Sidcley Ferreira Pereira (born 13 May 1993), simply known as Sidcley, is a Brazilian professional

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who plays for

Greek Super League The Super League Greece 1 ( el, Ελληνική Σούπερ Λιγκ 1), or Super League 1, is the highest professional association football league in Greece. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and replaced ''Alpha Ethniki'' at the top of ...

club

Lamia LaMia Corporation S.R.L., operating as LaMia (short for ''Línea Aérea Mérida Internacional de Aviación''), was a Bolivian charter airline headquartered in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, as an EcoJet subsidiary. It had its origins from the failed ...

. Mainly a

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, he can also play as a

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Career

Born in

Vila Velha Vila Velha (; Portuguese for "Old Village") is a coastal city in Espírito Santo, Brazil. It lies across from Vitória, the state capital. Its population was 501,325 (2020) and its area is 210.23 km². Location Vila Velha forms part of th ...

Espírito Santo Espírito Santo (, , ; ) is a state in southeastern Brazil. Its capital is Vitória, and its largest city is Serra. With an extensive coastline, the state hosts some of the country's main ports, and its beaches are significant tourist attra ...

, Sidcley made his senior debuts with local

Linhares Linhares is the name of a municipality in the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil, north of the state capital, Vitória. It is the largest municipality by area in the state, at 9,501.6 km², and has a population of 176,688 people (2020). The ...

. After a stint at Al-Sharjah, he returned to his homeland and signed for Grêmio Catanduvense. Sidcley joined

Atlético Paranaense Club Athletico Paranaense (commonly known as Athletico and formerly known as Atlético Paranaense) is a Brazilian football team from the city of Curitiba, capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná, founded on March 26, 1924. The team ...

in 2013, initially assigned to the under-23 squad. He made his Série A debut on 3 May 2014, replacing

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in a 1–0 home win against Grêmio. In March 2015 Sidcley was loaned to

Atlético Goianiense Atlético, Spanish for ''athletics'', or Athletico in English, may refer to: Sports Teams Athletico * Athletico SC (Lebanon), a Lebanese football academy * Athletic Bilbao, or Atletico Bilbao, Basque students athletic club (also forming Athletic ...

until the end of the year. In July 2018, Sidcley signed a five year contract with the

Ukrainian Premier League The Ukrainian Premier League ( uk, "Українська Прем'єр-ліга", ''Ukrayinska Premier Liha'') or UPL is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. As the Vyshcha Liha ( uk, Вища ліга, ''Top League'') ...

runners up

FC Dynamo Kyiv Football Club Dynamo Kyiv (, ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kyiv. Founded in 1927 as a Kyivan football team of republican branch of the bigger Soviet Dynamo Sports Society, the club as a separate business entity was offici ...

. He made 33 appearances for Dynamo, scoring three goals and contributing three assists, while he also spent another season back on loan at

Corinthians The First Epistle to the Corinthians ( grc, Α΄ ᾽Επιστολὴ πρὸς Κορινθίους) is one of the Pauline epistles, part of the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The epistle is attributed to Paul the Apostle and a co-aut ...

. On 27 August 2021, PAOK announces the transfer of Sidcley Ferreira from Dynamo Kyiv on loan. The Brazilian left back will wear the number 16 shirt.

Career statistics

Honours

Corinthians *

Campeonato Paulista The Campeonato Paulista Série A1, commonly known as Campeonato Paulista, nicknamed Paulistão, is the top-flight professional association football, football league in the Brazilian States of Brazil, state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo. Run b ...

: 2018 Dynamo Kyiv *

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References

External links

Atlético Paranaense profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sidcley Ferreira Pereira 1993 births Living people People from Vila Velha Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Club Athletico Paranaense players Atlético Clube Goianiense players Sport Club Corinthians Paulista players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Ukrainian Premier League players Super League Greece players FC Dynamo Kyiv players PAOK FC players Cuiabá Esporte Clube players FC CSKA 1948 Sofia players PAS Lamia 1964 players Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Footballers from Espírito Santo