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Cidinho (footballer)

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Cidinho
Personal information
Full name Alcides de Souza Faria Júnior
Date of birth (1993-01-28) 28 January 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Youth career
2001–2011 Botafogo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2016 Botafogo 41 (6)
2016[1] Sepahan 0 (0)
2017–2019 Béziers 15 (4)
2020 Uthai Thani
International career
2010–2012 Brazil U20 19 (3)
2011 Brazil U23 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 02:47, 22 February 2020 (UTC)

Alcides de Souza Faria Júnior, or simply Cidinho (born 28 January 1993) is a Brazilian midfielder.[2]

He was a member of Brazil national under-23 football team in Pan American Games on 2011.

Club career

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Born in Rio de Janeiro, Cidinho started his youth football career in 2001 where he joined Botafogo. He played in all age-levels in Botafogo until 2011.

On 2011 he could play for Botafogo in Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. He played 28 matches in Série A and scored 4 goals. Moreover, from 2013 to 2015 he played for Botafogo in Campeonato Carioca and Copa do Brasil.

In the international level, Cidinho also got a chance to play for Botafogo in Copa Sudamericana in 2012 and Copa Libertadores in 2014.

In 2017, he joined French club AS Béziers.[3] He left Béziers in the summer 2019. At the end of December 2019, Cidinho signed with Thai League 2 club, Air Force United, who was renamed Uthai Thani F.C. for the 2020 season.[4] However, after difficulties adapting, he left the club after three months and returned to France.[5]

Brazil U20 and U23 national teams

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On 2010 and from Botafogo U20 he could reach Brazil national under-20 football team. He played 19 matches for the Brazil U20 national team and scored 3 goals from 2010 to 2012.

On 2011 and after strong performance in Campeonato Brasileiro Série A with Botafogo, he invited to Brazil national under-23 football team for competing in 2011 Pan American Games held in Guadalajara, Mexico.

In the competition, he played 2 matches for Brazil U23 national team against Argentina and Costa Rica.

Honours

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Botafogo

References

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  1. ^ Cidinho joined Sepahan‚ fooladsepahansport.com, June 2016
  2. ^ Cidinho at Soccerway
  3. ^ Football / National : Béziers officialise l'arrivée de ses trois dernières recrues‚ midilibre.fr, 9 January 2017
  4. ^ Ex-promessas fecham com equipes da Tailândia, ogol.com.br, 23 December 2019
  5. ^ Lembra dele? Hoje na França, Cidinho lembra Botafogo: ‘É minha vida’, vestiarioalvinegro.com.br, 3 April 2020
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