Zaidu Sanusi

FC Porto

Born on : June 13, 1997 (26 years) at Lagos

Nationality : Nigeria

Height : 1m82

Weight : 71 kg

Best foot : Left foot

Number of international caps : 22

First cap : vs Algeria 09/10/2020

2021-2022
2020-2021

Other photos

Current season statistics (2024/2025)

0 clean sheets 0 Goals conceded

0 Goals 0 Assists

0 Played matches 0 Minutes played

0 Yellow cards 0 Red cards

Main position
Left full-back	90%

Sanusi's career statisticsLast updated on 01/06/2024 at 08:09

Offense

Defense

Playing time

Presence

discipline

V D L

Results

Season

Club

League

Continent

Nat. cups

International

Total

tier

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

2024/2025

2023/2024

Club	Competition												V	D	L
FC Porto	Supertaça	1			2		80	12	100%		100%	1	0%	0%	100%
FC Porto	Liga Portugal Bwin	5	1	285	5	1	285	12	100%	3	15%		80%	0%	20%
FC Porto	Champions League	4			6	1	307	12	100%		50%		75%	0%	25%
Nigeria	Friendlies	1			2		90	0	100%		33%		0%	0%	100%
Nigeria	CAF Nations Cup	6			3	4	426	3	83%	1	86%	1	67%	17%	17%

2022/2023

FC Porto

585

2244

Club	Competition													V	D	L
FC Porto	Supertaça	1					1	90	12	100%		100%		100%	0%	0%
FC Porto	Liga Portugal Bwin	18				11	7	1053	12	56%	15	53%	3	67%	17%	17%
FC Porto	Champions League	8	1		585	6	4	585	12	88%	1	100%		50%	13%	38%
FC Porto	Allianz Cup	1					1	12	12	0%	2	17%		100%	0%	0%
FC Porto	Taça de Portugal Placard	3					2	144	12	33%	3	43%		100%	0%	0%
Nigeria	Friendlies	1				2		90	0	100%		33%		0%	0%	100%
Nigeria	CAF Nations Cup Qualifying	3		1		3	1	270	0	100%		100%		67%	0%	33%

2021/2022

FC Porto

569

1115

Club	Competition													V	D	L
FC Porto	Liga Portugal Bwin	24	3		569	10	14	1708	12	83%	6	71%	2	88%	8%	4%
FC Porto	Champions League	6				6	2	387	12	83%	1	100%	1	17%	33%	50%
FC Porto	Taça de Portugal	6				2	3	451	12	83%	1	86%		100%	0%	0%
FC Porto	Europa League	4				5		360	12	100%		100%	1	25%	50%	25%
Nigeria	World Cup Qualifying - Africa Zone	2					1	80	0	50%	1	25%		50%	50%	0%
Nigeria	CAF Nations Cup	3				2	1	270	12	100%	1	75%		67%	0%	33%
Nigeria	CAF Nations Cup Qualifying	1		1			1	90	0	100%		50%		100%	0%	0%

2020/2021

Club	Competition														V	D	L
FC Porto	Liga NOS	25	1	1	1798	17	12	1798	12	76%	10	74%	2	1	72%	28%	0%
FC Porto	Champions League	10	1		866	8	6	866	12	100%		100%			60%	10%	30%
FC Porto	Taça de Portugal	4				2	1	260	12	50%	2	67%	1		75%	0%	25%
FC Porto	Supertaça	1					1	90	12	100%		100%			100%	0%	0%
FC Porto	Allianz Cup	1						78	12	100%		50%			0%	0%	100%
Nigeria	Friendlies	2				2		155	12	100%		100%			0%	50%	50%
Nigeria	CAF Nations Cup Qualifying	3		1		4	2	270	0	100%		75%			67%	33%	0%

2019/2020

Santa Clara

1846

2116

Club	Competition													V	D	L
Santa Clara	Liga NOS	24	1	2	1846	32	5	1846	3	88%	10	71%	2	33%	29%	38%
Santa Clara	Allianz Cup	2				3		180	3	100%	1	67%		0%	0%	100%
Santa Clara	Taça de Portugal	1		1		1		90	3	100%		33%		100%	0%	0%

2018/2019

2017/2018

2016/2017

2016/2017

Total

The data represented with this background color are not complete. The figures may not reflect reality.

