Alfa Semedo

Alfa Semedo Esteves (born 30 August 1997) is a Bissau-Guinean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for English club Reading on loan from Benfica.

Career

Born in Bissau, Semedo started playing football at local club Fidjus di Bideras. In 2014, aged 16, he moved to Portugal and joined Benfica's youth system. After playing two years for their juniors team, he was loaned out to Vilafranquense in Campeonato de Portugal for one season. On 8 July 2017, he signed a four-year contract with Moreirense in Primeira Liga, with whom he would make his professional debut in a Taça da Liga match against Desportivo das Aves on 30 July that year.