Josef de Souza Dias

Josef de Souza Dias ( born February 11, 1989 in Rio de Janeiro ) is a Brazilian footballer. He comes from CR Vasco da Gama in Rio and was obliged in 2010 from FC Porto.

Career

Souza started his professional football career with CR Vasco da Gama, in which he played from 2008 to two years in the first team. After the descent 2008, the rise in the following year was made ​​. Then he moved to Portugal to FC Porto. His debut in the Super League was the defensive midfielder on 14 August 2010 against Naval 1 º de Maio, when he came on in the 85th minute for João Moutinho. The game in Figueira da Foz was won 1-0.

He also made ​​his debut at European club level. In the play-off match of the qualifiers for the European League against KRC Genk on August 19, 2010, he appeared as a substitute in the 60th minute and scored in the 82nd, the intermediate 2-0 3-0 success in Genk.

Souza took part in Egypt at the Junior World Cup in 2009. He came in five of six games of the Brazilian selection to use, where he received four yellow cards. In the final against Ghana, he played through and missed the decisive penalty shoot a penalty.

Achievements

• Promotion to the top Brazilian league in 2009