Leocísio Júlio Sami (born 18 December 1988) is a Bissau-Guinean professional footballer who plays as a forward.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leocísio Júlio Sami[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1988-12-18) 18 December 1988 (age 33)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Bissau, Guinea-Bissau[1] | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–2002 | Núcleo Sintra | ||
| 2002–2003 | Algueirão | ||
| 2003–2004 | Mira Sintra | ||
| 2005 | Estoril | ||
| 2005–2007 | Benfica | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2008 | Eléctrico | 36 | (12) |
| 2008–2009 | Aves | 27 | (3) |
| 2009–2012 | Marítimo B | 37 | (8) |
| 2009–2014 | Marítimo | 82 | (12) |
| 2010 | → Fátima (loan) | 13 | (3) |
| 2014–2017 | Porto | 0 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | → Braga (loan) | 8 | (1) |
| 2015 | → Vitória Guimarães (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | → Akhisar Belediyespor (loan) | 27 | (2) |
| 2016 | → Akhisar Belediyespor (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2017 | → Arouca (loan) | 6 | (1) |
| 2017–2018 | Aves | 6 | (0) |
| 2019 | Cova Piedade | 24 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2011–2017 | Guinea-Bissau | 11 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 November 2019 | |||
Born in Bissau, Sami played the vast majority of his professional career in Portugal, finishing his development at S.L. Benfica.[2] In his first two years as a senior he alternated between the Segunda Liga and the third division, representing Eléctrico F.C. and C.D. Aves.[3][4]
Sami signed with C.S. Marítimo in the 2009 summer, appearing for both the first and second teams during his four-year spell in the island of Madeira. Late into the 2010 January transfer window he was loaned to second-tier side C.D. Fátima, which eventually avoided relegation.[5] On 18 August 2013, his only Primeira Liga goal of the season helped his parent club defeat Benfica 2–1.[6]
On 29 May 2014, free agent Sami joined FC Porto on a four-year contract.[7] He never appeared for them in competitive matches, however, being consecutively loaned to S.C. Braga,[8] Vitória S.C.[9] and Turkish Süper Lig's Akhisar Belediyespor.[10] His tenure at the Estádio Municipal de Braga was curtailed in January 2015, due to a run-in with manager Sérgio Conceição.[11][12]
In February 2017, still owned by Porto, Sami moved to F.C. Arouca in the Portuguese top flight.[13] On 3 July, he returned to Aves on a two-year contract.[14]
Sami was selected for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations by manager Baciro Candé.[15] During the tournament in Gabon, which ended in group stage exit, he featured 24 minutes in the 1–2 loss to Cameroon.[16]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[lower-alpha 1] | League Cup[lower-alpha 2] | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Porto | 2014–15 | Primeira Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015–16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Braga (loan) | 2014–15 | Primeira Liga | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |
| Vitória Guimarães (loan) | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | |||
| Total | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 26 | 4 | |||
| Akhisar Belediyespor (loan) | 2015–16 | Süper Lig | 27 | 2 | 5 | 2 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 32 | 4 | ||
| 2016–17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 32 | 2 | 6 | 3 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 38 | 5 | ||||
| Arouca (loan) | 2016–17 | Primeira Liga | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Aves | 2016–17 | Primeira Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career total | 59 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 7 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guinea-Bissau | 2011 | 3 | 0 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 11 | 0 | |
Aves
Guinea-Bissau squad – 2017 Africa Cup of Nations | ||
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