Defender - Centre-Back ·Brazil

Souza

Age37 BornFeb 11, 1989 Height1.88 m FootRight

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Market value -

Centre-Back Defender

At a glance

Career snapshot

9Clubs played for

10/11Debut season

0.07Goals per match

FenerbahceTop club · 136 apps

Career highs

€12.50mPeak value · 2020

€12.00mTop transfer fee · 18/19

7Best season · 16/17

8 / 0Caps / int'l goals

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Everyone born Feb 11, 1989

595Appearances

43Goals

34Assists

122Yellow cards

6Red cards

180Full matches (90′)

Full name	Souza
Name in home country	Josef de Souza Dias
Date of birth	1989-02-11 (37 yrs)
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Citizenship	Brazil
Position	Defender - Centre-Back (main: Defender)
Foot	right
Height	188.00 m
Current club	Retired
Joined	2025-07-01
Contract expires	-
Agent	Carlos Leite
Outfitter	Nike

Jul 2025

2025 - Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama

3 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2025

Transfer: Vasco da Gama → Retired

25/26 · Transfer

Jul 2024

Injury: unknown

2 games missed

Jul 2024

Transfer: Basaksehir → Vasco da Gama

24/25 · Transfer

Jul 2024

2024 - Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama

5 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Jan 2024

Transfer: BJ Guoan → Basaksehir

23/24 · Transfer

Jul 2023

2023 - Beijing Guoan

20 matches · 4 G · 2 A · across 1 competition

Jul 2023

23/24 - Basaksehir FK

13 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions

Mar 2023

Transfer: Besiktas → BJ Guoan

22/23 · Transfer

Jan 2023

Injury: unknown

6 games missed

Jan 2023

Injury: unknown

1 games missed

Nov 2022

Injury: unknown

3 games missed

Aug 2022

Injury: unknown

1 games missed

Jul 2022

Injury: unknown

3 games missed

Jul 2022

22/23 - Besiktas JK

10 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 1 competition

Feb 2022

Injury: unknown

3 games missed

Feb 2022

Injury: unknown

2 games missed

Jan 2022

Injury: unknown

1 games missed

Oct 2021

Injury: unknown

2 games missed

Jul 2021

21/22 - Besiktas JK

40 matches · 5 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions

Dec 2020

Injury: unknown

1 games missed

Dec 2020

Injury: unknown

1 games missed

Sep 2020

Transfer: Al-Ahli → Besiktas

20/21 · Transfer

Jul 2020

Injury: unknown

2 games missed

Jul 2020

20/21 - Besiktas JK

38 matches · 3 G · 3 A · across 2 competitions

Jan 2020

Injury: unknown

6 games missed

Jul 2019

19/20 - Al-Ahli SFC

23 matches · 0 G · 3 A · across 3 competitions

Jan 2019

Injury: unknown

21 games missed

Aug 2018

Transfer: Fenerbahce → Al-Ahli

18/19 · Transfer · €12.00m

Jul 2018

18/19 - Al-Ahli SFC, Fenerbahce

20 matches · 2 G · 3 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2017

17/18 - Fenerbahce

41 matches · 4 G · 2 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2016

16/17 - Fenerbahce

45 matches · 7 G · 3 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2015

Transfer: São Paulo → Fenerbahce

15/16 · Transfer · €8.00m

Jul 2015

15/16 - Fenerbahce

48 matches · 4 G · 1 A · across 5 competitions

Jul 2015

2015 - São Paulo Futebol Clube

23 matches · 2 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions

Jan 2015

Transfer: Grêmio → São Paulo

14/15 · Transfer

Dec 2014

Transfer: São Paulo → Grêmio

14/15 · Return from loan

Jul 2014

2014 - São Paulo Futebol Clube

52 matches · 4 G · 3 A · across 4 competitions

Feb 2014

Transfer: Grêmio → São Paulo

13/14 · Loan

Jul 2013

2013 - Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense

58 matches · 1 G · 6 A · across 6 competitions

Jan 2013

Transfer: FC Porto → Grêmio

12/13 · Transfer · €3.75m

Dec 2012

Transfer: Grêmio → FC Porto

12/13 · Return from loan

Jul 2012

2012 - Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense

60 matches · 3 G · 4 A · across 6 competitions

Feb 2012

Transfer: FC Porto → Grêmio

11/12 · Loan

Jul 2011

11/12 - FC Porto

15 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 6 competitions

Jul 2010

10/11 - FC Porto

24 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 6 competitions

Jul 2010

2010 - Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama

26 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2010

Transfer: Vasco da Gama → FC Porto

10/11 · Transfer · €3.00m

Jul 2009

2009 - Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama

20 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2008

2008 - Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama

11 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions

Jan 2008

Transfer: Vasco U20 → Vasco da Gama

07/08 · Transfer

Jan 1970

Peak market value: €12.50m

Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Minutes played by club

Basaksehir FK 0.0%

Besiktas JK 18.8%

Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama 4.4%

Beijing Guoan 2.4%

São Paulo Futebol Clube 11.5%

Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense 14.4%

Al-Ahli SFC 7.6%

Fenerbahce 40.0%

FC Porto 0.7%

Club	Seasons	First	Last	Matches	Goals	Assists	Minutes
Basaksehir FK	1	23/24	23/24	13	0	1	0
