| Samir | |
| Fullname: | Samir Caetano de Souza Santos[1] |
| Birth Date: | 5 December 1994 |
| Birth Place: | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Height: | 1.88 m[2] |
| Position: | Centre back |
| Currentclub: | UANL |
| Clubnumber: | 3 |
| Youthyears1: | 2009–2011 |
| Youthclubs1: | Audax Rio |
| Youthyears2: | 2011 |
| Youthclubs2: | → Flamengo (loan) |
| Youthyears3: | 2012–2013 |
| Youthclubs3: | Flamengo |
| Years1: | 2013–2015 |
| Clubs1: | Flamengo |
| Caps1: | 50 |
| Goals1: | 1 |
| Years2: | 2016–2022 |
| Clubs2: | Udinese |
| Caps2: | 142 |
| Goals2: | 6 |
| Years3: | 2016 |
| Clubs3: | → Verona (loan) |
| Caps3: | 3 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Years4: | 2022 |
| Clubs4: | Watford |
| Caps4: | 19 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2022– |
| Clubs5: | UANL |
| Caps5: | 45 |
| Goals5: | 2 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2014 |
| Nationalteam1: | Brazil U21 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Pcupdate: | 19:25, 15 December 2023 (UTC) |
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 Tigres UANL.
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]
On 18 January 2016, he joined Italian club Udinese for €4.5 million, but was immediately loaned out to Verona for the remainder of the 2015–16 Serie A season.
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.[5]
Samir was included in the Brazilian under-20 side for the 2013 South American Youth Football Championship.[6] He has also represented Brazil at under-21 level.[3]
Samir was included in the senior national team for the first time in August 16, 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.[7] [4] [3] [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 | |||
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