Dossa Júnior

Dossa Júnior
Júnior playing for Legia Warsaw in 2013
Personal information
Full name Dossa Momad Omar Hassamo Júnior[1]
Date of birth (1986-07-28) 28 July 1986 (age 38)[1]
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal[1]
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
2002–2003 Imortal
2003–2005 Louletano
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Imortal 15 (0)
2006–2007 Digenis Akritas 11 (0)
2007–2009 AEP 54 (3)
2009–2013 AEL Limassol 105 (10)
2013–2015 Legia Warsaw 35 (4)
2015–2016 Konyaspor 4 (0)
2016 → Eskişehirspor (loan) 5 (0)
2016–2020 AEL Limassol 50 (5)
Total 279 (22)
International career
2012–2019 Cyprus 24 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dossa Momad Omar Hassamo Júnior (Greek: Ντόσσα Τζούνιορ; born 28 July 1986), known as Dossa Júnior, is a former professional footballer who played as a central defender.

He spent the better part of his 15-year senior career in the Cypriot First Division, mainly with AEL Limassol. He also competed in Portugal (where he was born), Poland and Turkey.

Born in Portugal, Júnior won 24 caps for Cyprus, making his debut in 2012.

Club career

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Júnior was born in Lisbon, of Mozambican descent.[2][3] He only played with Imortal D.C. in Portugal,[4] spending the 2005–06 season in the third tier. Subsequently, the 20-year-old moved to Cyprus, joining Digenis Akritas Morphou FC in the First Division and suffering relegation.

Júnior remained in that nation afterwards, with AEP Paphos FC. In 2009 he signed a contract with AEL Limassol, scoring three goals in 28 games in the 2011–12 campaign to help the latter win the national championship after a 44-year wait.[5]

On 10 June 2015, after two years in Poland with Legia Warsaw,[6] being first-choice as they won the Ekstraklasa in 2013–14,[7] Júnior signed for Konyaspor.[8] In the following transfer window, he was loaned to fellow Turkish Süper Lig team Eskişehirspor.[9]

Júnior saw out his career at former side AEL. On 22 May 2019, his first-half header opened an eventual 2–0 victory against APOEL FC in the final of the Cypriot Cup, a first for the club in 30 years.[10]

International career

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In 2012, following an extended career in the country, Júnior gained Cypriot nationality, being subsequently called up to play for the national team.[11][12] He made his debut on 15 August that year, in the 1–0 friendly loss in Bulgaria.[13]

Personal life

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Júnior's sister married fellow footballer Hélio Pinto.[14]

Career statistics

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Club

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Imortal 2005–06[15] Segunda Divisão 15 0 1 0 — — — 16 0
Digenis Akritas 2006–07[15] Cypriot First Division 11 0 — — — 11 0
AEP Paphos 2007–08[15] Cypriot Second Division 23 2 — — — 23 2
2008–09[15] Cypriot First Division 31 1 — — — 31 1
Total 54 3 — — — 54 3
AEL Limassol 2009–10[15] Cypriot First Division 27 1 — — — 27 1
2010–11[15] Cypriot First Division 23 1 — — — 23 1
2011–12[16] Cypriot First Division 28 3 7 0 — — — 35 3
2012–13[16] Cypriot First Division 27 5 7 1 — 11[a] 2 0 0 45 8
Total 105 10 14 1 — 11 2 0 0 130 13
Legia Warsaw 2013–14[16] Ekstraklasa 26 1 0 0 — 11[b] 0 — 37 1
2014–15[16] Ekstraklasa 9 3 1 0 — 6[c] 0 — 16 3
Total 35 4 1 0 — 17 0 — 53 4
Konyaspor 2015–16[16] Süper Lig 4 0 0 0 — — — 4 0
Eskişehirspor (loan) 2015–16[16] Süper Lig 5 0 0 0 — — — 5 0
AEL Limassol 2016–17[16] Cypriot First Division 19 3 2 0 — — — 21 3
2017–18[16] Cypriot First Division 4 1 0 0 — — — 4 1
2018–19[16] Cypriot First Division 22 1 4 1 — — — 26 2
2019–20[16] Cypriot First Division 5 0 0 0 — 1[c] 0 1[d] 0 7 0
Total 50 5 6 1 — 1 0 1 0 58 6
Career total 279 22 22 2 0 0 29 2 1 0 331 26
  1. ^ Six appearances and two goals in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Appearance in Cypriot Super Cup

International

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Scores and results list Cyprus' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Júnior goal.[17]
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 10 October 2015 Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem, Israel  Israel 1–0 2–1 Euro 2016 qualifying

Honours

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AEL Limassol

Legia Warsaw

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Dossa Júnior" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  2. ^ Zavou, Christou (14 June 2011). "ΑΕΛ: Το γαλαζοκίτρινο μωσαϊκό εθνικοτήτων (γραφικό)" [AEL: The blue-yellow mosaic of ethnicities (graphic)]. Kathimerini (in Greek). Archived from the original on 15 February 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Προτάθηκε ο "Κινγκ Κονγκ" στον Ολυμπιακό" ["King Kong" was offered to Olympiakos] (in Greek). News Beast. 13 December 2012. Archived from the original on 16 December 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Dossa Júnior a um passo do Partizan" [Dossa Júnior close to Partizan]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 13 January 2016. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  5. ^ a b Travassos, Nuno (5 May 2012). "Chipre: sotaque português na festa do título do AEL" [Cyprus: Portuguese accent in AEL's title party] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Archived from the original on 22 July 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  6. ^ Kamieniecki, Piotr (29 June 2013). "Dossa Junior przejdzie testy medyczne (akt.)" [Dossa Junior to undergo medicals (update)] (in Polish). Legia.net. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  7. ^ a b "Orlando, Hélio e Dossa campeões na Polónia" [Orlando, Hélio and Dossa champions in Poland]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 25 May 2014. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  8. ^ "Dossa Junior opuści Legię" [Dossa Junior leaves Legia] (in Polish). Legia Warsaw. 10 June 2015. Archived from the original on 15 February 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  9. ^ "Eskişehirspor'da Dossa Junior'ın Sözleşmesi Feshedildi" [Dossa Junior contract at Eskişehirspor terminated] (in Turkish). SonDakika. 9 May 2016. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  10. ^ a b "AEL beat Apoel to win Cyprus Cup". Parikiaki. 23 May 2019. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  11. ^ "Στην Εθνική Τζούνιορ και Λαμπάν" [Junior and Laban to national team] (in Greek). Sigma TV. 10 August 2012. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  12. ^ Azevedo, Pedro Miguel (11 August 2012). "Chipre chama Dossa" [Cyprus calls Dossa]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  13. ^ "Βουλγαρία-Κύπρος 1–0: Ήττα χωρίς να απειλήσει" [Bulgaria-Cyprus 1–0: Loss without posing a threat]. Kathimerini (in Greek). 15 August 2012. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  14. ^ "Πίντο: "Με απειλούσαν όταν πήγα από τον Απόλλωνα στον ΑΠΟΕΛ"" [Pinto: "I was threatened when I went from Apollon to APOEL"] (in Greek). 24 H. 27 November 2018. Archived from the original on 17 February 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  15. ^ a b c d e f Dossa Júnior at ForaDeJogo (archived)
  16. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Dossa Júnior". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  17. ^ "Dosa Júnior". European Football. Archived from the original on 20 June 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
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