Notes

Overall

/100

Physical

/20

Mental

/20

Technical

/20

Offense

/20

Defense

/20

Player's evolution

*The FBDB Index is an automatically engineered figure based on player's statistical performances during each game he is involved in.

Full back's Position World Ranking501

Full back's Position National Ranking (Nigeria)3

Rankings updated on 30/05/2024

Player's titles

Victories

Primeira Liga	1	2022
Taça da Liga	1	2023
Supertaça	2	20202022
Taça de Portugal	2	20222023

Runner-ups

Primeira Liga	2	20212023
Supertaça	1	2023
CAF Nations Cup	1	2024

Transfers

30/08/20 >	FC Porto
01/07/19 > 30/08/20	Santa Clara
08/08/18 > 01/07/19	Mirandela
01/01/17 > 01/07/18	Mirandela	Loan
01/07/16 > 08/08/18	Gil Vicente B

Suggest a transfer for this player

Player career by clubLast updated on 01/06/2024 at 08:09

Club	Played matches	Goals	Assists	Efficiency	Minutes played	Yellow cards	Red cards	Match starts	V Victories	L Losses
FC Porto	122	7	1	1222	8554	11	1	79%96	70%85	16%19
Nigeria	22		3		1741	1		91%20	55%12	27%6
Santa Clara	27	1	3	2116	2116	2		89%24	33%9	41%11

Player's favourite opponents

Club		V
Sporting CP	12	5	0	1
Tondela	8	8	1	0
Benfica	11	6	2	0
Braga	9	5	0	1
Portimonense	7	5	0	0
Moreirense	4	3	0	0
Santa Clara	4	3	1	0
Vizela	4	4	1	0
Belenenses	3	2	0	0
Boavista	6	3	0	0
Gil Vicente	5	2	0	0
Rio Ave	5	3	0	0
Nacional	3	3	0	0
Guinea-Bissau	3	2	0	0
Olympiacos	2	2	0	0
Marseille	2	2	1	0
Bayer	2	2	1	0
Maritimo	6	4	0	0
Famalicão	5	5	0	0
Guimarães	5	4	1	0

Player's worst opponents

Club		L
Sporting CP	12	4	15
Benfica	11	3	12
Atlético	4	2	6
Liverpool	2	2	7
Algeria	2	2	3
FC Porto	2	2	4
Boavista	6	2	6
Braga	9	2	10
Lyon	2	1	2
FC Barcelona	1	1	2
Juventus	2	1	4
Inter Milan	2	1	1
Club Brugge	2	1	4
Chelsea	2	1	2
Man City	2	1	3
Casa Pia	1	1	2
Guinea	1	1	2
Maritimo	6	1	6
Gil Vicente	5	1	4
Moreirense	4	1	2

Results with or without him

In clubs

for the national team

Season	Club	When present			When absent			Influence
		v	l	Total	v	l	Total
2024/2025	FC Porto	0%	0%		0%	0%	0	-
2023/2024	FC Porto	70%	30%	10	67%	19%	42	Very slightly positive
2022/2023	FC Porto	66%	19%	32	92%	0%	25	Slightly negative
2021/2022	FC Porto	73%	13%	40	77%	8%	13	Very slightly negative
2020/2021	FC Porto	67%	12%	42	67%	17%	12	-
2019/2020	Santa Clara	33%	41%	27	31%	46%	13	Very slightly positive
2018/2019	Mirandela	0%	0%	0	0%	50%	2	-
2017/2018	Mirandela	0%	0%	0	0%	100%	1	-
2016/2017	Mirandela	0%	0%		0%	0%	0	-
2016/2017	Gil Vicente B	0%	0%		0%	0%	0	-

Key figures

Zaidu Sanusi has won all competitions included the last 5 at home matches

The player hasn't lost all competitions included any of the last 5 at home matches

Sanusi hasn't lost in non-league and non-national team competition any of the last 6 at home matches

First times

In clubs

for the national team

in competitions

Date	Games	Score	First times
Santa Clara
15/09/2019	Santa Clara - Moreirense	2 - 0	First match with the club, first victory
22/09/2019	FC Porto - Santa Clara	2 - 0	First start, first loss
23/06/2020	Benfica - Santa Clara	3 - 4	First goal
FC Porto
19/09/2020	FC Porto - Braga	3 - 1	First match with the club, first victory
17/10/2020	Sporting CP - FC Porto	2 - 2	First start
21/10/2020	Man City - FC Porto	3 - 1	First loss
24/10/2020	FC Porto - Gil Vicente	1 - 0	First red card
25/11/2020	Marseille - FC Porto	0 - 2	First goal

