João Nelson de Sousa Caridade Simões (born 4 March 1998) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Sourense as a right-back.

João Simões
Personal information
Full name João Nelson de Sousa Caridade Simões
Date of birth (1998-03-04) 4 March 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Coimbra, Portugal
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Position(s) Right-back[1]
Team information
Current team
Sourense
Number 22
Youth career
2007–2010 Académica
2010–2016 Sporting
2016–2017 Académica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2021 Académica 18 (0)
2019Berço (loan) 13 (0)
2020Anadia (loan) 2 (0)
2021–2022 Condeixa 20 (0)
2022–2023 Pampilhosa 16 (0)
2023– Sourense 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:12, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

Club career

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On 25 February 2017, Simões made his professional debut with Académica in a 2016–17 LigaPro match against Cova da Piedade.[2] In August 2019, Simões was loaned out to Berço SC for the 2019–20 season.[3] However, in January 2020, it was reported that he had returned to Académica.[4] On 20 March 2020, he was loaned out to Anadia.[5]

Simões returned to Académica for the 2020–21 season, where he only made two appearances during the season. In the summer 2021, Simões joined Condeixa.[6] Ahead of the 2022–23 season, he joined Pampilhosa.

References

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  1. ^ João Simões at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ "Académica B 1-2 Cova da Piedade". ForaDeJogo. 25 February 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  3. ^ Lateral João Simões reforça plantel do Berço, guimaraesdigital.com, 11 September 2019
  4. ^ Plantel do Berço em remodelação após várias saídas, guimaraesdigital.com, 21 January 2020
  5. ^ João Simões assina pelo Anadia FC, desportoaveiro.pt, 20 March 2020
  6. ^ Condeixa “ataca” missão Liga 3, asbeiras.pt, 31 July 2021
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