Alberto Seidi
{{short description|Portuguese footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{BLP sources| date=November 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Alberto Seidi
| image = Alberto Seidi, 2017 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Alberto Seidi, in 2017
| fullname = Alberto Adulai Seidi
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|11|20|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
| height = {{height|m=1.83}}
| position = Forward
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Southampton
| years1 = 2012–2013
| clubs1 = Southampton
| caps1 = 0
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2012
| clubs2 = → Aldershot Town (loan)
| caps2 = 1
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2013–2014
| clubs3 = Workington
| caps3 = 6
| goals3 = 0
| clubs4 = AD Oliveirense
| years4 = 2014
| caps4 = 9
| goals4 = 3
| clubs6 = SC Espinho
| years6 = 2015
| caps6 = 11
| goals6 = 1
| clubs7 = Torreense
| years7 = 2015
| caps7 = 8
| goals7 = 1
| clubs8 = Cesarense
| years8 = 2016
| caps8 = 7
| goals8 = 1
| clubs9 = Lustiano Vildemoinhos
| years9 = 2016
| caps9 = 10
| goals9 = 3
| clubs10 = Besëlidhja Lezhë
| years10 = 2017
| caps10 = 3
| goals10 = 1
| years11 = 2017
| caps11 = 10
| goals11 = 0
| clubs11 = North Ferriby United
| nationalyears1 = 2012
| nationalteam1 = Portugal U21
| nationalcaps1 = 2
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| pcupdate = 20 March 2018
}}
Alberto Adulai Seidi (born 20 November 1992) is a Guinea-Bissau–born former Portuguese footballer. He began his career at Premier League club Southampton, playing primarily as a winger although he was also comfortable operating as a centre-forward.
Club career
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Alberto Seidi was originally a member of the Guinea-Bissau Academy in his home country before joining the English club Southampton as a youth player. He made his debut for Southampton's under-21 team in the Under-21 Premier League during the 2012–13 season, coming on as an 83rd-minute substitute for Jake Sinclair in the second game of the season against Newcastle United's under-21 team on 14 September 2012.
On 10 November 2012, Seidi was signed on a month-long loan deal by the local League Two club Aldershot Town from Southampton.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20280904 |title=Aldershot Town sign Southampton teenager Alberto Seidi |publisher=BBC Sport |date=10 November 2012 |access-date=13 November 2012 }} He made his debut for the club on the same day in a 2–0 league defeat against Bradford City, coming on as a substitute for midfielder Scott Donnelly in the 60th minute.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20190024 |title=Aldershot 0–2 Bradford |publisher=BBC Sport |date=10 November 2012 |access-date=13 November 2012 }}
On 4 June 2013, he was released by Southampton after failing to regain his pre-injury form.{{Cite web |url=http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/news/article/201213-released-list-854898.aspx |title=Saints 2012/13 release list |access-date=4 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060023/http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/news/article/201213-released-list-854898.aspx |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }} After his release from Southampton, Seidi joined AD Oliveirense in Portugal. During the 2013–14 season, he played nine matches and scored three goals. For the 2014–15 season, Seidi signed for Espinho, who compete in the Campeonato de Portugal, the third tier of Portuguese football. He played eleven games and scored one goal. In the 2015–16 season, Seidi joined Sport Clube União Torreense, also of the Campeonato de Portugal, playing eight games and scoring one goal. Halfway through that season, he transferred to Futebol Clube Cesarense, where he featured in seven matches and scored one goal. For the 2016–17 season, Seidi remained in the Campeonato de Portugal by joining Lusitano Futebol Clube, playing ten games and scoring three goals.
In January 2017, Seidi left Portugal to play football in Albania, where it was rumoured he would join the country's most successful club, KF Tirana. However, upon his arrival, he discovered that he had been misled; rather than signing for KF Tirana in the Superliga, he signed for KS Besëlidhja Lezhë in the Albanian First Division. Amid the ensuing controversy, Seidi featured in three matches and scored one goal for KS Besëlidhja Lezhë before sustaining an injury. He subsequently left the club by mutual consent and returned to England for treatment. In May 2017, Seidi turned down a contract from Flamurtari Vlorë in the Superliga, as he did not wish to continue playing in Albania.
In June 2017, he joined North Ferriby United following a successful trial with the club. Despite his brief tenure, he quickly became a fan favourite. He played ten games in the National League without scoring a goal before leaving the club in November 2017.
International career
Seidi has been capped twice for the Portugal under-20 team, both appearances coming in friendly matches against the Slovakia under-21 team on 10 and 12 November 2012. In October 2012, he received his first call-up to the Portugal under-21 team for a warm-up match against the Ukraine under-21 team.{{cite news |url=http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/news/article/under-21-call-for-seidi-409152.aspx |title=Under-21 Call for Seidi |publisher=Southampton F.C. |date=4 October 2012 |access-date=13 November 2012 }}
Career statistics
{{updated|7 September 2015.}}{{cite news |url=https://www.thefinalball.com/jogador.php?id=232978&op=statseason |title=Alberto Seidi Statistics By Season |publisher=footballzz |access-date=31 March 2015}}
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|+ Club Statistics | ||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="2"|Aldershot Town (loan)
|1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| rowspan="2"|AD Oliveirense
|2013–14 |9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 9 | 3 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 9 | 3 | ||
| rowspan="2"|C.D. Feirense
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | ||
| rowspan="2"|Sporting Clube de Espinho
|2014–15 |11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 11 | 1 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 11 | 1 | ||
| rowspan="2"|S.C.U. Torreense
|2015–16 |2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 1 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 1 | ||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 5 |
References
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External links
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Category:Portuguese men's footballers
Category:Southampton F.C. players
Category:Aldershot Town F.C. players
Category:Workington A.F.C. players
Category:AD Oliveirense players
Category:S.C.U. Torreense players
Category:English Football League players
Category:Men's association football forwards