | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Cícero Casimiro Sanches Semedo[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1986-05-08) 8 May 1986 (age 36)[1] | ||
Place of birth | Seia, Portugal[1] | ||
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Salgueiros | ||
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) |
2017–2018 | Arouca | 8 | (0) |
2019 | Trofense | 11 | (2) |
2019–2020 | Beira-Mar | 22 | (9) |
2020–2021 | Anadia | 28 | (4) |
2021– | Salgueiros | 26 | (9) |
National team | |||
2007 | Portugal U21 | 4 | (0) |
2010–2016 | Guinea-Bissau | 14 | (6) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:38, 30 September 2022 (UTC) |
Cícero Casimiro Sanches Semedo (born 8 May 1986), known simply as Cícero, is a Guinea-Bissauan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Portuguese club S.C. Salgueiros.
A product of S.C. Braga's youth system, Cícero was in born in Seia, Guarda District. 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.[2] On 21 November, as a second-half substitute, he scored his first Primeira Liga goal, in a 2–0 home win over G.D. Estoril Praia.[3]
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.[4] In the summer, he signed with Segunda Liga club U.D. Oliveirense in a season-long loan.[5]
On 25 June 2013, Cícero joined FC Astana of the Kazakhstan Premier League on a year-long move.[6] He subsequently returned to Paços de Ferreira.[7]
In the following years, Cícero represented in quick succession Şanlıurfaspor (Turkish TFF First League), Paços de Ferreira,[8] F.C. Arouca,[9] C.D. Trofense, S.C. Beira-Mar and Anadia FC (the last three clubs in the lower leagues of Portugal).[10][11]
Cícero represented Portugal at youth level.[12] He earned his first senior cap for Guinea-Bissau on 9 October 2010, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 away loss against Angola for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.
(Guinea-Bissau score listed first, score column indicates score after each Cícero goal)[13][14][7]
No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 9 February 2011 | Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon, Portugal | ![]() | 1–1 | 3–1 | Friendly |
2. | 2–1 | |||||
3. | 3–1 | |||||
4. | 31 May 2014 | Estádio 24 de Setembro, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau | ![]() | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
5. | 3–0 | |||||
6. | 27 March 2016 | Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi, Kenya | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |