Sebastião de Freitas Couto Júnior, better known as Sebá (born June 8, 1992) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays mainly as a winger for Greek Super League 2 club Marko.
Career Born in Salvador, Bahia, Sebá started his career in the Brazilian team Cruzeiro, but he moved to Dragões FC Porto (mainly reserve team). Sebá is a midfielder who can play in all fronts of the attack, although he is more efficient on one side. With good ball striking and an advanced high speed, the Brazilian has yet to win on a consistent whole match and after a couple of matches in the Primeira Liga considered a new Hulk in power. Faced with increased competition, FC Porto however decided not to activate the clause allowing him to finally join the player and Estoril did not miss the opportunity. Playing in the UEFA Europa League just months after being promoted to the first division, the Lusitanian club take advantage of its close relationship with the Brazilian company Traffic (Agency of players) that owns part of the rights of the player, to complete his transfer.
On 19 August 2015, Olympiacos confirmed the signing of Brazilian forward Sebá as the Greek champion tries boosted its squad ahead of the start of the new season. Sebá signed a four-year contract for a reported fee of €1.7 million and joined the Piraeus club from Portuguese side Estoril. The 23-year-old forward followed the footsteps of his fellow Portuguese and former manager at Estoril, Marco Silva, who took over as Olympiacos coach in the summer . On 5 December 2015, he scored his first goal with a low finish after taking the rebound from Jimmy Durmaz shot in the Super League Greece in a 4-3 away victory against Panthrakikos. On 7 January 2016, he scored in a 4–1 away win against Chania for the Greek Football Cup. He was named man of the match. On summer of 2016, Seba could be on the move as several clubs from Brazil have expressed an interest for his services. Moreover, he attracted interest from Mexican clubs in the past which is expected to be revived until the end of the window. Olympiacos seek for a fee in the region of €2 million for Seba and if an offer of that region comes in, then the Greek giants will accept the bid and the transfer will go through. Eventually he stayed in the club, as Paulo Bento is attracted from his abilities.
On 11 September 2016, he scored his first goal for the 2016–17 season in a 6–1 home win against Veria. Despite his mediocre performance in the Super League, he scored repeatedly in UEFA Europa League. On mid April, reports in Turkey insisted that Galatasaray would make a move to sign Olympiacos winger over the summer transfer window. Galatasaray has rubbished the rumours linking them with Seba, however reports in Turkey continue to link the Brazilian winger with Galatasaray. On 25 April 2017, Olympiacos winger faced a three-game suspension following his kick on Sergio Araujo in the semi-final of the Cup against AEK Athens. Seba is being accused for misconduct after his decision to kick AEK winger. He finished the season having three goals and 10 assists (1st in the League) and had a vital role in his club's seventh consecutive League title.
In contrary to an excellent 2016-17 season, Sebá didn't score a goal in 20 appearances in the first half of the 2017-18 season, and as he has hardly managed to be in Oscar García's choices, it is not excluded his retirement from the club as the winter transfer window is still open to Turkey, Russia and China.
On 3 July 2018, Sebá joined Chinese Super League side Chongqing Lifan, on loan from Olympiacos.重庆队官宣希腊劲旅前锋加盟 曾是保罗本托爱将 at sports.sohu.com 2018-07-03 Retrieved 2018-07-03 After six months he returned to Olympiacos and during the winter transfer period he signed a -year contract with Al-Shabab FC for an undisclosed fee.Τέλος ο Σεμπά από τον Ολυμπιακό, πήγε στη Σαουδική Αραβία at www.sdna.gr Retrieved 2019-01-14
Career statistics As of match played 1 March 2026
+Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueState leagueCupLeague cupContinentalTotal Division Apps Goals AppsGoals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps GoalsCruzeiro2010Série A30————302011Série A7000——0070Total10000——00100Nacional-MG2012Campeonato Mineiro—81———81FC Porto B2012–13Segunda Liga252————252Porto2012–13Primeira Liga40—10200070Estoril2013–14Primeira Liga184—4220923382014–15Primeira Liga 334—0031604252015–16Primeira Liga 10————10Total528—42511527613Olympiacos2015–16Super League Greece192—52—803242016–17Super League Greece 263—50—1244372017–18Super League Greece 130—20—70220Total585—122—2749711Chongqing Dangdai (loan)2018Chinese Super League123—00——123Al-Shabab2018–19Saudi Professional League126—10——1362019–20Saudi Professional League255—21——2762020–21Saudi Professional League167—00——1672021–22Saudi Professional League30—00——30Total5618—31——5919Ionikos2022–23Super League Greece222—10——232Al-Salmiya2023–24Kuwait Premier League———Panionios2024–25Super League Greece 2164—30——194Marko2025–26Super League Greece 2166—30——196 Career Total27148812757142635561
Honours Club Porto Primeira Liga: 2012–13
Olympiacos Super League Greece: 2015–16, 2016–17
Individual Super League Greece top assists provider: 2016–17
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