Besiktas JK	3	20/21	22/23	88	9	4	3,051
Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama	5	2008	2025	65	2	1	719
Beijing Guoan	1	2023	2023	20	4	2	396
São Paulo Futebol Clube	2	2014	2015	75	6	4	1,866
Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense	2	2012	2013	118	4	10	2,335
Al-Ahli SFC	2	18/19	19/20	41	1	6	1,241
Fenerbahce	4	15/16	18/19	136	16	6	6,495
FC Porto	2	10/11	11/12	39	1	0	121

Career trajectory, goals, assists & market value

Goals by season

Assists by season

Season	Competition	Club	Matches	Goals	Assists	YC	RC	Minutes
23/24	Süper Lig	Basaksehir FK	11	0	1	3	0	0
23/24	Türkiye Kupasi	Basaksehir FK	2	0	0	1	0	0
22/23	Süper Lig	Besiktas JK	10	1	1	3	1	820
21/22	Champions League	Besiktas JK	5	0	0	1	0	0
21/22	Süper Lig	Besiktas JK	32	5	0	9	1	521
21/22	TFF Süper Kupa	Besiktas JK	1	0	0	0	0	0
21/22	Türkiye Kupasi	Besiktas JK	2	0	0	0	0	0
2025	Campeonato Carioca	Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama	3	0	0	1	0	0
2025	Copa do Brasil	Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama	0	0	0	0	0	0
2025	Copa Sudamericana	Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama	0	0	0	0	0	0
2025	Série A	Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama	0	0	0	0	0	0
2024	Copa do Brasil	Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama	1	0	0	1	0	0
2024	Série A	Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama	4	0	0	1	1	0
2023	Super League	Beijing Guoan	20	4	2	4	0	396
2015	Campeonato Paulista	São Paulo Futebol Clube	6	0	1	2	0	0
2015	Libertadores	São Paulo Futebol Clube	8	0	0	1	0	0
2015	Paulistão A1 - Fase Final	São Paulo Futebol Clube	1	0	0	1	0	0
2015	Série A	São Paulo Futebol Clube	8	2	0	1	0	351
2014	Campeonato Paulista	São Paulo Futebol Clube	7	1	0	1	0	565
2014	Copa do Brasil	São Paulo Futebol Clube	5	0	0	1	0	0
2014	Copa Sudamericana	São Paulo Futebol Clube	7	0	0	1	0	0
2014	Série A	São Paulo Futebol Clube	33	3	3	6	0	950
2013	Campeonato Gaúcho	Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense	2	0	0	0	0	0
2013	Copa do Brasil	Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense	6	1	0	2	0	540
2013	Gauchão - 2º Turno	Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense	7	0	0	1	0	0
2013	Gauchão - Fase Final	Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense	2	0	0	1	0	0
2013	Libertadores	Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense	10	0	1	2	0	0
2013	Série A	Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense	31	0	5	2	0	0
2012	Campeonato Gaúcho	Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense	1	0	0	1	0	0
2012	Copa do Brasil	Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense	9	0	0	1	0	0
2012	Copa Sudamericana	Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense	6	0	1	1	0	0
2012	Gauchão - 2º Turno	Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense	6	1	0	0	0	430
2012	Gauchão - Fase Final	Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense	5	0	0	2	0	0
2012	Série A	Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense	33	2	3	5	0	1,365
2010	Campeonato Carioca	Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama	9	0	0	1	0	0
2010	Carioca - Taça Rio	Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama	7	0	0	3	1	0
2010	Copa do Brasil	Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama	3	0	0	0	0	0
2010	Série A	Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama	7	0	0	0	0	0
2009	Carioca - Taça Rio	Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama	1	0	0	1	0	0
2009	Série B	Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama	19	2	0	4	0	719
2008	Copa do Brasil	Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama	4	0	0	0	0	0
2008	Série A	Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama	7	0	1	2	0	0
20/21	Süper Lig	Besiktas JK	33	2	3	7	1	1,440
20/21	Türkiye Kupasi	Besiktas JK	5	1	0	0	0	270
19/20	AFC CL-Qualification	Al-Ahli SFC	1	0	0	0	0	0
19/20	King's Cup	Al-Ahli SFC	3	0	1	1	0	0
19/20	Saudi Pro League	Al-Ahli SFC	19	0	2	5	0	0
18/19	AFC Champions League	Al-Ahli SFC	2	0	0	2	0	0
18/19	King's Cup	Al-Ahli SFC	1	0	0	0	0	0
18/19	Saudi Pro League	Al-Ahli SFC	15	1	3	5	0	1,241
18/19	Süper Lig	Fenerbahce	2	1	0	0	0	180
17/18	Europa League Qualifying	Fenerbahce	3	0	0	0	1	0
17/18	Süper Lig	Fenerbahce	33	3	2	6	0	957
17/18	Türkiye Kupasi	Fenerbahce	5	1	0	0	0	450
16/17	Champions League Qu.	Fenerbahce	2	0	0	1	0	0
16/17	Europa League	Fenerbahce	8	1	0	3	0	720
16/17	Süper Lig	Fenerbahce	30	5	2	6	0	525
16/17	Türkiye Kupasi	Fenerbahce	5	1	1	0	0	435
15/16	Champions League Qu.	Fenerbahce	2	0	0	0	0	0
15/16	Europa League	Fenerbahce	8	2	0	2	0	357
15/16	Europa League Qualifying	Fenerbahce	2	0	0	1	0	0
15/16	Süper Lig	Fenerbahce	31	1	1	6	0	2,468
15/16	Türkiye Kupasi	Fenerbahce	5	1	0	2	0	403
11/12	Allianz Cup	FC Porto	2	0	0	1	0	0
11/12	Champions League	FC Porto	2	0	0	0	0	0
11/12	Liga ZON Sagres	FC Porto	8	0	0	2	0	0
11/12	Supertaça	FC Porto	1	0	0	0	0	0
11/12	Taça de Portugal	FC Porto	1	0	0	1	0	0
11/12	UEFA Super Cup	FC Porto	1	0	0	0	0	0
10/11	Allianz Cup	FC Porto	2	0	0	1	0	0
10/11	Europa League	FC Porto	6	0	0	0	0	0
10/11	Europa League Qualifying	FC Porto	2	1	0	0	0	121
10/11	Liga ZON Sagres	FC Porto	12	0	0	1	0	0
10/11	Supertaça	FC Porto	0	0	0	0	0	0
10/11	Taça de Portugal	FC Porto	2	0	0	2	0	0

