Carlos Sebastián Ferreira Vidal (born 13 February 1998) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a forward for American club Houston Dynamo.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Carlos Sebastián Ferreira Vidal | ||
| Date of birth | 13 February 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Asunción, Paraguay | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.81 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Houston Dynamo | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2016 | Olimpia | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2018 | Olimpia | 17 | (1) |
| 2017–2018 | → Independiente CG (loan) | 30 | (15) |
| 2018–2020 | Morelia | 51 | (16) |
| 2020 | → Libertad (loan) | 39 | (20) |
| 2021 | Libertad | 44 | (10) |
| 2022– | Houston Dynamo | 42 | (13) |
| 2023 | → Vasco da Gama (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015 | Paraguay U17 | 11 | (6) |
| 2017 | Paraguay U20 | 4 | (1) |
| 2015 | Paraguay U23 | 2 | (2) |
| 2022– | Paraguay | 5 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:11, 27 July 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:05, 21 November 2023 (UTC) | |||
Club career
Club Olimpia
Ferreira joined the academy for Club Olimpia when he was 10 years old.[1] He made his first team debut on 13 April 2016, coming on as a substitute in a 4–0 win over Deportivo Táchira in a Copa Libertadores match.[2] On 29 October 2016 Ferreira made his Primera División, coming off the bench in a 1–0 loss to Deportivo Capiatá.[2]
Ferreira scored his first senior goal on 18 June 2017 in a 2–2 draw against Club Sol de América.[3] The 2017 Apertura season saw Ferreira feature more frequently in the first team. He made 14 appearances in Primera División play, 11 of them starts, and scored 1 goal as El Decano finished 3rd in the table.[3][4]
Loan to Independiente
Ahead of the 2017 Clausura season, Ferreira was loaned to Primera División club Independiente de Campo Grande.[5][1] On 23 July he made his Independiente debut in a 4–0 loss to Sportivo Luqueño. Ferreira started the match, but was subbed off after 41 minutes.[3] He scored his first goal for Independiente on 18 November to give El Inde a 1–0 win against Deportivo Capiatá.[3] Independiente ended the Clausura season bottom of the table and tied with Rubio Ñu in the relegation table.[4] Ferreira scored in the relegation playoff to help El Inde to a 3–1 win over Rubio Ñu to stay in the Primera División.[3]
Ferreira remained on loan at Independiente for the 2018 Apertura. On 9 February he scored twice in a 4–0 win against Club Nacional, however the result was later changed by the APF to a 3–0 Nacional win due to El Inde fielding an ineligible player.[6][7] Ferreira scored another brace on 24 February as Independiente defeated Sportivo Luqueño 4–1.[6] On 29 March he scored twice in a 3–1 win over Club Libertad.[6] Ferreira ended the Aperutra season with 13 goals and 6 assists in 19 appearances, helping El Inde finish 5th in the table.[6][8][9] Ferreira finished as the 2nd highest scorer during the Apertura.[9]
Monarcas Morelia
On 2 July 2018, Ferreira signed with Liga MX side Monarcas Morelia for a reported transfer fee of $2.5 million, with Olimpia retaining a 20% sell-on fee.[8][10][11] He made his debut for Morelia on 24 July, scoring in a 2–0 win over Alebrijes de Oaxaca in a Copa MX Apertura match.[12] Ferreira made 4 appearances in the Copa MX Apertura, scoring twice.[12] On 3 August Ferreira made his Liga MX debut, coming off the bench and scoring a goal in a 2–2 draw with Veracruz.[13] He made 13 appearances, scored 5 goals, and had 1 assist during the Liga MX Apertura, helping Morelia to a 9th place finish, 1 spot and 1 point out of the Liguilla.[13][14] It was a disappointing 2019 Clausura for Ferreira and Morelia, with Ferreira scoring twice in 12 appearances as Morelia finished in 16th.[13][15] In the Copa MX Clausura, Ferreira scored once in 5 appearances as Morelia reached the quarterfinals.[12]
On 19 October 2019, after making just 3 appearances during the first 12 games of the Apertura, none of them starts, Ferreira was inserted into the starting lineup and responded by scoring a hat-trick to give Morelia a 3–2 win over Cruz Azul.[16] He ended the Apertura regular season with 4 goals and 1 assist in 9 appearances as Morelia finished 7th.[16][17] Ferreira played in all 3 of their Liguilla matches as Morelia reached the semifinals, where they drew 2–2 against Club América, with América advancing due to being the higher seed.[16][18] Ferreira scored twice in 5 Copa MX matches, helping Morelia reach the round of 16.[12] He made 1 appearance during the 2020 Clausura before being loaned to Libertad.[16]
Club Libertad
