Iuri Medeiros

Portuguese footballer (born 1994) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Iuri José Picanço Medeiros (born 10 July 1994) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Israeli Premier League club Hapoel Be'er Sheva as a winger.

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Iuri Medeiros
Personal information
Full name Iuri José Picanço Medeiros[1]
Date of birth (1994-07-10) 10 July 1994 (age 30)[1]
Place of birth Horta, Portugal
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Number 45
Youth career
2004–2005 Sporting Horta
2005–2013 Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2017 Sporting CP B 68 (12)
2015Arouca (loan) 17 (3)
2015–2016Moreirense (loan) 29 (8)
2016–2017Boavista (loan) 27 (7)
2017–2019 Sporting CP 6 (0)
2018–2019Genoa (loan) 13 (2)
2019Legia Warsaw (loan) 14 (3)
2019–2021 1. FC Nürnberg 9 (0)
2020–2021Braga (loan) 15 (5)
2021–2023 Braga 54 (17)
2023–2024 Al-Nasr 26 (4)
2025– Hapoel Be'er Sheva 4 (1)
International career
2009 Portugal U15 2 (0)
2009–2010 Portugal U16 7 (1)
2010–2011 Portugal U17 12 (3)
2011–2012 Portugal U18 10 (1)
2013 Portugal U19 2 (0)
2014 Portugal U20 4 (0)
2014−2017 Portugal U21 19 (1)
2016 Portugal U23 1 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Runner-up2015 Czech Republic
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:14, 16 March 2025 (UTC)
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He achieved Primeira Liga figures of 148 games and 40 goals, for Sporting CP and Braga as well as loans to Arouca, Moreirense and Boavista. He also had brief spells in Italy, Poland and Germany, and won the 2020–21 Taça de Portugal with Braga.

Medeiros earned 56 caps and scored six goals for Portugal's youth teams.

Club career

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Sporting CP

Born in Horta, Azores, Medeiros joined Sporting CP's youth system in 2005, aged 11.[2] He went on to spend three full seasons with their reserves in the Segunda Liga, his debut as a professional arriving of on 11 August 2012 as he came on as a 62nd-minute substitute for Filipe Chaby in a 1−0 away loss against U.D. Oliveirense.[3]

Medeiros was loaned to F.C. Arouca in the 2015 January transfer window,[4] playing his first game in the Primeira Liga on the 18th in a 1−0 defeat at Moreirense FC.[5] He subsequently served two season-long top division loans, at Moreirense[6] and Boavista FC.[7] While at the service of the former, he scored his first goal in the competition on 25 September 2015 to help to a 2−2 home draw with FC Porto[8] and, on 12 March 2017, netted a brace to help the latter defeat C.S. Marítimo 3−0.[9]

Returned to the Estádio José Alvalade for the 2017−18 campaign,[10] Medeiros made his competitive debut for Sporting's first team on 15 August 2017, playing the last minutes of the 0−0 home draw against FC Steaua București in the UEFA Champions League play-off round.[11] He was, however, quickly deemed surplus to requirements by manager Jorge Jesus.[12]

On 25 January 2018, Medeiros signed with Genoa CFC on loan until June 2019, with the Italian club having the option to make the move permanent for 10 million.[13][14] He made his Serie A debut on 5 February, playing 25 minutes in a 2−1 away win over SS Lazio.[15] He scored his first goal for his new team on 3 April in his first start, helping the hosts to defeat Cagliari Calcio 2−1 with a last-minute effort.[16]

On 3 February 2019, Medeiros joined Legia Warsaw on loan.[17] On 19 July, he cut ties with Sporting and moved to 1. FC Nürnberg of the German 2. Bundesliga on a four-year deal.[18]

Braga

Medeiros returned to Portugal on 28 July 2020, agreeing to a one-year loan at S.C. Braga with an option to buy.[19] He won the Taça de Portugal in his first season, scoring in a 7–0 victory at Clube Olímpico do Montijo in the fourth round on 14 December.[20]

On 29 January 2021, Medeiros suffered a severe left knee sprain in a Taça da Liga match against C.D. Santa Clara, ruling him out for six months.[21] Nonetheless, he was rewarded in April for his six goals and five assists with a five-year contract; the fee was 800,000 and the buyout clause €30 million.[22]

Medeiros scored and set up Ricardo Horta on 24 February 2022 as Braga turned around a deficit against FC Sheriff Tiraspol in the last 32 of the UEFA Europa League.[23] On 14 April, in extra time during the second leg of quarter-final against Rangers, he was sent off for dissent after shouting at referee François Letexier who had booked him for a late challenge on Leon Balogun;[24] as a result, he was not selected by coach Carlos Carvalhal for the next league fixture in order to "reflect upon his actions".[25]

Al-Nasr

On 23 June 2023, Medeiros signed for Al-Nasr SC for a fee of €3 million.[26]

International career

Medeiros participated in two UEFA European Under-21 Championship editions with Portugal.[27][28] In 2015, he collected four substitute appearances for the runners-up.[29][30][31][32]

Medeiros was also selected by coach Rui Jorge for the Portugal Olympic team in a friendly 4–0 win over Mexico on 28 March 2016; the game was held in Angra do Heroísmo on his native archipelago.[33] He was overlooked for the final squad for the tournament in Brazil months later.[34]

Career statistics

As of match played 2 June 2024[35]
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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sporting CP B 2012–13 Segunda Liga 100000000100
2013–14 Segunda Liga 39100000003910
2014–15 Segunda Liga 182000000182
Total 67120000006712
Arouca (loan) 2014–15 Primeira Liga 173001000183
Moreirense (loan) 2015–16 Primeira Liga 2981141003410
Boavista (loan) 2016–17 Primeira Liga 277211000308
Sporting CP 2017–18 Primeira Liga 60202110111
Genoa (loan) 2017–18 Serie A 112000000112
2018–19 Serie A 2010000030
Total 132100000142
Legia Warsaw (loan) 2018–19 Ekstraklasa 14310153
1. FC Nürnberg 2019–20 2. Bundesliga 9020110
Braga (loan) 2020–21 Primeira Liga 15541306[a]0286
Braga 2021–22 Primeira Liga 247202111[a]23910
2022–23 Primeira Liga 301070204[b]04310
Total 69221317121211026
Al-Nasr 2023–24 UAE Pro League 2643131326
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 2024–25 Israeli Premier League 00000000
Career total 2776125418422234271
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Notes

  1. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. Three appearances in UEFA Europa League, one appearance in UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

Sporting CP

Braga

Portugal

References

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