Fabrício Santos Simões (born 26 December 1984) is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a

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for Portuguese club

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. He spent most of his career in Portugal, playing in the

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for União Leiria, and in the second tier for six clubs, achieveing totals of 172 games and 46 goals in the latter competition. He also played in Angola and Cyprus.

Career

Early years

After several spells with lower league Brazilian clubs, Fabrício moved to Portugal in 2006 with Madeiran club

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where he remained for one season. The following few seasons saw him move frequently through several amateur clubs in the country, including

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and

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. In January 2011, after a successful first half of the season with Operário where he scored 16 goals in 19 games, Fabrício moved to

side

U.D. Leiria União Desportiva de Leiria, commonly known as União de Leiria (), is a Portuguese football club based in Leiria, central Portugal. Founded on 6 June 1966, it currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal, holding home matches at Estádio Dr. M ...

on a contract lasting until 2014. He debuted for his new club on the 6 February in an away league fixture against

S.C. Olhanense Sporting Clube Olhanense () is a Portuguese sports club from Olhão, Algarve. Its football team was founded on 27 April 1912 and currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal, the fourth tier of Portuguese football. It holds home matches at the ...

. The following week he scored in a 1–0 victory over

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. In the summer of 2011, after failing to establish himself at Leiria, Fabrício joined

G.D. Estoril Praia Grupo Desportivo Estoril Praia (), commonly known as Estoril, is a Portuguese sports club from Estoril, Cascais, Lisbon. Founded on 17 May 1939, its football team currently plays in Primeira Liga and hold home games at the Estádio António Coimb ...

on a season-long loan. His season with Estoril saw him make 32 appearances in which he contributed six goals to help his side gain promotion to the top flight of Portuguese football. Despite his contribution towards Estoril's promotion, the ''Canarinhos'' decided not to purchase the player on a permanent basis and returned him to União de Leiria, who terminated his contract and granted his release in May 2012. Weeks after his release from Leiria, Fabrício signed for Segunda Liga side

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on a free transfer. He made his official debut for his new side on 28 July in a

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fixture against

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where he scored a

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in a 4–2 win. His stay with the ''Leões da Serra'' ended with 16 goals in 46 appearances.

Angola and Cyprus

On the 29 June, he left for Angolan side Recreativo da Caála. Following more experience in the African country with

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and

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, Fabrício came back to Europe in August 2017 when he joined

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of the

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. He scored 20 times in his first season, including a hat-trick on 30 January in a 4–3 home loss to

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; this tally put him third in the league's goalscorers, behind

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and Florian Taulemesse.

Return to Portugal

In May 2018, Fabrício came back to Portugal's second tier, joining

F.C. Famalicão Futebol Clube de Famalicão, commonly known as Famalicão, is a Portuguese association football, football club from Vila Nova de Famalicão. Founded on 21 August 1931, its senior team currently plays in the Primeira Liga, the top tier of Portugu ...

on a one-year deal with the option of a second. He scored 16 times in his one season in

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, putting him joint with

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as the division's top scorer while his team returned to the top flight for the first time in a quarter of a century. In the summer of 2019, Fabrício stayed in the second tier, joining

S.C. Farense Sporting Clube Farense, simply known as Farense, is a Portuguese professional football club based in Faro in the district of the same name and the region of Algarve. Founded in 1910, the club will play the 2021–22 season in the Liga Portugal ...

on the same contract as before, and after a second successive promotion he made his way to

C.D. Feirense Clube Desportivo Feirense, commonly known as CD Feirense or just Feirense, is a Portuguese football club based in Santa Maria da Feira. Founded on 18 March 1918, Feirense play in the LigaPro, the second tier of Portuguese football. Their chair ...

on 5 July 2020. Remaining in the same league, he signed for C.F. Estrela da Amadora on 23 June 2021.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Simoes, Fabricio 1984 births Living people Footballers from Espírito Santo Brazilian footballers Men's association football forwards Segunda Divisão players Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Cypriot First Division players Estrela do Norte Futebol Clube players Atlético Petróleos de Luanda players G.D. Estoril Praia players S.C. Covilhã players S.L. Benfica (Luanda) players Sport Benfica e Castelo Branco players Clube Atlético Penapolense players C.R. Caála players C.R.D. Libolo players Alki Oroklini players F.C. Famalicão players S.C. Farense players C.D. Feirense players C.F. Estrela da Amadora players B-SAD players Brazilian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Angola Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Angola Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus People from Cachoeiro de Itapemirim