Miguel Simão
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Miguel Ângelo da Cruz Simão | ||
Date of birth | 26 February 1973 | ||
Place of birth | Porto, Portugal | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
1984–1985 | Porto | ||
1985–1991 | Boavista | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1991–1992 | Nacional | 22 | (1) |
1992–1993 | Feirense | 26 | (1) |
1993–1995 | Salgueiros | 50 | (7) |
1995 | Nacional | 16 | (0) |
1996 | Académica | 8 | (0) |
1996–1997 | Salgueiros | 16 | (0) |
1997–1998 | Aves | 26 | (3) |
1998–2000 | St Johnstone | 43 | (5) |
2000 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 3 | (0) |
2001 | Gil Vicente | 15 | (2) |
2001–2002 | Moreirense | 16 | (3) |
2002–2003 | Fafe | 26 | (1) |
2003–2004 | Lichtenberg 47 | 13 | (0) |
2004–2005 | Grevenmacher | ||
2005–2006 | CeBra 01 | ||
2006–2007 | FC Munsbach | ||
2008–2009 | Young Boys Diekirch | ||
2011–2013 | Moutfort-Medingen | ||
Total | 280 | (23) | |
National team | |||
1989 | Portugal U17 | 6 | (0) |
1989 | Portugal U18 | 1 | (0) |
1993–1994 | Portugal U21 | 14 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Miguel Ângelo da Cruz Simão (born 26 February 1973) is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played mainly as a forward.
Football career[]
Born in Porto, Simão successfully emerged through local Boavista FC's youth system, making his professional debuts in the Segunda Liga with C.D. Nacional and joining another club in that division, C.D. Feirense, in the following season. He first competed in the Primeira Liga with S.C. Salgueiros, playing in 22 games in 1993–94 as his team finished in 11th position (five goals scored).
Simão spent most of the following four years in the second level, the exception being the 1996–97 campaign with Salgueiros. In the 1998 summer he joined Scottish club St Johnstone, making his debut on 29 August in a 0–4 loss against Rangers at Ibrox Stadium, which proved to be manager Paul Sturrock's final game in charge; he played in 26 Premier League matches in his first year, netting four times.[1]
Three days shy of celebrating one year since playing his first game for the Saints, Simão scored two late goals as a substitute against Vaasan Palloseura in the UEFA Cup, in a playoff round 2–0 home win (3–1 on aggregate).[2] After a few months in J1 League with Sanfrecce Hiroshima, he returned to Portugal for a further two-and-a-half seasons with three clubs, appearing with Gil Vicente F.C. in the top flight.
References[]
External links[]
- Miguel Simão at ForaDeJogo
- Miguel Simão at Soccerbase
- National team data (in Portuguese)
- Miguel Simão – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Miguel Simão at J.League (in Japanese)
- 1973 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Porto
- Portuguese footballers
- Association football forwards
- Primeira Liga players
- Liga Portugal 2 players
- Segunda Divisão players
- Boavista F.C. players
- C.D. Nacional players
- C.D. Feirense players
- S.C. Salgueiros players
- Associação Académica de Coimbra – O.A.F. players
- C.D. Aves players
- Gil Vicente F.C. players
- Moreirense F.C. players
- AD Fafe players
- Scottish Premier League players
- St Johnstone F.C. players
- J1 League players
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima players
- Portugal youth international footballers
- Portugal under-21 international footballers
- Portuguese expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Scotland
- Expatriate footballers in Japan
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Expatriate footballers in Luxembourg
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Scotland
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Japan