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#3 Knee problems have been an issue
Only three months after making his first-team debut for Benfica, Semedo was called into the Portugal national side. However, his experience at international level proved to be bittersweet as he suffered a knee injury that prevented him from playing for two months.
He had impressed greatly in the formative stages of his senior career, yet this was to prove a significant blow as he was unable to regain the form he had shown in the early stages of the season and lost his place in the starting XI, even dropping down to the second team for the final month of the campaign.
It proved to be a step backwards to take two forward as he returned as strong as ever at the beginning of August 2016, during which he would play all but three matches in the league and Europe.
