Nuno Sequeira
{{short description|Portuguese footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Nuno Sequeira
| image =
| fullname = Nuno Miguel Ribeiro Cruz Jerónimo Sequeira{{cite web|url=https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/sequeira/nacional/1577-0-18839|title=Nuno Sequeira|publisher=Mais Futebol|language=pt|access-date=11 October 2020}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|8|19|df=y}}
| birth_place = Porto, Portugal
| position = Left-back
| currentclub = Pendikspor
| clubnumber = 6
| youthyears1 = 1999–2006 | youthclubs1 = Senhora da Hora
| youthyears2 = 2006–2009 | youthclubs2 = Leixões
| years1 = 2009–2010 | clubs1 = Leixões | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2009–2010 | clubs2 = → Leça (loan) | caps2 = 14 | goals2 = 2
| years3 = 2010–2011 | clubs3 = Leça | caps3 = 27 | goals3 = 3
| years4 = 2011–2013 | clubs4 = Leixões | caps4 = 38 | goals4 = 1
| years5 = 2011–2012 | clubs5 = → Fafe (loan) | caps5 = 27 | goals5 = 10
| years6 = 2013–2017 | clubs6 = Nacional | caps6 = 74 | goals6 = 1
| years7 = 2017–2023 | clubs7 = Braga | caps7 = 121 | goals7 = 1
| years8 = 2023– | clubs8 = Pendikspor | caps8 = 59 | goals8 = 3
| totalcaps = | totalgoals =
| nationalyears1 = 2008 | nationalteam1 = Portugal U18 | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| club-update = 22:39, 30 March 2025 (UTC)
| nationalteam-update =
}}
Nuno Miguel Ribeiro Cruz Jerónimo Sequeira (born 19 August 1990) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Turkish club Pendikspor.
He made 195 Primeira Liga appearances for Nacional and Braga, winning the 2020–21 Taça de Portugal and the 2019–20 Taça da Liga with the latter club.
Club career
=Early career=
Born in Porto, Sequeira finished his development at Leixões SC. He made his senior debut in the lower leagues, with Leça F.C. and AD Fafe.{{cite web|url=https://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/campeonato-portugal-seniores/artigos/sequeira-e-tiago-borges-no-fafe|title=Sequeira e Tiago Borges no Fafe|trans-title=Sequeira and Tiago Borges to Fafe|publisher=SAPO|language=pt|date=26 August 2011|access-date=11 October 2020}}{{cite news|url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-nos/sp--braga/detalhe/o-miudo-cativante-nao-foi-nada-burro|title=O miúdo cativante não foi nada 'burro'|trans-title=Charming kid was not 'dumb' at all|newspaper=Record|first=André|last=Gonçalves|language=pt|date=16 October 2019|access-date=11 October 2020}}
Sequeira returned to the Estádio do Mar for the 2012–13 season. He made his first appearance in the Segunda Liga on 12 August 2012, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 home win against C.S. Marítimo B.{{cite news|url=http://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/2--liga/detalhe/leixoes-maritimo-b-1-0-triunfo-surge-nos-descontos-773034.html|title=Leixões-Marítimo B, 1–0: Triunfo surge nos descontos|trans-title=Leixões-Marítimo B, 1–0: Win comes in injury time|newspaper=Record|language=pt|date=12 August 2012|access-date=12 July 2017}}
=Nacional=
Sequeira signed with Primeira Liga club C.D. Nacional in late March 2013, with the four-year contract being made effective in the summer.{{cite news|url=http://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/2--liga/nacional/detalhe/sequeira-garantido-por-4-epocas-811253.html|title=Sequeira garantido for 4 épocas|trans-title=Sequeira confirmed for 4 seasons|newspaper=Record|language=pt|date=22 March 2013|access-date=12 July 2017}} His maiden game in the competition took place on 23 November of the same year in a 1–1 draw away to FC Porto where he also started,{{cite web|url=https://rr.sapo.pt/opiniao_detalhe.aspx?fid=41&did=130373|title="Besta negra" volta a tramar o Dragão|trans-title="Nemesis" screws Dragon again|publisher=Rádio Renascença|language=pt|date=23 November 2013|access-date=12 July 2017}} but he totalled just 13 matches in his first two seasons.{{cite web|url=https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/desporto/nacional-1-1-fc-porto_e814073|title=Nacional 1–1 FC Porto|publisher=Rádio e Televisão de Portugal|first=Marcos|last=Celso|language=pt|date=21 March 2015|access-date=12 July 2017}}
Sequeira scored his first goal in the Portuguese top division on 27 November 2015, contributing to a 3–1 home victory over C.S. Marítimo in the Madeira derby.{{cite web|url=http://www.cdnacional.pt/liga-nos-nacional-vence-maritimo-por-3-1/|title=Liga NOS: Nacional vence Marítimo por 3–1|trans-title=NOS League: Nacional defeat Marítimo 3–1|publisher=C.D. Nacional|language=pt|date=27 November 2015|access-date=12 July 2017}} Starting in all of his 31 appearances during the campaign, he helped his team to a final 11th position in the table.
