Sidney Alexssander Pena de Lima (born 17 January 1997), is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club Santa Clara.

Club career

Sidney Lima is a youth product of the Brazilian club Ituano. He began his senior career with Primavera in 2016, and followed that up with short stints at Serra Branca and América-SP. In 2018, he moved to Portugal with Felgueiras 1932 where he stayed for 3 seasons. He moved to

Feirense Clube Desportivo Feirense, commonly known as CD Feirense or just Feirense, is a Portuguese football club based in Santa Maria da Feira. Founded on 18 March 1918, Feirense play in the LigaPro, the second tier of Portuguese football. Their chairma ...

in the summer of 2021. On 27 June 2023, Sidney Lima transferred to Santa Clara on a 2+1 year contract, and on his debut season won the

2023–24 Liga Portugal 2 The 2023–24 Liga Portugal 2 (also known as Liga Portugal SABSEG for sponsorship reasons) is the 34th season of Portuguese football's second-tier league and the fourth season under the current Liga Portugal 2 title. A total of 18 teams are comp ...

with them. He made his professional debut with Santa Clara in a 4–1

win over Estoril on 11 August 2024.

Honours

Santa Clara * Liga Portugal 2: 2023–24

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lima, Sidney 1997 births Living people Sportspeople from Americana, São Paulo Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Esporte Clube Primavera players América Futebol Clube (SP) players F.C. Felgueiras 1932 players C.D. Feirense players C.D. Santa Clara players Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Campeonato de Portugal (league) players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazilian expatriates in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal