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Carlos Semedo

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This footballer played briefly for a Major League Soccer team so I was expecting to find WP:SIGCOV when I searched... but I didn't. I even checked Newspapers.com and found only a few trivial mentions in routine match coverage. Perhaps more exists (his career spanned the beginning of widespread digital news and the end of the print heyday), so if you find some, please ping me. Until then, there's no WP:NSPORT pass. Dclemens1971 (talk) 17:45, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Sportspeople, Football, Portugal, and Massachusetts. Dclemens1971 (talk) 17:45, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Some sources: [1][2] ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 18:10, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Looks like transfer/match coverage, right? Not sure it counts as SIGCOV. Dclemens1971 (talk) 18:26, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Transfer news are not considered SIGCOV. ⋆｡˚꒰ঌ Clara A. Djalim ໒꒱˚｡⋆ 12:34, 9 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It's not "transfer" coverage. He signed with an MLS team. It goes into detail about him. The second one isn't "match coverage" either. He hadn't even played a game yet for the team in question. The section is titled "MR. SEMEDO, WOULD YOU LIKE A WINDOW SEAT?" It goes into some detail about him. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 12:45, 9 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I see; but it is just a single paragraph on Semedo. Dclemens1971 (talk) 13:28, 9 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: A redirect to List of New England Revolution players may be a suitable WP:ATD. Let'srun (talk) 01:19, 9 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete – Very common name, hard to look up. ⋆｡˚꒰ঌ Clara A. Djalim ໒꒱˚｡⋆ 12:34, 9 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete – Per lack of WP:SIGCOV. Svartner (talk) 12:36, 9 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. Giant Snowman 18:27, 9 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 18:29, 9 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@GiantSnowman, I've compiled a list of secondary sources reporting on this player. Brindille1 (talk) 00:32, 10 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep There are many reports from reliable secondary sources on this player.

Boston Globe article reporting that he skipped training at his previous club to force move to Revolution: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-contract-dispute/180771806/
Globe article reporting that when the player was waived by the Revolution, Semedo threatened to sue based on being misled over injurty status: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-risk-is-lacking-reward/180771936/
Coverage of transfer in Springfield Republican, cited in article (https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-republican/180676929/)

* This same piece made it to other local papers such as The Daily Item (https://www.newspapers.com/paper/the-daily-item/33622/) and the Athol Daily News (https://www.newspapers.com/article/athol-daily-news-revolution-sign-semedo/180771661/)

Mentions in Boston Globe match reports (https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-revolution-are-dispatch/180771450/, https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-revolution-shaken-up/180771507/, https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-revolution-torched-agai/180771573/)
Globe article discussing his visa status after the signing: https://www.newspapers.com/image/442644933/?match=1&clipping_id=180771747
Globe report, five years after Semedo left New England, reporting that the player particiated in the US Open Cup (https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-open-season/180772010/)
Globe report on Semedo's suspension in the Division 2 of Portugal, which was contested by the Revolution after his transfer (https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-an-end-to-the-ohio-drou/180772113/)
Globe article on how Semedo was an option to replace an injured player, which outlines his playing history (https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-its-back-to-drawing-bo/180772236/)
Globe article including quote from Revolution coach Steve Nicol on Semedo being waived, including the reasoning for why (https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-revolution-stars-in-pl/180772309/)
Globe article, including quote from Semedo, referencing his role as a coach on the Cape Verde national team (https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-in-international-relati/180772393/)
More info on Semedo in a feature on a USASA team he was involved in (https://thecup.us/2009/08/21/2009-meet-the-usasa-emigrantes-das-ilhas/)
FBREF stats page, which is not sufficient on its own, but is worth considering in conjunction with other sources (https://fbref.com/en/players/aed78abd/Carlos-Semedo)

A quick search of Newspapers.com shows that there are other reports on this player from secondary sources. Brindille1 (talk) 00:31, 10 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

These look to be primarily transfer news and match reports, and passing mentions in 'gossip' sports pages - WP:ROUTINE. Giant Snowman 17:32, 10 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That was also my sense of these sources when I saw them during my BEFORE. Dclemens1971 (talk) 17:44, 10 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don’t think the article about Semedo threatening to sue the team over potential violations of the collective bargaining agreement is necessarily routine coverage.WP:ROUTINE seems to specifically mention sports scores- much of this is more in-depth than the basic score reports for matches. Brindille1 (talk) 22:40, 10 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Additionally- much of the coverage I linked is in the Boston Globe in full-length articles. I don’t think that qualifies as “gossip” columns.

Regardless, I can continue searching for sources reporting on this player- there is more than what I linked here. Brindille1 (talk) 22:41, 10 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]