=Braga=
On 24 May 2017, following Nacional's relegation in last place, Sequeira moved to fellow top-tier side S.C. Braga on a four-year deal.{{cite web|url=http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/liga/sc-braga/oficial-sequeira-e-reforco-do-sp-braga|title=OFICIAL: Sequeira é reforço do Sp. Braga|trans-title=OFFICIAL: Sequeira is a Sp. Braga addition|publisher=Mais Futebol|language=pt|date=24 May 2017|access-date=12 July 2017}} He scored his first goal on 30 October 2018, in a 5–0 home defeat of his previous club in the group stage of the Taça da Liga.{{cite news|url=https://www.dn.pt/desportos/sp-braga-goleia-nacional-e-da-passo-importante-para-o-apuramento-10111881.html|title=Sp. Braga goleia Nacional e dá passo importante para o apuramento|trans-title=Sp. Braga thrash Nacional and take an important step towards qualification|newspaper=Diário de Notícias|language=pt|date=30 October 2018|access-date=8 November 2020}}
Sequeira played the full 90 minutes on 25 January 2020, as they won the aforementioned tournament by a single goal in the final against Porto.{{cite web|url=https://portugoal.net/club-news/1458-late-ricardo-horta-strike-wins-the-taca-da-liga-for-braga|title=Late Ricardo Horta strike wins the Taça da Liga for Braga|publisher=PortuGOAL|first=Richard|last=Cole|date=25 January 2020|access-date=8 November 2020}} His season ended six games early in June, due to a left-thigh muscle injury at the end of the derby with Vitória de Guimarães.{{cite news|url=http://jornaldoluxemburgo.com/2020/06/sequeira-com-lesao-muscular-na-coxa-esquerda-e-com-epoca-em-risco/|title=Sequeira com lesão muscular na coxa esquerda e com época em risco|trans-title=Sequeira with left-thigh muscle injury and season at risk|newspaper=Jornal do Luxemburgo|language=pt|date=26 June 2020|access-date=8 November 2020}}
On 7 November 2021, in the dying minutes of the first half of an eventual 6–1 away loss against S.L. Benfica, Sequeira ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, being sidelined for the campaign.{{cite news|url=https://www.dn.pt/desporto/tambem-acabou-a-epoca-para-sequeira-bracarense-vai-ser-operado-14298583.html|title=Também acabou a época para Sequeira. Bracarense vai ser operado|trans-title=Season over for Sequeira as well. Braga man to undergo surgery|newspaper=Diário de Notícias|language=pt|date=8 November 2021|access-date=10 November 2021}} He returned the following August for the start of the new season, assisting in a 3–3 draw with Sporting CP in the opener and then scoring his first Braga league goal in a 3–0 win at F.C. Famalicão.{{cite news|url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-bwin/sp--braga/detalhe/sequeira-superou-impacto-da-lesao|title=Sequeira superou impacto da lesão|trans-title=Sequeira overcame impact of injury|newspaper=Record|first=André|last=Gonçalves|language=pt|date=17 August 2022|access-date=13 February 2023}}
=Pendikspor=
On 2 July 2023, after 184 competitive appearances for Braga (two goals), Sequeira joined recently-promoted Süper Lig club Pendikspor on a two-year contract.{{cite web|url=https://www.flashscore.pt/noticias/futebol-super-liga-sequeira-assina-ate-2025-com-o-pendikspor-da-turquia/6o2cbu1s/|title=Sequeira assina até 2025 com o Pendikspor, da Turquia|trans-title=Sequeira signs until 2025 with Pendikspor, from Turkey|publisher=Flash Score|first=Mário Rui|last=Ventura|language=pt|date=29 June 2023|access-date=6 July 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://scbraga.pt/nuno-sequeira-transferido-para-o-pendikspor/|title=Nuno Sequeira transferido para o Pendikspor|trans-title=Nuno Sequeira transferred to Pendikspor|publisher=S.C. Braga|language=pt|date=2 July 2023|access-date=6 July 2023}} He suffered relegation in his debut campaign,{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsmole.co.uk/football/arsenal/bundesliga-title-race/feature/this-weekends-permutations-who-can-be-crowned-champions-win-promotion-or-suffer-relegation_541119.html|title=This weekend's permutations: Who can be crowned champions, win promotion or suffer relegation?|publisher=Sports Mole|first=Barney|last=Corkhill|date=24 May 2024|access-date=30 March 2025}} scoring in a 4–0 home win over Beşiktaş J.K. on 20 January 2024.{{cite web|url=https://cnnportugal.iol.pt/made-in/fernando-santos/turquia-pendikspor-de-ivo-vieira-esmaga-besiktas-de-fernando-santos|title=Turquia: Pendikspor de Ivo Vieira esmaga Besiktas de Fernando Santos|trans-title=Turkey: Ivo Vieira's Pendikspor crush Fernando Santos' Besiktas|publisher=CNN Portugal|language=pt|date=20 January 2024|access-date=30 March 2025}}
