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Biography
Sebastião de Freitas Couto Júnior, better known as Sebá (born June 8, 1992 in Salvador) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Greek club Olympiacos F.C. mainly as a winger.
Career
Sebá starting his career to the Brazilian team Cruzeiro, but he had evolved in Dragões FC Porto (mainly reserve team). Sebá is a midfielder that can play in all fronts of the attack, although it is more efficient on one side. With good ball striking and an advanced high speed, the Brazilian has yet to win on a consistent whole match and after a couple of matches in the Primeira Liga considered a new Hulk in power. Faced with increased competition, FC Porto however decided not to activate the clause allowing him to finally join the player and Estoril did not miss the opportunity. Playing in the UEFA Europa League just months after being promoted to the first division, the Lusitanian club take advantage of its close relationship with the Brazilian company Traffic (Agency of players) that owns part of the rights of the player, to complete his transfer.
On 19 August 2015, Olympiakos confirmed the signing of Brazilian forward Sebá as the Greek champion tries boosted its squad ahead of the start of the new season. Sebá signed a four year contract for a reported fee of €1.7 million and joined the Piraeus club from Portuguese side Estoril. The 23-year-old forward followed the footsteps of his fellow Portuguese and former manager at Estoril, Marco Silva, who took over as Olympiakos coach in the summer . On 5 December 2015, he scored his first goal with a low finish after taking the rebound from Jimmy Durmaz shot in Super League in a 4-3 away victory against Panthrakikos. On 7 January 2016, he scored in a glorious 4-1 away win against Chania for the Greek Cup. He was named man of the match. On summer of 2016, Seba could be on the move as several clubs from Brazil have expressed an interest for his services. Moreover he attracted interest from Mexican clubs in the past which is expected to be revived until the end of the window. Olympiakos seek for a fee in the region of €2 million for Seba and if an offer of that region comes in, then the Greek giants will accept the bid and the transfer will go through. Eventually he stayed in the club, as Paulo Bento is attracted from his abilities.
On 11 September 2016, he scored his first goal for the 2016-17 season in a glorious 6-1 home win against Veria. Despite his mediocre performance in Super League, he scored repeatedly in UEFA Europa League.
Career statistics
- As of 29 November 2016
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Brazil | League | Cup | League Cup | South America | Total | ||||||||
| Cruzeiro | 2010 | Série A | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 2011 | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| Nacional-MG | 2012 | Campeonato Mineiro | 8 | 1 | — | — | — | 8 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |||
| Portugal | League | Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||||
| FC Porto B | 2012–13 | Segunda Liga | 25 | 2 | — | — | — | 25 | 2 | ||||
| Porto | 2012-13 | Primeira Liga | 4 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| Total | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2 | |||
| Estoril | 2013-14 | Primeira Liga | 18 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 33 | 8 | |
| 2014-15 | Primeira Liga | 33 | 4 | — | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 42 | 5 | |||
| 2015-16 | Primeira Liga | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 52 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 76 | 13 | |||
| Greece | League | Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||||
| Olympiacos | 2015–16 | Super League | 19 | 2 | 5 | 2 | — | 8 | 0 | 32 | 4 | ||
| 2016–17 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 4 | 17 | 5 | ||||
| Total | 28 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 49 | 9 | |||
| Career Total | 127 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 31 | 6 | 174 | 25 | |||