Samuel Armenteros
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cristiano Samuel Armenteros Núñez Mendoza | ||
| Date of birth | 27 May 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Gothenburg, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Fujairah | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Azalea BK | |||
| 2000–2003 | Örgryte | ||
| 2003–2006 | Husqvarna | ||
| 2006–2008 | Heerenveen | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2009 | Heerenveen | 0 | (0) |
| 2009–2013 | Heracles Almelo | 100 | (26) |
| 2013–2015 | Anderlecht | 5 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | → Feyenoord (loan) | 19 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | → Willem II (loan) | 29 | (11) |
| 2015–2016 | Qarabağ | 23 | (7) |
| 2016–2017 | Heracles Almelo | 29 | (19) |
| 2017–2020 | Benevento | 34 | (7) |
| 2018 | → Portland Timbers (loan) | 28 | (8) |
| 2020 | → Crotone (loan) | 11 | (3) |
| 2020– | Al-Fujairah | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2005–2006 | Sweden U17 | 3 | (2) |
| 2008 | Sweden U19 | 5 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Sweden U21 | 10 | (1) |
| 2017 | Sweden | 2 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:26, 21 August 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 August 2017 | |||
Kristiano Samuel Armenteros Nunez Mendoza (born 27 May 1990), known as Samuel Armenteros, is a Swedish footballer of Cuban descent who plays for Al-Fujairah as a striker.
Career
Born in Masthugget, Gothenburg, Sweden, to a Cuban father and a Swedish mother, Armenteros moved to the Netherlands at age 16 to join SC Heerenveen's youth system, and made it into the first team under head coach Gertjan Verbeek. He was successively released by Heerenveen in 2009, and later chose to rejoin Verbeek at Heracles Almelo, where he showed himself as a promising striker and managed to score his first Eredivisie goals.
In September 2015, Armenteros signed a two-year contract with reigning Azerbaijan Premier League Champions FK Qarabağ.[1]
On 29 August 2016, Armenteros returned to Heracles Almelo, signing a one-year contract with the club.[2]
Benevento
On 30 August 2017, Armenteros signed a contract with Serie A team Benevento.[3] Armenteros struggled at Benevento, getting little playing time, and looked for a transfer in January 2018. Before departing for Benevento in August, he played 45 minutes for Heracles's B team while recovering from injury, meaning that he had officially played for two teams on the fall-through-spring league calendar. Under FIFA rules, he couldn't play for a third team that used that calendar, and any transfer would require going to a league that plays on a spring-to-fall calendar.[4][5]
Portland Timbers
In February 2018, Armenteros was loaned by Benevento to Portland Timbers of Major League Soccer.[6] He won MLS's Goal of the Week twice in a row in May 2018.[7] His loan contract expired on 31 December 2018, and he returned to Benevento.[8]
Loan to Crotone
On 30 January 2020, he joined Crotone on loan.[9]
Career statistics
- As of match played 31 July 2020[10]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[nb 1] | Europe[nb 2] | Other[nb 3] | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Heracles Almelo | 2009–10 | Eredivisie | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 15 | 3 | ||
| 2010–11 | 34 | 10 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 35 | 10 | ||||
| 2011–12 | 33 | 4 | 5 | 2 | – | – | 38 | 6 | ||||
| 2012–13 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 4 | – | – | 21 | 13 | ||||
| Total | 100 | 26 | 9 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 109 | 32 | ||
| Anderlecht | 2012–13 | Belgian Pro League | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 1 | ||
| 2013–14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Total | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Feyenoord | 2013–14 | Eredivisie | 19 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 24 | 2 | |
| Willem II | 2014–15 | Eredivisie | 29 | 11 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 30 | 11 | ||
| Qarabağ | 2015–16 | Azerbaijan Premier League | 23 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | – | 32 | 11 | |
| Heracles Almelo | 2016–17 | Eredivisie | 29 | 19 | 3 | 2 | – | – | 32 | 21 | ||
| 2017–18 | Eredivisie | – | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 29 | 19 | 4 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 33 | 21 | ||
| Benevento | 2017–18 | Serie A | 9 | 1 | – | – | – | 9 | 1 | |||
| Portland Timbers (loan) | 2018 | MLS | 28 | 8 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 30 | 8 | ||
| Benevento | 2018–19 | Serie B | 13 | 4 | – | – | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | ||
| 2019–20 | Serie B | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 2 | |||
| Total | 34 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 7 | ||
| Crotone (loan) | 2019–20 | Serie B | 11 | 3 | – | – | – | 11 | 3 | |||
| Career total | 278 | 83 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 311 | 96 | ||
- Notes
- ^ Includes KNVB Cup, Belgian Cup and Azerbaijan Cup.
- ^ Includes UEFA Europa League.
- ^ Includes Belgian Super Cup.
International
- As of 31 August 2017.[10]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 2017 | 2 | 1 |
| Total | 2 | 1 | |
International goals
- Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first.[10]
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 13 June 2017 | Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway |  Norway |
1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
Honours
Club
References
- ^ "Armenteros və Migel Markos Madera `Qarabağ`da!". qarabagh.com (in Azerbaijani). FK Qarabağ. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
- ^ "Samuel Armenteros terug in Almelo". heracles.nl (in Dutch). Heracles Almelo. 29 August 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
- ^ "Samuel Armenteros al Benevento". goal.com. goal.com. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
- ^ Stejskal, Sam (31 May 2018). "Stejskal: Samuel Armenteros emerges from 'nightmare' to spark the Timbers". MLS Soccer. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
- ^ We spraken Samuel Armenteros over Portland en zijn vriendschap met Romelu Lukaku vice.com
- ^ https://www.timbers.com/post/2018/02/09/timbers-acquire-forward-samuel-armenteros
- ^ Boehm, Charles (31 May 2018). "Timbers' Samuel Armenteros wins second straight AT&T Goal of the Week award". MLS Soccer. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
- ^ "Portland Timbers announce roster status ahead of 2019 season". Portland Timbers. 10 December 2018.
- ^ "Colpo Crotone, Armenteros è rossoblù!" (Press release) (in Italian). Crotone. 30 January 2020.
- ^ a b c Samuel Armenteros at Soccerway
External links
- Samuel Armenteros at Voetbal International (in Dutch)
- Samuel Armenteros at National-Football-Teams.com
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