Player's career by competitionLast updated on 01/06/2024 at 08:09

Competition	Played matches	Goals	Efficiency	Assists	Own goals	Match starts	Yellow cards	V Victories	D Draws	L Losses
Primeira Liga	Primeira Liga	96	6	1115	3	6690	78%75	1	66%63	20%19	15%14
Taça de Portugal	Taça de Portugal	14			1	945	64%9		93%13		7%1
Supertaça	Supertaça	3				260	100%3		67%2		33%1
Taça da Liga	Taça da Liga	4				270	75%3		25%1		75%3
Friendlies	Friendlies	4				335	100%4			25%1	75%3
CAF Nations Cup	CAF Nations Cup	9				696	89%8		67%6	11%1	22%2
WCQAZ	World Cup Qualifying - Africa Zone	2				80	50%1		50%1	50%1
CAFNCQ	CAF Nations Cup Qualifying	7			3	630	100%7		71%5	14%1	14%1
Champions League	Champions League	28	2	1073		2145	93%26		50%14	14%4	36%10
Europa League	Europa League	4				360	100%4		25%1	50%2	25%1

Player's results for each season

Season	Club	Tier	Rk.	pts	MP	V	D	L	GF	GA
2023/2024	FC Porto	1	3	72	34	22	6	6	63	27
2022/2023	FC Porto	1	2	85	34	27	4	3	73	22
2021/2022	FC Porto	1	1	91	34	29	4	1	86	22
2020/2021	FC Porto	1	2	80	34	24	8	2	74	29
2019/2020	Santa Clara	1	9	43	34	11	10	13	36	41