Season	Date	From	To	Type	Market value	Fee
07/08	2008-01-01	Vasco U20	Vasco da Gama	Transfer	0	-
10/11	2010-07-01	Vasco da Gama	FC Porto	Transfer	2000000	€3.00m
11/12	2012-02-14	FC Porto	Grêmio	Loan	2000000	-
12/13	2012-12-31	Grêmio	FC Porto	Return from loan	2500000	-
12/13	2013-01-11	FC Porto	Grêmio	Transfer	2500000	€3.75m
13/14	2014-02-07	Grêmio	São Paulo	Loan	4000000	-
14/15	2014-12-31	São Paulo	Grêmio	Return from loan	4000000	-
14/15	2015-01-01	Grêmio	São Paulo	Transfer	4000000	-
15/16	2015-07-07	São Paulo	Fenerbahce	Transfer	7500000	€8.00m
18/19	2018-08-23	Fenerbahce	Al-Ahli	Transfer	9000000	€12.00m
20/21	2020-09-15	Al-Ahli	Besiktas	Transfer	7800000	-
22/23	2023-03-30	Besiktas	BJ Guoan	Transfer	2500000	-
23/24	2024-01-11	BJ Guoan	Basaksehir	Transfer	500000	-
24/25	2024-07-14	Basaksehir	Vasco da Gama	Transfer	325000	-
25/26	2025-07-01	Vasco da Gama	Retired	Transfer	200000	-

Season	Injury	From	To	Days missed	Games missed
18/19	Injury to abdominal muscles	2019-01-22	2019-05-21	120	21
19/20	Knee injury	2020-01-29	2020-02-25	28	6
19/20	Corona virus	2020-07-26	2020-08-09	15	2
20/21	unknown injury	2020-12-03	2020-12-07	5	1
20/21	Partial muscle tear	2020-12-26	2021-01-02	8	1
21/22	Hamstring strain	2021-10-25	2021-10-31	7	2
21/22	Hamstring strain	2022-01-22	2022-02-04	14	1
21/22	unknown injury	2022-02-10	2022-02-17	8	2
21/22	Hamstring strain	2022-02-26	2022-03-08	11	3
22/23	Meniscus tear	2022-07-18	2022-08-22	36	3
22/23	Fitness	2022-08-22	2022-08-30	9	1
22/23	Inflammation in the knee	2022-11-05	2022-12-22	48	3
22/23	Knee problems	2023-01-05	2023-01-13	9	1
22/23	Knee problems	2023-01-14	2023-02-06	24	6
24/25	Knock	2024-07-16	2024-07-27	12	2