On 29 January 2020, Ferreira signed on loan with Paraguayan Primera División side Club Libertad for the 2020 season with an option to buy.[19][20] He made his debut for Gumarelo on 2 February in a 2–1 win over Nacional.[21] On 7 February he scored his first goal for Libertad, converting a penalty kick in the 90+4th minute to give Gumarelo a 2–1 win over Club River Plate.[21] Ferreira scored a hat-trick on 7 March as Libertad defeated General Díaz 5–1. Three days later he scored a brace to help Libertad beat Caracas 3–2 in a Copa Libertadores group stage match.[21] On 13 August, Ferreira came off the bench and scored against his former team Olimpia in a 2–1 loss for Libertad. It was his 3rd consecutive game with a goal.[21] He ended the 2020 Apertura with 20 appearances, 13 goals, and 4 assists, helping Libertad finish 3rd in the table.[21][22] Ferreira finished the Apertura campaign as the division's top scorer.[22] On 17 October, in the first match of the Clausura, Ferreira scored twice to help defeat Guaireña 3–0.[21] On 19 December he scored to give Gumarelo a 2–1 win over Olimpia in the final match of the Clausura. In a shortened Clausura due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Ferreira finished with 4 goals and 2 assists in 8 appearances as Libertad finished 4th.[21][23] In the playoffs, Libertad lost in the quarterfinals 3–1 to Club Guaraní.[21] For the 2020 season as a whole, he finished with 29 appearances and 17 goals in league play, tied with former teammate Roque Santa Cruz as the Primera División top scorer.[23] In the Copa Libertadores, Ferreira scored 3 goals and had 1 assist in 10 appearances as Libertad reached the quarterfinals.[21]
On 1 January 2021, Libertad exercised the purchase option of the loan and paid a reported $4 million to Mazatlán F.C. (while Ferreira was on loan, Monarcas Morelia relocated to Mazatlán), with $800 thousand of the transfer fee going to Olimpia due to their sell-on fee.[24][25][26][27] Ferreira scored his first goals of the 2021 season on 17 March, scoring twice in a 2–2 draw against Universidad Católica in a Copa Libertadoras match.[28] He recorded his first goal of the Apertura on the final matchday, scoring once in a 3–1 win over Sportivo Luqueño.[28] Although Ferreira finished the Apertrua with just 1 goal and 1 assist from 10 appearances, Libertad still managed to top the table by 5 points.[28][29] Ferreira enjoyed a more productive Clausura season, scoring 9 goals and recording 1 assist in 16 appearances, helping Libertad finish 4th in the standings.[28][29] His 9 goals tied him with Libertad teammate Lorenzo Melgarejo for the Clausura golden boot.[30] He also made 4 appearances in the Copa Libertadores, scoring 2 goals. In the Copa Sudamericana, Ferreira scored twice in 10 appearances as Libertad reached the semifinals, where they lost to Red Bull Bragantino.[28][29]
Houston Dynamo
On 18 January 2022, Ferreira signed with Major League Soccer club Houston Dynamo as a designated player.[31][32] The official transfer fee was undisclosed, but it was reported to be $4.3 million.[32] He made his Dynamo debut on 27 February, playing the full 90 minutes in a 0–0 draw against Real Salt Lake in Houston's opening match of the season.[33] On 9 April, Ferreira scored his first and second goals for the Dynamo to help Houston to a 4–3 win over the San Jose Earthquakes.[33] On 30 April, Ferreira scored a goal from the half-way line, chipping the ball over the goalkeeper in a 2–1 loss to Austin FC.[33] The strike was named MLS Goal of the Week.[34] On 22 May, Ferreira had a goal and 2 assists in a 3–0 win against the LA Galaxy, a performance that saw him named MLS Player of the Week.[33][35] He scored 5 minutes into stoppage time on 20 August to rescue a 1–1 draw with the Colorado Rapids.[33] On 2 October, he scored a brace to give the Dynamo a 2–1 win over Nashville SC.[33] Ferreira ended his first season in Houston with 13 goals and 3 assists in 31 regular season appearances.[33] Despite a solid debut season, the Dynamo struggled as a team and finished 13th in the Western Conference, missing out on the playoffs.[36]
International career
Ferreira represented Paraguay at the youth level with the under-17, under-20, and under-23 teams.[37]
On 29 March 2022, Ferreira earned his first cap for the senior national team, getting the start in a 2–0 loss to Peru in a World Cup qualifier.[38]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Club Olimpia | 2016 | Primera División | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1[c] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2017 | 14 | 1 | — | — | 1[c] | 0 | 15 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 1 | ||
| Independiente CG (loan) | 2017 | Primera División | 11 | 2 | — | — | — | 11 | 2 | |||
| 2018 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 13 | ||||
| Total | 30 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 15 | ||
| Monarcas Morelia | 2018–19 | Liga MX | 25 | 7 | 9 | 3 | — | — | 34 | 10 | ||
| 2019–20 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 2 | — | — | 18 | 6 | ||||
| Total | 38 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 16 | ||
| Club Libertad (loan) | 2020 | Primera División | 29 | 17 | — | — | 10[c] | 3 | 39 | 20 | ||
| Club Libertad | 2021 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 4 | — | 14[d] | 4 | 44 | 18 | ||
| Total | 54 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 83 | 38 | ||
| Houston Dynamo | 2022 | MLS | 31 | 13 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 32 | 14 | ||
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 31 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 14 | ||
| Career total | 168 | 67 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 214 | 84 | ||
Honours
Libertad
Individual
- Primera División Golden Boot: 2020 Apertura,[22] 2021 Clausura[30]
Personal life
Ferreira has 3 older sisters.[1] His favorite players are Ronaldo Nazário and Paraguayan legend Roque Santa Cruz, who was teammates with Ferreira at Olimpia.[1]
References
External links
- Sebastián Ferreira at Soccerway