Last games

Date	Competition	Round	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Score
May 18, 2024	18/05		Round 34	Braga	0 - 1	FC Porto	Absent
May 12, 2024	12/05		Round 33	FC Porto	2 - 1	Boavista	Absent
May 04, 2024	04/05		Round 32	Chaves	0 - 3	FC Porto	Absent
April 28, 2024	28/04		Round 31	FC Porto	2 - 2	Sporting CP	Absent
April 21, 2024	21/04		Round 30	Casa Pia	1 - 2	FC Porto	Absent
April 17, 2024	17/04	TP	Semi-finals	FC Porto	3 - 1	Guimarães	Absent
April 13, 2024	13/04		Round 29	FC Porto	2 - 2	Famalicão	Absent
April 07, 2024	07/04		Round 28	FC Porto	1 - 2	Guimarães	Absent
April 03, 2024	03/04	TP	Semi-finals	Guimarães	0 - 1	FC Porto	Absent
March 30, 2024	30/03		Round 27	Estoril	1 - 0	FC Porto	Absent
March 26, 2024	26/03		Africa	Mali	2 - 0	Nigeria	Absent
March 22, 2024	22/03		Africa	Nigeria	2 - 1	Ghana	Absent
March 16, 2024	16/03		Round 26	FC Porto	4 - 1	Vizela	Absent
March 12, 2024	12/03		Round of 16	Arsenal	1 - 04-2 s.o	FC Porto	Absent
March 08, 2024	08/03		Round 25	Portimonense	0 - 3	FC Porto	Absent
March 03, 2024	03/03		Round 24	FC Porto	5 - 0	Benfica	Absent
February 29, 2024	29/02	TP	Quarter-finals	Santa Clara	1 - 2	FC Porto	Absent
February 25, 2024	25/02		Round 23	Gil Vicente	1 - 1	FC Porto	Absent
February 21, 2024	21/02		Round of 16	FC Porto	1 - 0	Arsenal	Absent
February 17, 2024	17/02		Round 22	FC Porto	2 - 0	Estrela	31 Minutes
February 12, 2024	12/02		Round 21	Arouca	3 - 2	FC Porto	Absent
February 11, 2024	11/02		Final	Nigeria	1 - 2	Ivory Coast	85 Minutes
February 07, 2024	07/02		Semi-finals	Nigeria	1 - 14-2 s.o	South Africa	Absent
February 03, 2024	03/02		Round 20	FC Porto	0 - 0	Rio Ave	Absent
February 02, 2024	02/02		Quarter-finals	Nigeria	1 - 0	Angola	90 Minutes
January 28, 2024	28/01		Round 19	Farense	1 - 3	FC Porto	Absent
January 27, 2024	27/01		Round of 16	Nigeria	2 - 0	Cameroon	79 Minutes
January 22, 2024	22/01		Round 3	Guinea-Bissau	0 - 1	Nigeria	11 Minutes
January 20, 2024	20/01		Round 18	FC Porto	5 - 0	Moreirense	Absent
January 18, 2024	18/01		Round 2	Ivory Coast	0 - 1	Nigeria	79 Minutes
January 14, 2024	14/01		Round 17	FC Porto	2 - 0	Braga	Absent
January 14, 2024	14/01		Round 1	Nigeria	1 - 1	Eq. Guinea	82 Minutes
January 09, 2024	09/01	TP	Round of 16	Estoril	0 - 4	FC Porto	Absent
January 08, 2024	08/01		Africa	Guinea	2 - 0	Nigeria	90 Minutes
January 05, 2024	05/01		Round 16	Boavista	1 - 1	FC Porto	Absent
December 29, 2023	29/12		Round 15	FC Porto	1 - 0	Chaves	Absent
December 23, 2023	23/12		Round 3	FC Porto	2 - 1	Leixões	Absent
December 18, 2023	18/12		Round 14	Sporting CP	2 - 0	FC Porto	72 Minutes
December 13, 2023	13/12		Round 6	FC Porto	5 - 3	Shakhtar	90 Minutes
December 09, 2023	09/12		Round 13	FC Porto	3 - 1	Casa Pia	On the bench
December 06, 2023	06/12		Round 2	Estoril	3 - 1	FC Porto	Absent
December 02, 2023	02/12		Round 12	Famalicão	0 - 3	FC Porto	On the bench
November 28, 2023	28/11		Round 5	FC Barcelona	2 - 1	FC Porto	90 Minutes
November 24, 2023	24/11	TP	Round of 32	FC Porto	4 - 0	Montalegre	Absent
November 19, 2023	19/11		Round 2	Zimbabwe	1 - 1	Nigeria	Absent
November 16, 2023	16/11		Round 1	Nigeria	1 - 1	Lesotho	Absent
November 11, 2023	11/11		Round 11	Guimarães	1 - 2	FC Porto	54 Minutes	1
November 07, 2023	07/11		Round 4	FC Porto	2 - 0	Royal Antwerp	82 Minutes
November 03, 2023	03/11		Round 10	FC Porto	0 - 1	Estoril	Absent
October 29, 2023	29/10		Round 9	Vizela	0 - 2	FC Porto	Absent
October 25, 2023	25/10		Round 3	Royal Antwerp	1 - 4	FC Porto	Absent
October 20, 2023	20/10	TP	Round of 64	Vilar de P	0 - 2	FC Porto	Absent
October 16, 2023	16/10		Africa	Mozambique	2 - 3	Nigeria	Absent
October 13, 2023	13/10		Intercontinental	Saudi Arabia	2 - 2	Nigeria	Absent
October 08, 2023	08/10		Round 8	FC Porto	1 - 0	Portimonense	Absent
October 04, 2023	04/10		Round 2	FC Porto	0 - 1	FC Barcelona	Absent
September 29, 2023	29/09		Round 7	Benfica	1 - 0	FC Porto	Absent
September 23, 2023	23/09		Round 6	FC Porto	2 - 1	Gil Vicente	Absent
September 19, 2023	19/09		Round 1	Shakhtar	1 - 3	FC Porto	45 Minutes
September 15, 2023	15/09		Round 5	Estrela	0 - 1	FC Porto	Absent
September 10, 2023	10/09		Round 6	Nigeria	6 - 0	São Tomé	Absent
September 03, 2023	03/09		Round 4	FC Porto	1 - 1	Arouca	Absent
August 28, 2023	28/08		Round 3	Rio Ave	1 - 2	FC Porto	61 Minutes
August 20, 2023	20/08		Round 2	FC Porto	2 - 1	Farense	67 Minutes
August 14, 2023	14/08		Round 1	Moreirense	1 - 2	FC Porto	On the bench
August 09, 2023	09/08	S	Final	Benfica	2 - 0	FC Porto	80 Minutes

First XI

On the bench

Absent

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