Photo: Екатерина Лаут / CC BY-SA 3.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Cédric Soares is the kind of reliable full-back whose career I find quietly impressive precisely because it never depended on flash. Born in Germany but Portuguese through and through, he came up at Sporting CP, logged nearly 100 league appearances there, then moved to Southampton in 2015 and onward to a long English chapter. The national honors, Commander of the Order of Merit and Knight of the Order of Prince Henry, tell you what his service to Portugal meant. Now turning out for São Paulo in Brazil's top flight, he keeps adapting. A journeyman in the best sense, dependable wherever he lands.
Overview
Cédric Ricardo Alves Soares (born 31 August 1991), known simply as Cédric (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈsɛðɾik]), is a professional footballer who plays as a full-back for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club São Paulo. Cédric's career started with Sporting CP, going on to appear in 93 competitive games over the course of four Primeira Liga seasons and scoring two goals. He signed for Southampton in 2015.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Cédric Soares
- Name (Japanese)
- セドリック・ソアレス
- Reading
- せどりっく・そあれす
- Born
- August 31, 1991 (age 34)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Goat
- Origin
- Singen, Freiburg Government Region, Germany
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 169 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- Commander of the Order of Merit of Portugal
- Knight of the Order of Prince Henry
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · More people from Germany →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.