Samir Caetano de Souza Santos (born 5 December 1994), also known as Samir, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Liga MX club UANL.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Samir Caetano de Souza Santos[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1994-12-05) 5 December 1994 (age 28) | ||
| Place of birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | UANL | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2011 | Audax Rio | ||
| 2011 | → Flamengo (loan) | ||
| 2012–2013 | Flamengo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2015 | Flamengo | 50 | (1) |
| 2016–2022 | Udinese | 142 | (6) |
| 2016 | → Verona (loan) | 3 | (1) |
| 2022 | Watford | 19 | (0) |
| 2022– | UANL | 0 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2014 | Brazil U21 | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:51, 1 July 2022 (UTC) | |||
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Samir began his career with Brazilian side Flamengo, making his Série A debut with the club's first team in 2013; he won the 2013 Copa do Brasil and the 2014 Campeonato Carioca with the club.[3][4][5]
On 18 January 2016, he joined Italian club Udinese for €4.5 million,[3] but was immediately loaned out to Verona for the remainder of the 2015–16 Serie A season.[4]
On 4 April 2016, he made his Serie A debut, scoring the decisive goal in a 1–0 away win against Bologna from a header.[4]
On 6 January 2022, Samir signed for English club Watford on a three and a half year deal for an undisclosed fee.[6]
On 13 August 2022, Samir signed for Liga MX club Tigres UANL for an undisclosed fee.
Samir was included in the Brazilian under-20 side for the 2013 South American Youth Football Championship.[7] He has also represented Brazil at under-21 level.[5]
Samir was included in the senior national team for the first time in August 16th 2019; for friendlies against Colombia and Peru in the following month.
Samir is a large and physically powerful left-footed defender, who is known for his confidence, solid distribution, ability to read the game, and strength in the air, which makes him a goal threat on set-pieces in the opposition's area. Although primarily a centre-back, he is also capable of playing as a left-back or as a defensive midfielder.[3][4][5][8][9][10]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Flamengo | Série A | 2013 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 0 | ||
| 2014 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 39 | 2 | ||
| 2015 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 7 | 1 | 30 | 1 | |||
| Total | 50 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 86 | 3 | ||
| Udinese | Serie A | 2016–17 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 2 | ||||
| 2018–19 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 2 | ||||
| 2019–20 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 1 | ||||
| 2020–21 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 1 | ||||
| 2021–22 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 142 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152 | 6 | ||
| Verona (loan) | Serie A | 2015–16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 1 | ||
| Watford | Premier League | 2021–22 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | |
| Career total | 214 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 237 | 10 | ||
Tigres UANL – current squad | |
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