Nuno Sequeira

Portuguese footballer
Nuno Sequeira
Personal information
Full name Nuno Miguel Ribeiro Cruz Jerónimo Sequeira[1]
Date of birth (1990-08-19) 19 August 1990 (age 33)[1]
Place of birth Porto, Portugal[1]
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Pendikspor
Number 6
Youth career
1999–2006 Senhora da Hora
2006–2009 Leixões
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Leixões 0 (0)
2009–2010 → Leça (loan) 14 (2)
2010–2011 Leça 27 (3)
2011–2013 Leixões 38 (1)
2011–2012 → Fafe (loan) 27 (10)
2013–2017 Nacional 74 (1)
2017–2023 Braga 121 (1)
2023– Pendikspor 27 (1)
International career
2008 Portugal U18 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:36, 5 March 2024 (UTC)

Nuno Miguel Ribeiro Cruz Jerónimo Sequeira (born 19 August 1990) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Turkish club Pendikspor.

He made 195 Primeira Liga appearances for Nacional and Braga, winning the 2020–21 Taça de Portugal and the 2019–20 Taça da Liga with the latter club.

Club career

Early career

Born in Porto, Sequeira finished his development at Leixões SC. He made his senior debut in the lower leagues, with Leça F.C. and AD Fafe.[2][3]

Sequeira returned to the Estádio do Mar for the 2012–13 season. He made his first appearance in the Segunda Liga on 12 August 2012, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 home win against C.S. Marítimo B.[4]

Nacional

Sequeira signed with Primeira Liga club C.D. Nacional in late March 2013, with the four-year contract being made effective in the summer.[5] His maiden game in the competition took place on 23 November of the same year in a 1–1 away draw to FC Porto where he also started,[6] but he totalled just 13 matches in his first two seasons.[7]

Sequeira scored his first goal in the Portuguese top division on 27 November 2015, contributing to a 3–1 home victory over C.S. Marítimo in the Madeira derby.[8] Starting in all of his 31 appearances during the campaign, he helped his team to a final 11th position in the table.

Braga

On 24 May 2017, following Nacional's relegation in last place, Sequeira moved to fellow top-tier side S.C. Braga on a four-year deal.[9] He scored his first goal on 30 October 2018, in a 5–0 home defeat of his previous club in the group stage of the Taça da Liga.[10]

Sequeira played the full 90 minutes on 25 January 2020, as they won the aforementioned tournament by a single goal in the final against Porto.[11] His season ended six games early in June, due to a left-thigh muscle injury at the end of the derby with Vitória de Guimarães.[12]

On 7 November 2021, in the dying minutes of the first half of an eventual 6–1 away loss against S.L. Benfica, Sequeira ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, being sidelined for the campaign.[13] He returned the following August for the start of the new season, assisting in a 3–3 draw with Sporting CP in the opener and then scoring his first Braga league goal in a 3–0 win at F.C. Famalicão.[14]

Pendikspor

On 2 July 2023, after 184 competitive appearances for Braga (two goals), Sequeira joined recently-promoted Süper Lig club Pendikspor on a two-year contract.[15][16]

International career

In October 2020, Fernando Santos called Sequeira to the Portugal national team for the first time, ahead of a friendly with Spain and the UEFA Nations League matches against France and Sweden to be held in that month.[17]

Career statistics

As of match played 14 May 2023[18]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Leixões 2011–12 Liga de Honra 0 0 0 0 — — — 0 0
2012–13 Segunda Liga 38 1 2 0 2 0 — — 42 1
Total 38 1 2 0 2 0 — — 42 1
Nacional 2013–14 Primeira Liga 5 0 0 0 2 0 — — 7 0
2014–15 Primeira Liga 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 — 10 0
2015–16 Primeira Liga 32 1 3 0 2 0 — — 37 1
2016–17 Primeira Liga 29 0 — — — — 29 0
Total 74 1 3 0 6 0 0 0 — 83 1
Braga 2017–18 Primeira Liga 7 0 0 0 2 0 3[a] 0 — 12 0
2018–19 Primeira Liga 29 0 6 0 3 1 2[a] 0 — 40 1
2019–20 Primeira Liga 25 0 2 0 4 0 10[a] 0 — 41 0
2020–21 Primeira Liga 26 0 5 0 3 0 5[a] 0 — 39 0
2021–22 Primeira Liga 7 0 0 0 1 0 4[a] 0 1[b] 0 13 0
2022–23 Primeira Liga 27 1 3 0 2 0 7[c] 0 — 39 1
Total 121 1 16 0 15 1 31 0 1 0 184 2
Career total 233 3 21 0 23 1 31 0 1 0 309 4
  1. ^ a b c d e Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Appearances in Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
  3. ^ Six appearances in UEFA Europa League, one appearance in UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

Braga

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Nuno Sequeira" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Sequeira e Tiago Borges no Fafe" [Sequeira and Tiago Borges to Fafe] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 26 August 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  3. ^ Gonçalves, André (16 October 2019). "O miúdo cativante não foi nada 'burro'" [Charming kid was not 'dumb' at all]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Leixões-Marítimo B, 1–0: Triunfo surge nos descontos" [Leixões-Marítimo B, 1–0: Win comes in injury time]. Record (in Portuguese). 12 August 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Sequeira garantido for 4 épocas" [Sequeira confirmed for 4 seasons]. Record (in Portuguese). 22 March 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  6. ^ ""Besta negra" volta a tramar o Dragão" ["Nemesis" screws Dragon again] (in Portuguese). Rádio Renascença. 23 November 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  7. ^ Celso, Marcos (21 March 2015). "Nacional 1–1 FC Porto" (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  8. ^ "Liga NOS: Nacional vence Marítimo por 3–1" [NOS League: Nacional defeat Marítimo 3–1] (in Portuguese). C.D. Nacional. 27 November 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  9. ^ "OFICIAL: Sequeira é reforço do Sp. Braga" [OFFICIAL: Sequeira is a Sp. Braga addition] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  10. ^ "Sp. Braga goleia Nacional e dá passo importante para o apuramento" [Sp. Braga thrash Nacional and take an important step towards qualification]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 30 October 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  11. ^ a b Cole, Richard (25 January 2020). "Late Ricardo Horta strike wins the Taça da Liga for Braga". PortuGOAL. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  12. ^ "Sequeira com lesão muscular na coxa esquerda e com época em risco" [Sequeira with left-thigh muscle injury and season at risk]. Jornal do Luxemburgo (in Portuguese). 26 June 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  13. ^ "Também acabou a época para Sequeira. Bracarense vai ser operado" [Season over for Sequeira as well. Braga man to undergo surgery]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 8 November 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  14. ^ Gonçalves, André (17 August 2022). "Sequeira superou impacto da lesão" [Sequeira overcame impact of injury]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  15. ^ Ventura, Mário Rui (29 June 2023). "Sequeira assina até 2025 com o Pendikspor, da Turquia" [Sequeira signs until 2025 with Pendikspor, from Turkey] (in Portuguese). Flash Score. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  16. ^ "Nuno Sequeira transferido para o Pendikspor" [Nuno Sequeira transferred to Pendikspor] (in Portuguese). S.C. Braga. 2 July 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  17. ^ Magalhães, Sérgio (4 October 2020). "Mário Rui está impedido de viajar e Fernando Santos chama outro lateral-esquerdo à Seleção" [Mário Rui is unable to travel and Fernando Santos calls up another left-back to the national team]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  18. ^ Nuno Sequeira at Soccerway
  19. ^ Ribeiro, Patrick (23 May 2021). "Braga beat nine-man Benfica to lift Portuguese Cup". PortuGOAL. Retrieved 24 May 2021.

External links

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Pendikspor – current squad