Aurísio Saliu Fernandes Embalo Júnior (born 29 August 1998) known as Simão Júnior, is a

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays for

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 chairma ...

as a defender. Born in Portugal, he represents

Guinea-Bissau national football team The Guinea-Bissau national football team (Portuguese language, Portuguese: Seleção nacional de futebol da Guiné-Bissau) represents Guinea-Bissau in men's international association football and it is controlled by the Football Federation of Gu ...

internationally.

Club career

He made his professional debut for

Cova da Piedade Cova da Piedade is a former civil parish in the municipality of Almada, Lisbon metropolitan area, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Almada, Cova da Piedade, Pragal e Cacilhas. The population in 2011 was 19,904, in an area of ...

on 1 March 2020 in the

LigaPro The Liga Portugal 2 (), also known as Liga Portugal 2 SABSEG for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division of the Portuguese football league system. At the end of each season, the two top-finishing teams are promoted to the top-tier Prim ...

International career

He made his debut for

on 26 March 2021 in an AFCON 2021 qualifier against Eswatini.

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* * * 1998 births Living people People from Sintra Citizens of Guinea-Bissau through descent Bissau-Guinean footballers Guinea-Bissau international footballers Portuguese footballers Portuguese sportspeople of Bissau-Guinean descent Association football defenders Campeonato de Portugal (league) players Liga Portugal 2 players C.D. Cova da Piedade players G.D. Estoril Praia players U.D. Vilafranquense players Sportspeople from Lisbon District {{Portugal-footy-defender-stub