Samuel José da Silva Vieira (born 14 October 1974) is a former Brazilian footballer who played for Bahia de Feira. Samuel spent his early career in

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (; English: "Brazilian Championship A Series"), commonly referred to as the Brasileirão (; English: "Big Brazilian" or "Great Brazilian"), the Série A or the Brazilian Série A (to distinguish it from the I ...

, then moved to

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of Italian first division before spent rest of his career in Brazilian lower divisions.

Biography

Bahia

Born in

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state, Samuel made his

debut on 28 August 1994, for

Esporte Clube Bahia Esporte Clube Bahia () is a Brazilian professional association football club based in Salvador, the capital city of the Brazilian state of Bahia. Known mainly as the ''Esquadrão de Aço'' (Steel Squadron), the club competes in the Campeo ...

. Since then he played 40 times in Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. He followed the team relegated to

1998 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B The football (soccer) Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 1998, the second level of Brazilian National League, was played from August 2 to December 20, 1998. The competition had 24 clubs and two of them were promoted to Série A and six were relegated ...

Caxias do Sul

He played the first 3 games of

2001 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B The football (soccer) Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 2002, the second level of Brazilian National League, was played from August 11 to December 22, 2001. The competition had 28 clubs and two of them were promoted to Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, ...

Perugia

In August 2001 he left for Italian

Serie A The Serie A (), officially known as Serie A Enilive in Italy and Serie A Made in Italy abroad for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Italy and the highest tier of the Italian football league system. Establish ...

club

. He made his league debut on 28 October 2001 (round 9), winning

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1–0. He replaced Sean Sogliano in the first half. Samuel made his first start in the next round. He also played for the team in

2001–02 Coppa Italia The 2001–02 Coppa Italia was the 55th edition of the national domestic tournament, that begun on August 12, 2001 and ended on May 10, 2002. After losing in the finals the previous year, Parma won the 2001–02 Coppa Italia tournament for the 3rd ...

Return to Brazil

In February 2003 he returned to Brazil for

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. In March he left for Santa Cruz. He then left for Caxias do Sul. In 2004, he was the starting defender of Caxias do Sul, only missed round 8 to 10 and round 20, which 2 of them were automatic suspension for third and sixth

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) of the season. Samuel renewed his contract with Caxias do Sul on 16 December 2004 for another year. He played the first 8 matches of

2005 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 2005, the second level of the Brazilian National League, was played from April 23 to November 26, 2005. The competition had 22 clubs, of which two were promoted to the Série A and six were relegated to the S� ...

as starting defender and again in round 11 and 12. On 25 July 2005 he left for União São João until the end of

2005 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C In 2005, the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C was composed of five rounds. In the first one, the 64 teams were divided in 16 groups of 4 teams each. Teams in each group played against each other in home and away games. The two best ranked teams of e ...

, which he played the first 3 rounds of the league. On 7 December 2005 he was signed by Glória until the end of 2006 Campeonato Gaúcho. On 23 August 2006 he left for CFZ do Rio, for a playoffs round to qualify for

2007 Campeonato Carioca The 2007 edition of the Campeonato Carioca kicked off on January 19 and ended on May 4, 2007. It is the official tournament organized by FFERJ (Federação de Futebol do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, or Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation. Only ...

. CFZ exited in the first round. On 21 September 2006 he was signed by CRB, played 6 out of last 9 games of 2006 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.

Late career

In January 2007 he left for Tupi until the end of 2007 Campeonato Mineiro, which he was the starting defender in the first 6 games. He then played for São José de Porto Alegre in

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and

2009 Campeonato Gaúcho The 89th season of the Campeonato Gaúcho kicked off on January 20 and ended on April 19. Repeating the 2008 final score, Internacional clinched their 39th title – second consecutive – after beating Caxias 8–1 in the ''Taça Fábio Koff'' ...

, however he did not contracted to play in

and 2009 Copa FGF of the second half of year. In 2010, he left for Atlético de Alagoinhas until the end of 2010 Campeonato Baiano. On 13 January 2011, he was signed by Bahia de Feira.

Career statistics

*Note: State Leagues are marked as League Cup.

References

External links

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Calciatori.com

Futpedia

CBF
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