Vivaldo Semedo | |
Fullname: | Vivaldo Leandro Semedo Moura Sousa |
Birth Date: | 28 January 2005 |
Birth Place: | Luanda, Angola[1] |
Height: | 1.92m |
Position: | Forward |
Currentclub: | Vizela (on loan from Italian club Udinese) |
Clubnumber: | 18 |
Youthyears1: | 2016–2018 |
Youthclubs1: | Povoense |
Youthyears2: | 2018–2022 |
Youthclubs2: | Sporting CP |
Youthyears3: | 2022–2023 |
Youthclubs3: | Udinese |
Years1: | 2023– |
Clubs1: | Udinese |
Caps1: | 6 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 2024 |
Clubs2: | → Volendam (loan) |
Caps2: | 13 |
Goals2: | 1 |
Years3: | 2024– |
Clubs3: | → Vizela (loan) |
Caps3: | 1 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Nationalyears1: | 2022 |
Nationalteam1: | Portugal U17 |
Nationalcaps1: | 4 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Nationalyears2: | 2022–2024 |
Nationalteam2: | Portugal U18 |
Nationalcaps2: | 12 |
Nationalgoals2: | 3 |
Nationalyears3: | 2023– |
Nationalteam3: | Portugal U19 |
Nationalcaps3: | 4 |
Nationalgoals3: | 2 |
Pcupdate: | 19 May 2024 |
Ntupdate: | 26 March 2024 |
Vivaldo Leandro Semedo Moura Sousa (born 28 January 2005) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga Portugal 2 club Vizela on loan from Italian club Udinese. Born in Angola, he is a youth international for Portugal.
Semedo is a youth product of Povoense, and joined the youth academy of Sporting CP in 2018. On 6 May 2021, he signed his first professional contract with Sporting.[2] In his final season with the Sporting U17s, he scored 23 goals in 24 games. On 25 August 2022, he transferred to Udinese signing a three-year contract.[3] He made his professional and senior debut with Udinese as a late substitute in a 1–1 tie with Hellas Verona on 30 January 2023.[4]
On 24 January 2024, Udinese sent Semedo on loan to Eredivisie club Volendam until the end of the 2023–24 season.[5] [6]
On 2 September 2024, Semedo was loaned to Vizela for the 2024–25 season.[7]
Semedo was born in Angola, and moved to Portugal at a young age.[8] He is a youth international for Portugal, having played up to the Portugal U18s.[9]