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 seven clubs, achieving totals of 185 games and 47 goals in the latter competition. He was its top scorer in 2018–19, with 16 goals for Famalicão. He also played in Angola and Cyprus, scoring 20 times in his one year at

Alki Oroklini Alki Oroklini was a Cypriot professional football club based in Oroklini. The team was founded as ''Omonia Oroklinis'' in 1979. Omonia had one participation in the Fourth Division. In 2014 the team changed their name to Alki Oroklini, when bu ...

Career

Early years

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

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n 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 A.D. Machico,

Sport Benfica e Castelo Branco Sport Benfica e Castelo Branco, commonly referred to as Benfica e Castelo Branco, is a semi-professional football club based in Castelo Branco, and it is an affiliated club of Benfica. Founded on 24 March 1924, the club has traditionally worn ...

and

CD Operário Clube Operário Desportivo ''(known as CD Operário, Operário dos Açores or just Operário),'' is a Portugal, Portuguese Association football, football club based in Lagoa (Azores), Lagoa in the island of São Miguel Island, São Miguel in the ...

. 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 professional football club based in Leiria. Founded on 6 June 1966, it currently plays in the Liga Portugal 2, holding home matches at Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pe ...

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 (), commonly known as Olhanense, is a Portuguese sports club from Olhão, Algarve. Its Association football, football team was founded on 27 April 1912 and currently plays in the Algarve Football Association Portuguese Di ...

, and 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 professional sports club from Estoril, Cascais, Lisbon. Founded on 17 May 1939, its Association football, football team currently plays in Primeira Liga and hold home g ...

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

S.C. Covilhã Sporting Clube da Covilhã, commonly known as just Sporting da Covilhã or Sp. Covilhã, is a Portuguese association football, football club from the city of Covilhã that plays in the third-tier Liga 3 (Portugal), Liga 3. The club was founded on ...

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, Fabrício left for Angolan side Recreativo da Caála. Following more experience in the African country with S.L. Benfica (Luanda),

Atlético Petróleos de Luanda Atlético Petróleos de Luanda, also known as Petro Atlético de Luanda, or simply Petro Atlético or Petro de Luanda, is a football (soccer), football club from Luanda, Angola, founded in 1980. The club won its first title, the Angolan League, ...

and C.R.D. Libolo, Fabrício came back to Europe in August 2017 when he joined

of the

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. He scored 20 times in his only 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 professional 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 tie ...

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

Vila Nova de Famalicão Vila Nova de Famalicão (), also known as Famalicão, is a Portuguese town in the Braga District and the sub-region of Ave (intermunicipal community), Vale do Ave. The population of ''Vila Nova'' was created in 1205 with the charter given by the K ...

, putting him joint with F.C. Penafiel's Jorge Pires 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, he stayed in the second tier, joining

S.C. Farense Sporting Clube Farense, simply known as Farense, is a Portuguese professional association football, football club based in Faro, Portugal, Faro in the Faro District, district of the same name and the region of Algarve. Founded in 1910, the club ha ...

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 association football, football club based in Santa Maria da Feira. Founded on 18 March 1918, Feirense play in the LigaPro, the second tier of football in ...

on 5 July 2020. Remaining in the same league, Fabrício signed for C.F. Estrela da Amadora on 23 June 2021. He left a year later, and returned to the same division at

on 31 January 2023; he scored once in 13 games as the team suffered relegation, opening a 1–1 home draw with

Académico de Viseu F.C. Académico de Viseu Futebol Clube, commonly known as Académico de Viseu, is a Portuguese professional association football, football club based in Viseu. Founded in 1914 as ''Clube Académico de Futebol'', the club went through several changes ...

on 15 April.

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