Bruno Simão

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Martins and the second or paternal family name is Simão.

Bruno Simão
Personal information
Full name Bruno Martins Simão[1]
Date of birth (1985-05-05) 5 May 1985 (age 39)[1]
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal[1]
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Left-back
Youth career
1994–1998 Benfica
1998–1999 Oeiras
1999–2000 Benfica
2000–2001 Estoril
2001–2004 Belenenses
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2005 Benfica B
2005–2006 Barreirense 6 (0)
2006–2008 UTA Arad 36 (1)
2009 Dinamo București 10 (0)
2009 Slovan Bratislava 7 (0)
2010 Astra Ploieşti 4 (0)
2011 Khazar 8 (0)
2011–2013 Milsami 28 (2)
2013 Doxa 0 (0)
2013–2014 Dacia 11 (0)
2014 União Leiria 13 (1)
2014–2015 Oliveirense 35 (0)
2015–2016 União Leiria 10 (0)
2016 Atlético 15 (1)
2016–2017 Fátima 24 (0)
2017–2018 Lusitanos Saint-Maur 9 (0)
2018 Pinhalnovense 1 (0)
2018–2020 Casa Pia 44 (0)
2020 Torreense 5 (0)
2020–2021 Oriental 14 (0)
2021 Atlético 2 (0)
Total 282 (5)
International career
2001–2002 Portugal U17 4 (0)
2002 Portugal U18 2 (0)
2003–2004 Portugal U19 8 (0)
2004 Portugal U20 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bruno Martins Simão (born 5 May 1985) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a left-back.

He spent most of his career abroad, making 49 appearances with three clubs in Romania's Liga I and also winning cups in Azerbaijan and Moldova, in addition to brief stints in Slovakia, Cyprus and France. Domestically, he totalled 68 games in LigaPro, where he represented four teams.

Club career

Born in Lisbon, Simão was a youth product of Benfica. He played in the youth team with Ruben Amorim and Pedro Russiano.[2]

He moved on to Estoril and Belenenses before returning to the Eagles' reserve team. After a brief spell in the Segunda Liga with Barreirense, he moved abroad for the first time to UTA Arad in Romania's Liga I.[3]

Simão had further experience of the Eastern European country's top flight with Dinamo București and Astra Giurgiu, with a year at Slovan Bratislava in Slovakia in between. In 2010, he signed for Khazar of the Azerbaijan Premier League, and won the cup in his only season.[3]

Moving on to Milsami of Moldova, Simão was again a cup champion in his first campaign (2011–12), also picking up the Super Cup that summer. After a brief stint in Cyprus with Doxa without playing, he signed in September 2013 with Dacia in the previous country.[4]

Simão's eight-year Eastern adventure ended in 2014 as he joined União Leiria in his country's third division, moving on to Oliveirense in LigaPro that July.[5] Following a brief return to Leiria in July 2015,[6] he signed for Atlético Clube de Portugal of division two.

In August 2017, Simão headed abroad again to sign for Lusitanos Saint-Maur, a Portuguese-community team in France's fourth tier.[7] He left soon after for Pinhalnovense in the Portuguese lower leagues, where he suffered a road accident that put him in a coma for two days.[8]

Simão joined Casa Pia in July 2018, and was part of their squad that defeated Vilafranquense on penalties to win the third-division title.[9] He was one of three players to be released halfway through the season in January 2020,[10] dropping down a level to Toreense.[11]

Personal life

Simão's younger brother, David, was also a footballer, in the midfielder position.[3] Their cousin, Rúben Amorim, was also a player and manager.[8]