International career
In October 2020, Fernando Santos called Sequeira to the Portugal national team for the first time, ahead of a friendly with Spain and the UEFA Nations League matches against France and Sweden to be held in that month.{{cite news|url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/selecoes/detalhe/sequeira-convocado-por-fernando-santos-para-os-jogos-frente-a-espanha-franca-e-suecia|title=Mário Rui está impedido de viajar e Fernando Santos chama outro lateral-esquerdo à Seleção|trans-title=Mário Rui is unable to travel and Fernando Santos calls up another left-back to the national team|newspaper=Record|first=Sérgio|last=Magalhães|language=pt|date=4 October 2020|access-date=8 November 2020}}
Career statistics
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| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|League cup !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="3"|Leixões
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2012–13
|38 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 42 | 1 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!38||1||2||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||42||1 | ||||||||||||
| rowspan="5"|Nacional
|5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 7 | 0 | |||
| 2014–15
|Primeira Liga |8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16
|Primeira Liga |32 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 37 | 1 | |||
| 2016–17
|Primeira Liga |29 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 29 | 0 | |||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!74||1||3||0||6||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||83||1 | ||||||||||||
| rowspan="7"|Braga
|Primeira Liga |7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3{{efn|name=UEL|Appearances in UEFA Europa League}} | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 12 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19
|Primeira Liga |29 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2{{efn|name=UEL}} | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 40 | 1 | ||
| 2019–20
|Primeira Liga |25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10{{efn|name=UEL}} | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 41 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21
|Primeira Liga |26 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5{{efn|name=UEL}} | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 39 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22
|Primeira Liga |7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4{{efn|name=UEL}} | 0 | 1{{efn|Appearance in Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira}} | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| 2022–23
|Primeira Liga |27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7{{efn|Six appearances in UEFA Europa League, one appearance in UEFA Europa Conference League}} | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 39 | 1 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!121||1||16||0||15||1||31||0||1||0||184||2 | ||||||||||||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!233||3||21||0||23||1||31||0||1||0||309||4 |
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Honours
References
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External links
- {{ForaDeJogo}}
- {{FPF national player|637360}}
{{Pendikspor squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sequeira, Nuno}}
Category:21st-century Portuguese sportsmen
Category:Portuguese men's footballers
Category:Footballers from Porto
Category:Men's association football fullbacks
Category:Primeira Liga players
Category:Liga Portugal 2 players
Category:Segunda Divisão players
Category:C.D. Nacional players
Category:Pendikspor footballers
Category:Portugal men's youth international footballers
Category:Portuguese expatriate men's footballers