Dossa Júnior

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 (age 38)[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)
2016	→ Eskişehirspor (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.

Born in Portugal, 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

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Imortal	2005–06[15]	Segunda Divisão	15	0	1	0	—		—		—		16	0
Digenis Akritas	2006–07[15]	Cypriot First Division	11	0			—		—		—		11	0
AEP Paphos	2007–08[15]	Cypriot Second Division	23	2			—		—		—		23	2
	2008–09[15]	Cypriot First Division	31	1			—		—		—		31	1
	Total		54	3			—		—		—		54	3
AEL Limassol	2009–10[15]	Cypriot First Division	27	1			—		—		—		27	1
	2010–11[15]	Cypriot First Division	23	1			—		—		—		23	1
	2011–12[16]	Cypriot First Division	28	3	7	0	—		—		—		35	3
	2012–13[16]	Cypriot First Division	27	5	7	1	—		11[a]	2	0	0	45	8
	Total		105	10	14	1	—		11	2	0	0	130	13
Legia Warsaw	2013–14[16]	Ekstraklasa	26	1	0	0	—		11[b]	0	—		37	1
	2014–15[16]	Ekstraklasa	9	3	1	0	—		6[c]	0	—		16	3
	Total		35	4	1	0	—		17	0	—		53	4
Konyaspor	2015–16[16]	Süper Lig	4	0	0	0	—		—		—		4	0
Eskişehirspor (loan)	2015–16[16]	Süper Lig	5	0	0	0	—		—		—		5	0
AEL Limassol	2016–17[16]	Cypriot First Division	19	3	2	0	—		—		—		21	3
	2017–18[16]	Cypriot First Division	4	1	0	0	—		—		—		4	1
	2018–19[16]	Cypriot First Division	22	1	4	1	—		—		—		26	2
	2019–20[16]	Cypriot First Division	5	0	0	0	—		1[c]	0	1[d]	0	7	0
	Total		50	5	6	1	—		1	0	1	0	58	6
Career total			279	22	22	2	0	0	29	2	1	0	331	26

1. Six appearances and two goals in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Europa League
2. Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Europa League
3. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
4. Appearance in Cypriot Super Cup

International

Scores and results list Cyprus' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Júnior goal.[17]

No	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	10 October 2015	Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem, Israel	Israel	1–0	2–1	Euro 2016 qualifying

Honours

AEL Limassol

• Cypriot First Division: 2011–12[5]
• Cypriot Cup: 2018–19[10]

Legia Warsaw

• Ekstraklasa: 2013–14[7]
• Polish Cup: 2014–15[16]

References

1. "Dossa Júnior" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. 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). Archived from the original on 15 February 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
3. "Προτάθηκε ο "Κινγκ Κονγκ" στον Ολυμπιακό" ["King Kong" was offered to Olympiakos] (in Greek). News Beast. 13 December 2012. Archived from the original on 16 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. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
5. 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. Archived from the original on 22 July 2019. 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. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
7. "Orlando, Hélio e Dossa campeões na Polónia" [Orlando, Hélio and Dossa champions in Poland]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 25 May 2014. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
8. "Dossa Junior opuści Legię" [Dossa Junior leaves Legia] (in Polish). Legia Warsaw. 10 June 2015. Archived from the original on 15 February 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
9. "Eskişehirspor'da Dossa Junior'ın Sözleşmesi Feshedildi" [Dossa Junior contract at Eskişehirspor terminated] (in Turkish). SonDakika. 9 May 2016. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
10. "AEL beat Apoel to win Cyprus Cup". Parikiaki. 23 May 2019. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. 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). Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. 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. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. 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. Archived from the original on 17 February 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
15. Dossa Júnior at ForaDeJogo (archived)
16. "Dossa Júnior". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
17. "Dosa Júnior". European Football. Archived from the original on 20 June 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2017.

External links

• Dossa Júnior at ForaDeJogo (archived)
• Dossa Júnior at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
• Dossa Júnior at National-Football-Teams.com
• Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 1 January 2014)