Fábio Henrique Simplício (born 23 September 1979) is a Brazilian retired

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who played as a

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. He appeared in 243

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games for three clubs and scored 43 goals, having played for nearly a decade in the country.

Club career

São Paulo / Move to Italy

Born in

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, Simplício started his career with hometown's

São Paulo FC São Paulo Futebol Clube (), commonly referred to as São Paulo, is a professional football club in the Morumbi district of São Paulo, Brazil, founded in 1930. It plays in the Campeonato Paulista (the State of São Paulo's premier state leag ...

, going on to remain five years with the club and winning two State Leagues. In 2004, he moved to Italy and signed for

Parma FC Parma Calcio 1913 (), commonly known as Parma, is an Italian professional football club based in Parma, Emilia-Romagna, which competes in the Serie B, the second tier of Italian football. ''Parma Football Club'' was originally founded in Decembe ...

, after having been discovered by its

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. Simplício made his

debut on 22 September 2004 in a 1–2 home loss against

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, one day shy of his 25th birthday (16 minutes played), and finished his first season with four goals in 34 games, bettering that total to ten in the following campaign.

Palermo

On 14 June 2006 Simplício joined fellow top division side

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, moving alongside Parma teammate

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. He was priced at €7.1 million, with €4.6 million being to his previous team. During his four-year spell with the Sicilian club, Simplício appeared in more than 26 league matches, adding eight

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appearances in two separate seasons combined (two goals). In January 2010, his agent

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announced he would not extend his contract with Palermo, set to expire in June.

Roma

On 1 June 2010, Simplício moved to

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on a three-year contract worth €1.8m per season, effective as of 1 July. He scored four league goals from 24 appearances in his debut campaign, adding the 2–1 winner against

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for the

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as the

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side reached the semifinals. In 2011–12, Simplício netted the same number of goals, including one in a

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against

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in a 3–1 away triumph, but Roma could only finish seventh, thus not qualifying for any

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Cerezo Osaka

On 27 July 2012, Simplício joined

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. He made his official debut on 4 August against

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, contributing to the 4–0 victory.

International career

On 17 November 2009, aged 30, Simplício earned his first and only

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for

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, in a

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with

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. He came on as a substitute for

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in the second half of the 2–0 win.

Business career

Simplício owned American soccer team

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and software

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, alongside fellow former footballers such as Emerson,

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Career statistics

Club

Source:

International

Honours

Club

;São Paulo *

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: 2000,

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* Torneio Rio – São Paulo: 2001

Individual

* Bola de Prata: 2002

References

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Simplicio, Fabio 1979 births Living people Footballers from São Paulo Brazilian footballers Association football midfielders Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players São Paulo FC players Serie A players Parma Calcio 1913 players Palermo F.C. players A.S. Roma players J1 League players Cerezo Osaka players Vissel Kobe players Brazil international footballers Brazilian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Italy Expatriate footballers in Japan Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Japan