Dossa Júnior
Júnior playing for Legia Warsaw in 2013
Personal information
Full name Dossa Momad Omar Hassamo Júnior[1]
Date of birth (1986-07-28) 28 July 1986[1]
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal[1]
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
2002–2003 Imortal
2003–2005 Louletano
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Imortal 15 (0)
2006–2007 Digenis Akritas 11 (0)
2007–2009 AEP 54 (3)
2009–2013 AEL Limassol 105 (10)
2013–2015 Legia Warsaw 35 (4)
2015–2016 Konyaspor 4 (0)
2016Eskişehirspor (loan) 5 (0)
2016–2020 AEL Limassol 50 (5)
Total 279 (22)
International career
2012–2019 Cyprus 24 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dossa Momad Omar Hassamo Júnior (Greek: Ντόσσα Τζούνιορ; born 28 July 1986), known as Dossa Júnior, is a former professional footballer who played as a central defender.

He spent the better part of his 15-year senior career in the Cypriot First Division, mainly with AEL Limassol. He also competed in Portugal (where he was born), Poland and Turkey.

Júnior won 24 caps for Cyprus, making his debut in 2012.

Club career

Júnior was born in Lisbon, of Mozambican descent.[2][3] He only played with Imortal D.C. in Portugal,[4] spending the 2005–06 season in the third tier. Subsequently, the 20-year-old moved to Cyprus, joining Digenis Akritas Morphou FC in the First Division and suffering relegation.

Júnior remained in that nation afterwards, with AEP Paphos FC. In 2009 he signed a contract with AEL Limassol, scoring three goals in 28 games in the 2011–12 campaign to help the latter win the national championship after a 44-year wait.[5]

On 10 June 2015, after two years in Poland with Legia Warsaw,[6] being first-choice as they won the Ekstraklasa in 2013–14,[7] Júnior signed for Konyaspor.[8] In the following transfer window, he was loaned to fellow Turkish Süper Lig team Eskişehirspor.[9]

Júnior saw out his career at former side AEL. On 22 May 2019, his first-half header opened an eventual 2–0 victory against APOEL FC in the final of the Cypriot Cup, a first for the club in 30 years.[10]

International career

In 2012, following an extended career in the country, Júnior gained Cypriot nationality, being subsequently called up to play for the national team.[11][12] He made his debut on 15 August that year, in the 1–0 friendly loss in Bulgaria.[13]

Personal life

Júnior's sister married fellow footballer Hélio Pinto.[14]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played on 19 May 2019
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Imortal 2005–06[15] Segunda Divisão 15010160
Digenis Akritas 2006–07[15] Cypriot First Division 110110
AEP Paphos 2007–08[15] Cypriot Second Division 232232
2008–09[15] Cypriot First Division 311311
Total 543543
AEL Limassol 2009–10[15] Cypriot First Division 271271
2010–11[15] Cypriot First Division 231231
2011–12[16] Cypriot First Division 28370353
2012–13[16] Cypriot First Division 2757111[lower-alpha 1]200458
Total 105101411120013013
Legia Warsaw 2013–14[16] Ekstraklasa 2610011[lower-alpha 1]0371
2014–15[16] Ekstraklasa 93106[lower-alpha 2]0163
Total 35410170534
Konyaspor 2015–16[16] Süper Lig 400040
Eskişehirspor (loan) 2015–16[16] Süper Lig 500050
AEL Limassol 2016–17[16] Cypriot First Division 19320213
2017–18[16] Cypriot First Division 410041
2018–19[16] Cypriot First Division 22141262
Total 45561516
Career total 27422222002820032426

International goals

Scores and results list Cyprus' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Júnior goal.[17]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.10 October 2015Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem, Israel Israel1–02–1Euro 2016 qualifying

Honours

AEL Limassol

Legia Warsaw

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Dossa Júnior" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  2. Zavou, Christou (14 June 2011). "ΑΕΛ: Το γαλαζοκίτρινο μωσαϊκό εθνικοτήτων (γραφικό)" [AEL: The blue-yellow mosaic of ethnicities (graphic)]. Kathimerini (in Greek). Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  3. "Προτάθηκε ο «Κινγκ Κονγκ» στον Ολυμπιακό" ["King Kong" was offered to Olympiakos] (in Greek). News Beast. 13 December 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  4. "Dossa Júnior a um passo do Partizan" [Dossa Júnior close to Partizan]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 13 January 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  5. 1 2 Travassos, Nuno (5 May 2012). "Chipre: sotaque português na festa do título do AEL" [Cyprus: Portuguese accent in AEL's title party] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  6. Kamieniecki, Piotr (29 June 2013). "Dossa Junior przejdzie testy medyczne (akt.)" [Dossa Junior to undergo medicals (update)] (in Polish). Legia.net. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  7. 1 2 "Orlando, Hélio e Dossa campeões na Polónia" [Orlando, Hélio and Dossa champions in Poland]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 25 May 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  8. "Dossa Junior opuści Legię" [Dossa Junior leaves Legia] (in Polish). Legia Warsaw. 10 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  9. "Eskişehirspor'da Dossa Junior'ın Sözleşmesi Feshedildi" [Dossa Junior contract at Eskişehirspor terminated] (in Turkish). SonDakika. 9 May 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  10. 1 2 "AEL beat Apoel to win Cyprus Cup". Parikiaki. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  11. "Στην Εθνική Τζούνιορ και Λαμπάν" [Junior and Laban to national team] (in Greek). Sigma TV. 10 August 2012. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  12. Azevedo, Pedro Miguel (11 August 2012). "Chipre chama Dossa" [Cyprus calls Dossa]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  13. "Βουλγαρία-Κύπρος 1–0: Ήττα χωρίς να απειλήσει" [Bulgaria-Cyprus 1–0: Loss without posing a threat]. Kathimerini (in Greek). 15 August 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  14. "Πίντο: «Με απειλούσαν όταν πήγα από τον Απόλλωνα στον ΑΠΟΕΛ»" [Pinto: "I was threatened when I went from Apollon to APOEL"] (in Greek). 24 H. 27 November 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Dossa Júnior at ForaDeJogo (archived)
  16. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Dossa Júnior". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  17. "Dosa Júnior". European Football. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
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