Career statistics

As of 19 October 2019[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Belenenses 2003–04[13] Primeira Liga 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Barreirense 2005–06[13] Segunda Liga 6 0 1 0 — 7 0
UTA Arad 2006–07[14] Liga I 12 0 0 0 — 12 0
2007–08[14] Liga I 23 1 0 0 — 23 1
2008–09[14] Liga II 1 0 0 0 — 1 0
Total 36 1 0 0 — 36 1
Dinamo București 2008–09[15] Liga I 9 0 1[16] 0 — 10 0
Slovan Bratislava 2009–10[15] Slovak Superliga 7 0 0 0 2[b] 0 9 0
Astra Ploieşti 2009–10[15] Liga I 4 0 0 0 — 4 0
Khazar 2010–11[15] Azerbaijan Premier League 8 0 2 0 — 10 0
Milsami 2011–12[15] Divizia Națională 15 0 0 0 — 15 0
2012–13[15] Divizia Națională 13 2 1 0 2[c] 0 16 2
Total 28 2 1 0 2 0 31 2
Doxa 2013–14[15] Cypriot First Division 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Dacia 2013–14[15] Divizia Națională 11 0 0 0 — 11 0
União Leiria 2013–14[13] Campeonato de Portugal 13 1 0 0 — 13 1
Oliveirense 2014–15[13] Segunda Liga 35 0 5 0 — 40 0
União Leiria 2015–16[13] Campeonato de Portugal 10 0 2 0 — 12 0
Atlético 2015–16[13] Segunda Liga 15 1 0 0 — 15 1
Fátima 2016–17[13] Campeonato de Portugal 24 0 3 0 — 27 0
Lusitanos Saint-Maur 2017–18[15] Championnat National 2 9 0 1 0 — 10 0
Pinhalnovense 2017–18[13] Campeonato de Portugal 1 0 0 0 — 1 0
Casa Pia 2018–19[13] Campeonato de Portugal 32 0 3 0 — 35 0
2019–20[13] Segunda Liga 7 0 2 0 — 9 0
Total 39 0 5 0 — 44 0
Career total 255 5 21 0 4 0 280 5
  1. ^ Includes national cup and league cup matches
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Khazar Lankaran

Milsami

Casa Pia

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Bruno Simao" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  2. ^ "The story of Ruben Amorim: Man Utd's new manager branded the 'second Special One'". BBC Sport. 2 November 2024.
  3. ^ a b c Lopes, José Carlos; Celso, Marcos (13 May 2012). "Bruno Simão está há seis anos no estrangeiro e não pensa em regressar" [Bruno Simão has been abroad for six years and he does not think of coming back] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Bruno Simao a semnat cu Dacia" [Bruno Simão signed for Dacia] (in Romanian). Mold Football. 14 September 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Tiago e Bruno Simão apresentados na Oliveirense" [Tiago and Bruno Simão presented at Oliveirense] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 16 July 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  6. ^ Ramos, Cid (7 July 2015). "Trio reforça União de Leiria" [Trio bolster União de Leiria] (in Portuguese). O Derbie. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  7. ^ Mendes, Eric (19 August 2017). "Bruno Simão débarque aux Lusitanos de Saint Maur" [Bruno Simão lands at Lusitanos de Saint Maur]. Luso Journal (in French). Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  8. ^ a b Almeida, Isaura (26 January 2018). "Bruno Simão saiu do coma e já respira sozinho" [Bruno Simão emerges from coma and now breathes by self]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  9. ^ a b Amaro, Miguel (9 July 2019). "Bruno Simão: "Não nos condenem antes de isto começar"" [Bruno Simão: "Don't condemn us before it's even started"]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  10. ^ "Casa Pia rescinde com Carlitos, Bruno Simão e Roncatto" [Casa Pia release Carlitos, Bruno Simão and Roncatto] (in Portuguese). Notícias ao Minuto. 9 January 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  11. ^ "Bruno Simão é reforço" [Bruno Simão is an addition] (in Portuguese). S.C.U. Torreense. 4 February 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  12. ^ Bruno Simão at WorldFootball.net
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Bruno Simão at ForaDeJogo (archived) Edit this at Wikidata
  14. ^ a b c "Bruno Martins SIMÃO". Romanian Soccer. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  15. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Bruno Simão". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  16. ^ "Dinamo București – Rapid București • 1/4 finals". Romanian Soccer. 15 April 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2019.