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Name
Cedric Soares

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Born
1991 (32 years old)

Birth Place

Singen, Germany

Position
Right-Back

Status
Active

Ethnicity
White

Team Number
17

Height
171 cm

Weight
67 kg

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Kit

Nike Mercurial Vapor XIII Elite FG

Side
Right

Agent
SPORT INVEST International, a. s.

Wage Year
£3,900,000 (£75,000 a week)

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Sport

Soccer

Team
Arsenal

2nd Team

League
English Premier League

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Cédric Ricardo Alves Soares (born 31 August 1991), known simply as Cédric , is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a right back for Arsenal, and the Portugal national team.

Cédric's career started with Sporting CP, going on to appear in 93 competitive games over the course of four Primeira Liga seasons and scoring two goals. He signed for Southampton in 2015.

Having earned 72 caps across all youth levels, Cédric made his senior debut for Portugal in 2014. He appeared for the country at the 2018 World Cup and Euro 2016, winning the latter tournament.

Cédric was part of the Portuguese under-20 team called up for the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia, eventually finishing the tournament in second place.

He played ten times with the Portuguese under-21s, his debut occurring on 1 September 2011 in a 2–0 win in Moldova for the 2013 UEFA European Championship qualifiers. His maiden appearance with the senior team was on 11 October 2014, as he started in a 1–2 friendly defeat to France in Paris.

Cédric was selected by manager Fernando Santos for his UEFA Euro 2016 squad. His first game in the tournament took place on 25 June, when he started alongside Southampton teammate José Fonte in the round-of-16 clash against Croatia (1–0 win after extra time). He went on to retain his position until the final, won at the expense of hosts France.

He scored his first goal for his country on 17 June 2017, netting in the 86th minute of an eventual 2–2 group stage draw to Mexico at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup at the Kazan Arena in Russia. In May 2018, he was named in Portugal's squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

In March 2021, Cédric was recalled to the national team for the first time since 2019, for the World Cup qualifying games. On 27 March, he started and provided an assist in a 2–2 draw against Serbia; this was his first game for Portugal since October 2018.

In October 2022, he was named in Portugal's preliminary 55-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

Season Stats
2 appearances in the current 2023-2024 Season