Cícero Semedo

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. Beira-Mar.

Cícero
Cícero in action for Dynamo Moscow (2007)
Personal information
Full name Cícero Casimiro Sanches Semedo
Date of birth (1986-05-08) 8 May 1986
Place of birth Seia, Portugal
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Beira-Mar
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– Beira-Mar 21 (9)
National team‡
2007 Portugal U21 4 (0)
2010–2016 Guinea-Bissau 14 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 February 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 March 2016

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;[1] 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.[2]

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.[3] In the summer, he signed with second level club U.D. Oliveirense in a season-long loan.[4]

On 25 June 2013, Cícero joined FC Astana of the Kazakhstan Premier League on a year-long move.[5] He subsequently returned to Paços de Ferreira.[6]

In the following years, Cícero represented in quick succession Şanlıurfaspor (Turkish TFF First League), Paços de Ferreira,[7] F.C. Arouca,[8] C.D. Trofense and S.C. Beira-Mar (the last two clubs in the lower leagues of Portugal).[9]

International career

Cícero represented Portugal at youth level.[10] 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)[11][12][6]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.9 February 2011Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon, Portugal Gambia1–13–1Friendly
2.2–1
3.3–1
4.31 May 2014Estádio 24 de Setembro, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau Central African Republic1–03–12015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
5.3–0
6.27 March 2016Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi, Kenya Kenya1–01–02017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
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References
  1. "Académica e Sporting Braga empatam 2–2" [Académica and Sporting Braga draw 2–2]. Público (in Portuguese). 30 August 2004. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  2. "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 30 November 2019.
  3. "Uma bola que gira sem matador efetivo" [Spinning ball without an efficient killer]. Record (in Portuguese). 22 March 2009. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  4. "Cícero é reforço para Pedro Miguel" [Cícero is an addition for Pedro Miguel]. Record (in Portuguese). 29 August 2009. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  5. "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.
  6. "Cícero bisou pela Guiné-Bissau" [Cícero scored twice for Guinea-Bissau] (in Portuguese). F.C. Paços Ferreira. 2 June 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  7. "Cícero está de volta ao Paços de Ferreira" [Cícero is back at Paços de Ferreira]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 14 January 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  8. "Cícero desce à "segunda"" [Cícero demoted to the "second"] (in Portuguese). Rádio Renascença. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  9. "Cícero é um dos novos reforços do SC Beira-Mar" [Cícero is one of SC Beira-Mar's new additions] (in Portuguese). Desporto Aveiro. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  10. "Os ausentes fizeram mesmo muita falta" [Those not there were really needed]. Correio da Manhã (in Portuguese). 13 October 2007. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  11. "Cicero – Matches". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  12. "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.
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