José Ribeiro Simões Costa (15 June 1913 – 19 July 1944), known as Simões, was a Portuguese
footballer
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who played as a
right-back
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.
Club career
Simões spent his entire career with
C.F. Os Belenenses
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, always in the
Primeira Liga
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. He was part of the squad that won the
1941–42 Taça de Portugal
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.
Simões died on 19 July 1944, aged 31.
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International career
Simões won 10 caps
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for Portugal
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over five years.[ He made his debut on 26 January 1936, in a 3–2 friendly defeat against ]Austria
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held in Porto
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.
On 28 November 1937, before the start of another exhibition game, against Spain
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in Vigo
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, Simões, as well as teammates Mariano Amaro, João Azevedo and Artur Quaresma, refused to perform the fascist salute
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, being subsequently questioned by PIDE
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.
See also
* List of one-club men
References
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Simoes, Jose
1913 births
1944 deaths
Portuguese men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Primeira Liga players
C.F. Os Belenenses players
Portugal men's international footballers
20th-century Portuguese sportsmen