Current€200k

Peak€12.50m

Low-

Δ since start+€150k

Date	Value
Jan 1, 1970	€200k
Jan 1, 1970	-
Jan 1, 1970	€250k
Jan 1, 1970	€425k
Jan 1, 1970	€325k
Jan 1, 1970	€500k
Jan 1, 1970	€1.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€2.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€4.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€5.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€4.20m
Jan 1, 1970	€3.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€6.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€6.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€7.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€12.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€7.80m
Jan 1, 1970	€6.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€10.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€7.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€12.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€12.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€8.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€9.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€8.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€9.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€8.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€8.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€6.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€7.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€4.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€4.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€2.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€2.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€2.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.70m
Jan 1, 1970	€2.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.80m
Jan 1, 1970	€400k
Jan 1, 1970	€50k

Team	Shirt	Matches	Goals	Debut	Age at debut	Status
Team #7658	-	5	0	-	-	former national player
Team #3439	#22	3	0	-	-	former national player

Teammate	PPG played with	Joint goals
Alper Potuk	2	0
Hasan Ali Kaldırım	2	2
Valentin Rosier	2	2
Martin Skrtel	2	0
Ganso	2	0
Ersin Destanoğlu	2	0
Rachid Ghezzal	2	0
Ozan Tufan	2	1
Cyle Larin	2	0
Roman Neustädter	2	0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

Season	Competition	Club	Goals	Matches
16/17	Süper Lig	Fenerbahce	5	30
21/22	Süper Lig	Besiktas JK	5	32
2023	Super League	Beijing Guoan	4	20

Top assist seasons

Season	Competition	Club	Assists	Matches
2013	Série A	Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense	5	31
20/21	Süper Lig	Besiktas JK	3	33
18/19	Saudi Pro League	Al-Ahli SFC	3	15

Every loan spell across this player's career.

Season	Date	From	To	Type	Fee	Value at transfer
14/15	2014-12-31	São Paulo	Grêmio	Return from loan	-	€4.00m
13/14	2014-02-07	Grêmio	São Paulo	Loan	-	€4.00m
12/13	2012-12-31	Grêmio	FC Porto	Return from loan	-	€2.50m
11/12	2012-02-14	FC Porto	Grêmio	Loan	-	€2.00m

Teams faced most often by Souza's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals, see disclaimer above).

Opponent	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Liverpool FC	10	0	2	8	3	29	-26	0%
Portimonense SC	8	8	0	0	25	3	+22	100%
Sporting Braga	8	5	2	1	14	7	+7	63%
Sporting CP	8	3	5	0	12	7	+5	38%
CD Santa Clara	8	7	1	0	15	4	+11	88%
SL Benfica	8	3	2	3	9	8	+1	38%
Vitória Guimarães	8	6	1	1	13	6	+7	75%
CS Marítimo	8	6	1	1	19	7	+12	75%
Juventus	8	2	0	6	8	14	-6	25%
Boavista	8	7	1	0	20	4	+16	88%
Shandong Taishan	8	1	4	3	10	16	-6	13%
Gil Vicente	6	4	1	1	9	4	+5	67%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / Year	Milestone	Date
10/11	Senior debut season
10/11	First senior goal

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

Season	Matches	Mins	YC	2nd YC	RC	Cards / 90′
23/24	13	0	4	0	0	0
22/23	10	820	3	0	1	0.44
21/22	40	521	10	1	1	2.07
2025	3	0	1	0	0	0
2024	5	0	2	0	1	0
2023	20	396	4	0	0	0.91
2015	23	351	5	0	0	1.28
2014	52	1,515	9	0	0	0.53
2013	58	540	8	0	0	1.33
2012	60	1,795	10	0	0	0.5
2010	26	0	4	0	1	0
2009	20	719	5	0	0	0.63
2008	11	0	2	0	0	0
20/21	38	1,710	7	0	1	0.42
19/20	23	0	6	0	0	0
18/19	20	1,421	7	0	0	0.44
17/18	41	1,407	6	0	1	0.45
16/17	45	1,680	10	1	0	0.59
15/16	48	3,228	11	0	0	0.31
11/12	15	0	4	0	0	0
10/11	24	121	4	0	0	2.98