Josué_Sá
Josué Sá
Portuguese footballer
Josué Humberto Gonçalves Leal de Sá (born 17 June 1992) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Rio Ave.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Josué Humberto Gonçalves Leal de Sá[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1992-06-17) 17 June 1992 (age 31)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Lisbon, Portugal[1] | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Rio Ave | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2009 | Sporting CP | ||
| 2009–2011 | Vitória Guimarães | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011−2017 | Vitória Guimarães | 97 | (5) |
| 2011−2012 | → Chaves (loan) | 23 | (1) |
| 2012−2014 | Vitória Guimarães B | 48 | (2) |
| 2017−2020 | Anderlecht | 22 | (0) |
| 2018−2019 | → Kasımpaşa (loan) | 17 | (1) |
| 2019−2020 | → Huesca (loan) | 26 | (1) |
| 2020−2022 | Ludogorets Razgrad | 27 | (5) |
| 2022 | → Maccabi Tel Aviv (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2022– | Rio Ave | 36 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2010 | Portugal U18 | 5 | (0) |
| 2011−2012 | Portugal U19 | 12 | (0) |
| 2012 | Portugal U20 | 5 | (0) |
| 2013 | Portugal U21 | 6 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:44, 5 February 2024 (UTC) | |||
He made over 100 Primeira Liga appearances for Vitória de Guimarães and Rio Ave, while also having brief spells in five foreign countries.
Sá represented Portugal at youth level.
Vitória Guimarães
Born in Lisbon, Sá spent nine of his formative years with local Sporting CP, signing with Vitória S.C. at the age of 17.[2] He started his senior career in 2011, being loaned by the latter to third division club G.D. Chaves.[3]
Subsequently returned to Guimarães, Sá initially alternated between the first team and the recently created reserve side in the Segunda Liga.[4][5] His first appearance in the Primeira Liga with the former was on 20 January 2013, when he came on as a late substitute in a 3−1 away win against Rio Ave FC.[6]
Sá scored his first goal in the Portuguese top tier on 7 November 2014, in a 2−1 away victory over F.C. Arouca.[7] He added another one[8] during the season from 26 appearances, helping to an eventual fifth-place finish and qualification for the UEFA Europa League.
On 6 May 2016, Sá renewed his contract until 2019, with the release clause being improved from €3 to 8 million.[9]
Anderlecht
Sá joined R.S.C. Anderlecht on 31 August 2017, after agreeing to a four-year deal.[10] He made his Belgian Pro League debut on 1 October, playing the entire 1–0 home victory over Standard Liège.[11]
Sá spent the following two seasons on loan, to Turkish Süper Lig's Kasımpaşa S.K.[12] and SD Huesca of the Spanish Segunda División.[13] On 22 December 2019, he scored the winner for the latter in a 2–1 home defeat of Aragonese rivals Real Zaragoza,[14] en route to promotion as champions.[15]
Later career
On 2 October 2020, Sá joined PFC Ludogorets Razgrad of the First Professional Football League on a three-year contract.[16] After winning the league in his first season, he was voted Player of the Month in August 2021, having scored twice.[17] He moved to his fifth foreign country the following 2 February, joining Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. of the Israeli Premier League on loan for the rest of the campaign.[18]
Sá returned to his country's top flight on 26 August 2022, signing a two-year deal with the option of a third at newly promoted Rio Ave FC.[19]
Four youth levels comprised, Sá won 28 caps for Portugal. His first for the under-21s arrived on 25 March 2013, in a 2−1 friendly defeat of the Republic of Ireland held in Dundalk.[20]
- As of match played 1 December 2021[21]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Chaves (loan) | 2011–12 | Segunda Divisão | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 23 | 1 | |
| Vitória Guimarães B | 2012–13 | Segunda Liga | 31 | 1 | – | – | – | 31 | 1 | |||
| 2013–14 | Campeonato Nacional | 9 | 1 | – | – | – | 9 | 1 | ||||
| 2014–15 | Segunda Liga | 8 | 0 | – | – | – | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 48 | 2 | – | – | – | 48 | 2 | |||||
| Vitória Guimarães | 2012–13 | Primeira Liga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | |
| 2013–14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 28 | 2 | |||
| 2015–16 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 2 | ||
| 2016–17 | 30 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 36 | 1 | |||
| 2017–18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Total | 97 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 109 | 5 | ||
| Anderlecht | 2017–18 | Belgian Pro League | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 3[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Kasımpaşa (loan) | 2018–19 | Süper Lig | 17 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | |
| Huesca (loan) | 2019–20 | Segunda División | 26 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 1 | ||
| Ludogorets | 2020–21 | First League | 17 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 21 | 2 | |
| 2021–22 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | 15 | 3 | |||
| Total | 27 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 5 | ||
| Career total | 260 | 15 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 294 | 15 | ||
- Appearances in the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
- Appearances in the Champions League
Huesca
Ludogorets Razgrad
Individual
- "Josué Sá" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- "Josué está a caminho da Bélgica onde vai assinar pelo Anderlecht" [Josué is on his way to Belgium where he will sign for Anderlecht] (in Portuguese). Notícias ao Minuto. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- "Vimaranenses emprestam 15 jogadores" [Vimaranenses loan 15 players]. Record (in Portuguese). 8 July 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- "Rui Vitória quer responder "dentro do campo"" [Rui Vitória wants to reply "on the pitch"]. Correio da Manhã (in Portuguese). 23 October 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- Pires, Bruno; Lopes, Gonçalo (29 November 2015). "Rui Vitória 'puxa' por Josué mas central divide estrutura" [Rui Vitória 'calls for' Josué but stopper divides structure]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- "Uns bebés do Berço de chorar por mais" [Babies from the Cradle to die for]. Record (in Portuguese). 21 January 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
- ""Estrelinha" de líder" [Leader's "fortune"] (in Portuguese). Rádio Renascença. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- "Vitória vence Marítimo" [Vitória beat Marítimo]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 27 February 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
- Rocha, Pedro (6 May 2016). "Josué renovou até 2019 e tem nova cláusula de rescisão" [Josué renewed until 2019 and has a new release clause]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- Lambrecht, Yannick (31 August 2017). "OFFICIEEL: Anderlecht brengt langverwachte verdediger naar het Astridpark" [OFFICIAL: Anderlecht bring long-awaited defender to Astridpark]. Voetbalkrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- "Herbeleef hoe Anderlecht in het ultieme slot de maat nam van Standard (1–0)" [Relive how Anderlecht bested Standard in the dying breath (1–0)]. Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). 1 October 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
- "TT (16/08). Josué Sá op weg naar Turkse club – Mignolet en Ochoa niet naar Napoli – Anderlecht biedt 6 miljoen voor Gambiaanse verdediger" [TT (16/08). Josué Sá on his way to Turkish club – Mignolet and Ochoa not to Napoli – Anderlecht offer 6 million for Gambian defender]. Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). 16 August 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
- "Josué Sá refuerza la defensa del Huesca" [Josué Sá bolsters Huesca defence]. Diario del AltoAragón (in Spanish). 23 August 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
- Ortiz, Christian (22 December 2019). "El Huesca conquista el derbi ante un Zaragoza con nueve" [Huesca conquer the derby against nine-man Zaragoza]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 July 2023.
- Andrade, Tomaz (2 August 2020). ""Dei um passo atrás e acabei campeão"" ["I took one step back and ended up being champion"]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- "An experienced Portuguese player will join Ludogorets". PFC Ludogorets Razgrad. 2 October 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- "Josué Sá eleito jogador do mês na Bulgária" [Josué Sá voted player of the month in Bulgaria]. Record (in Portuguese). 22 September 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
- "Oficial: Josué Sá emprestado aos israelitas do Maccabi Telavive" [Official: Josué Sá loaned to Israel's Maccabi Tel Aviv]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 2 February 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
- "OFICIAL: Rio Ave confirma contratação de Josué Sá" [OFFICIAL: Rio Ave confirm signing of Josué Sá] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 26 August 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
- "Portugal vence a Irlanda" [Portugal beat Ireland]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 25 March 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- "Josué Sá". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
- "Голът на Жосуе Са срещу Локомотив София" [Josué Sá's goal against Lokomotiv Sofia] (in Bulgarian). VBOX7. 21 August 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
- Josué Sá at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Josué Sá at BDFutbol
- Josué Sá national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)
