Luís Hemir Silva Semedo (born 11 August 2003) is a Portuguese professional

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Club career

Benfica B

Semedo played all of his youth football at Benfica, signing a youth contract with the club in 2018, as an under-17. Having made his way through the club's under-18 and under-19 during the following season—with an average of more than one goal per game—the young footballer signed his first professional contract with ''As Águias'' in August 2020. Having started to play with Benfica's under-23 in the midway through the 2020–21 season, he became a regular starter and scorer with the team during the following one. At that time he was also playing a major role in the Youth League, where the Benfica under-19 topped their group against Dynamo Kyiv, Barcelona and

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, scoring a goal against the latter during a 2–0 away win in November 2021 and most notably during their last pool game, a 1–0 home win against the Ukrainian that earned them the top spot. While having made his first trainings under first team coach

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, Semedo made his professional debut for

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on the 23 January 2022, replacing Duk during a Liga Portugal 2 home win against Penafiel. Semedo scored the winning goal for Benfica at the

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Sunderland

On 18 June 2023, Semedo joined

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on a five-year contract, for a fee of €500,000.

International career

Born in Portugal, Semedo is of Cape Verdean descent. He was selected with Portugal under-16 during the 2019–20 season, he later played with the under-19 in September 2021.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Benfica Youth * UEFA Youth League: 2021–22 *

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* * 2003 births Living people Footballers from Lisbon Portuguese men's footballers Portugal men's youth international footballers Portuguese people of Cape Verdean descent Black Portuguese sportspeople Men's association football forwards Liga Portugal 2 players English Football League players S.L. Benfica B players Sunderland A.F.C. players {{Portugal-footy-forward-stub Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in England