Iuri José Picanço Medeiros (born 10 July 1994) is a Portuguese professional

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who plays for Hungarian club

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as a winger. He achieved

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figures of 148 games and 40 goals, for

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

and

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as well as loans to Arouca,

Moreirense Moreirense Futebol Clube is a Portuguese professional football club based in Moreira de Cónegos, Guimarães Municipality, Minho. Founded on 1 November 1938, it plays in the Primeira Liga, holding home games at Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim d ...

and Boavista. He also had brief spells in Italy, Poland and Germany, and won the

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with Braga. Medeiros earned 56

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and scored six goals for Portugal's youth teams.

Club career

Sporting CP

Born in

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, Medeiros joined

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

's youth system in 2005, aged 11. He went on to spend three full seasons with their reserves in the Segunda Liga, his debut as a professional arriving of on 11 August 2012 as he came on as a 62nd-minute substitute for Filipe Chaby in a 1−0 away loss against

U.D. Oliveirense União Desportiva Oliveirense (UDO), commonly known as Oliveirense, is a Portugal, Portuguese sports club from the city of Oliveira de Azeméis, in Aveiro District. The club was founded on 25 October 1922. The main football (soccer), football te ...

. Medeiros was loaned to

F.C. Arouca Futebol Clube de Arouca () is a professional Association football, football club based in the Porto metropolitan area. Founded in 1951, the club plays in the Primeira Liga, holding home games at Estádio Municipal de Arouca, with a 5,600-seat capac ...

in the 2015 January

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, playing his first game in the

on the 18th in a 1−0 defeat at

Moreirense FC Moreirense Futebol Clube is a Portuguese professional football club based in Moreira de Cónegos, Guimarães Municipality, Minho. Founded on 1 November 1938, it plays in the Primeira Liga, holding home games at Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaqui ...

. He subsequently served two season-long top division loans, at Moreirense and

Boavista FC Boavista Futebol Clube (), commonly known as Boavista, is a Portuguese professional sports club from the of Porto that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football, at the Estádio do Bessa. It is one of the oldest clubs ...

. While at the service of the former, he scored his first goal in the competition on 25 September 2015 to help to a 2−2 home draw with

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and, on 12 March 2017, netted a brace to help the latter defeat

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3−0. Returned to the

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for the 2017−18 campaign, Medeiros made his competitive debut for Sporting's first team on 15 August 2017, playing the last minutes of the 0−0 home draw against

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in the

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play-off round. He was, however, quickly deemed surplus to requirements by manager

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. On 25 January 2018, Medeiros signed with

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on loan until June 2019, with the Italian club having the option to make the move permanent for

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10 million. He made his

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debut on 5 February, playing 25 minutes in a 2−1 away win over

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. He scored his first goal for his new team on 3 April in his first start, helping the hosts to defeat

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2−1 with a last-minute effort. On 3 February 2019, Medeiros joined

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on loan. On 19 July, he cut ties with Sporting and moved to 1. FC Nürnberg of the German 2. Bundesliga on a four-year deal.

Braga

Medeiros returned to Portugal on 28 July 2020, agreeing to a one-year loan at

S.C. Braga Sporting Clube de Braga (), commonly known as Sporting de Braga or just Braga, is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Braga. Best known for the men's professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese foo ...

with an option to buy. He won the

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in his first season, scoring in a 7–0 victory at

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in the fourth round on 14 December. On 29 January 2021, Medeiros suffered a severe left knee sprain in a

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match against C.D. Santa Clara, ruling him out for six months. Nonetheless, he was rewarded in April for his six goals and five assists with a five-year contract; the fee was

800,000 and the

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€30 million. Medeiros scored and set up

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on 24 February 2022 as Braga turned around a deficit against

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in the last 32 of the

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. On 14 April, in

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during the second leg of quarter-final against

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, he was

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for dissent after shouting at

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who had booked him for a late challenge on

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; as a result, he was not selected by coach

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for the next league fixture in order to "reflect upon his actions".

Al-Nasr

On 23 June 2023, Medeiros signed for Al-Nasr SC for a fee of €3 million.

Újpest

On 4 July 2025, he signed with Hungarian club

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International career

Medeiros participated in two

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editions with

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. In

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, he collected four substitute appearances for the runners-up. Medeiros was also selected by coach Rui Jorge for the Portugal Olympic team in a friendly 4–0 win over

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on 28 March 2016; the game was held in

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on his native archipelago. He was overlooked for the final squad for the

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in Brazil months later.

Career statistics

Notes

Honours

Sporting CP *

: 2017–18 Braga *

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Hapoel Be'er Sheva *

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: 2024–25 Portugal *

runner-up:

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Medeiros, Iuri 1994 births Living people People from Faial Island 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from the Azores Men's association football wingers Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Sporting CP B players Sporting CP footballers F.C. Arouca players Moreirense F.C. players Boavista F.C. players S.C. Braga players Serie A players Genoa CFC players Ekstraklasa players Legia Warsaw players 2. Bundesliga players 1. FC Nürnberg players UAE Pro League players Al-Nasr SC (Dubai) players Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. players Újpest FC players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Portugal men's youth international footballers Portugal men's under-21 international footballers Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in the United Arab Emirates Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Italy Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Poland Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Germany Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Israel