Sebastião de Freitas Couto Júnior, better known as Sebá (born June 8, 1992) is a Brazilian professional

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who plays mainly as a winger for

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club

Panionios Panionios G.S.S. Football Club (Greek: ΠΑΕ Πανιώνιος Γ.Σ.Σ.), the ''Pan-Ionian Gymnastics Club of Smyrna'' (Πανιώνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Σμύρνης, ''Panionios Gymnastikos Syllogos Smyrnis''), ...

Career

Born in

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, Sebá started his career in the Brazilian team Cruzeiro, but he moved to Dragões

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(mainly reserve team). Sebá is a midfielder who can play in all fronts of the attack, although he 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

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considered a new

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in power. Faced with increased competition,

however decided not to activate the clause allowing him to finally join the player and

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did not miss the opportunity. Playing in the

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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

. The 23-year-old forward followed the footsteps of his fellow Portuguese and former manager at Estoril,

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, 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 the

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in a 4-3 away victory against Panthrakikos. On 7 January 2016, he scored in a 4–1 away win against

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for the

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. 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

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is attracted from his abilities. On 11 September 2016, he scored his first goal for the 2016–2017 season in a 6–1 home win against

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. Despite his mediocre performance in the

, he scored repeatedly in

. On mid April, reports in Turkey insist that

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will make a move to sign Olympiakos winger over the summer transfer window. Galatasaray has rubbished the rumours linking them with Seba, however reports in Turkey continue to link the Brazilian winger with Galatasaray. On 25 April 2017, Olympiakos winger faced a three-game suspension following his kick on

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in the semi-final of the

against

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. Seba is being accused for misconduct after his decision to kick AEK winger. He finished the 2016-17 season having three goals and 10 assists (1st in the League) and had a vital role in his club's seventh consecutive League title. In contrary to an excellent 2016-17 season, Sebá didn't score a goal in 20 appearances in the first half of the 2017-18 season, and as he has hardly managed to be in Oscar García's choices, it is not excluded his retirement from the club as the winter transfer window is still open to Turkey, Russia and China. On 3 July 2018, Sebá joined Chinese Super League side

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, on loan from Olympiakos. After six months he returned to Olympiakos and during the winter transfer period he signed a -year contract with Al-Shabab FC for an undisclosed fee.

Career statistics

:''As of 11 April 2019''

Honours

Club

Porto *

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Olympiacos *

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: 2015–16, 2016–17

Individual

top assists provider: 2016–17

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Seba 1992 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Primeira Liga players Cruzeiro Esporte Clube players FC Porto B players FC Porto players G.D. Estoril Praia players Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Footballers at the 2011 Pan American Games Men's association football forwards Olympiacos F.C. players Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic F.C. players Al Shabab FC (Riyadh) players Ionikos F.C. players Chinese Super League players Saudi Pro League players Expatriate men's footballers in China Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in China Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Pan American Games footballers for Brazil Footballers from Salvador, Bahia 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal