Dossa Momad Omar Hassamo Júnior ( el, Ντόσσα Τζούνιορ; born 28 July 1986), known as Dossa Júnior, is a former professional

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who played as a

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. He spent the better part of his 15-year senior career in the

Cypriot First Division The Cypriot First Division ( el, Πρωτάθλημα Α΄ Κατηγορίας) is the top tier football league competition in Cyprus, run by the Cyprus Football Association. Since February 2016, it is sponsored by Cyta and is thus officially ...

, mainly with

AEL Limassol Athlitiki Enosi Lemesou ( el, Αθλητική Ένωση Λεμεσού, translation=Athletic Union of Limassol) commonly known as AEL, is a Cypriot sports club based in the city of Limassol, most famous for its football team. AEL also maintai ...

. He also competed in Portugal (where he was born), Poland and Turkey. Júnior won 24

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for

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, making his debut in 2012.

Club career

Júnior was born in Lisbon, of Mozambican descent. He only played with

Imortal D.C. Imortal Desportivo Clube ''(abbreviated as Imortal DC and colloquially known as Imortal de Albufeira)'' is a Portugal, Portuguese sports club centered around a Association football, football club based in the city of Albufeira, in the Portuguese ...

in Portugal, spending the 2005–06 season in the third tier. Subsequently, the 20-year-old moved to

, joining

Digenis Akritas Morphou FC Digenis Akritas Morphou ( el, Διγενής Ακρίτας Μόρφου) is a Cypriot sports club from Morphou, founded on 23 April 1931.

in the First Division and suffering relegation. Júnior remained in that nation afterwards, with

AEP Paphos FC AEP Paphos ( el, Αθλητική Ένωση Πάφος, ''Athlitiki Enosi Pafos''; "Athletic Union Paphos") was a Cypriot football club based in Paphos. The club was formed in 2000 after the merger of the two clubs of Paphos, APOP and Evagoras. ...

. In 2009 he signed a contract with

, scoring three goals in 28 games in the 2011–12 campaign to help the latter win the national championship after a 44-year wait. On 10 June 2015, after two years in Poland with Legia Warsaw, being first-choice as they won the

Ekstraklasa Poland Ekstraklasa (), meaning "Extra Class" in Polish, named PKO Ekstraklasa since the 2019–20 season due to its sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is the top Polish professional league for men's association football teams. Contested by 18 ...

in 2013–14, Júnior signed for

Konyaspor Konyaspor Kulübü (, Konya Sports Club) is a Turkish professional football club based in Konya. They are better known as Konyaspor. In 1922 Konyaspor were founded with the name Konya Gençlerbirliği and have played at their current home stadium ...

. In the following

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, he was loaned to fellow Turkish

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team

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. 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 APOEL FC ( el, ΑΠΟΕΛ; short for Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας, ''Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias'', literally "Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia") ...

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of the

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, a first for the club in 30 years.

International career

In 2012, following an extended career in the country, Júnior gained Cypriot nationality, being subsequently called up to play for the

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. He made his debut on 15 August that year, in the 1–0 friendly loss in

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Personal life

Júnior's sister married fellow footballer Hélio Pinto.

Career statistics

Club

International goals

:''Scores and results list Cyprus' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Júnior goal.''

Honours

AEL Limassol *

: 2011–12 *

: 2018–19 Legia Warsaw *

: 2013–14 *

Polish Cup The Polish Cup in football ( pl, Puchar Polski w piłce nożnej ) is an elimination tournament for Polish football clubs, held continuously from 1950, and is the second most important national title in Polish football after the Ekstraklasa title. ...

: 2014–15

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Junior, Dossa 1986 births Living people Portuguese people of Mozambican descent Cypriot people of Mozambican descent Portuguese footballers Cypriot footballers Footballers from Lisbon Association football defenders Segunda Divisão players Imortal D.C. players Cypriot First Division players Cypriot Second Division players Digenis Akritas Morphou FC players AEP Paphos FC players AEL Limassol players Ekstraklasa players Legia Warsaw players Süper Lig players Konyaspor footballers Eskişehirspor footballers Cyprus international footballers Portuguese expatriate footballers Cypriot expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Expatriate footballers in Poland Expatriate footballers in Turkey Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Poland Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Turkey