Robin Šimović (; born 29 May 1991) is a Swedish professional

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who plays as a

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. He is currently without a club.

Career

Simović spent most of his youth playing for

Malmö FF Malmö Fotbollförening (), commonly known simply as Malmö FF or MFF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Malmö, Scania. They compete in the Allsvenskan, the top division of Swedish football, and play home matches at the Eleda S ...

where he scored a total of 377 goals in 337 games for the various youth teams at the club. When his contract with Malmö expired at the end of 2010 the club instead preferred to move Dardan Rexhepi up into the first team and Simović left for fourth tier club

IFK Klagshamn IFK Klagshamn is a Swedish football club located in Klagshamn outside of Malmö. History The club was founded on 9 October 1921 by 12 young men. IFK Klagshamn currently has about 750 members, of which, more than 450 are young people under the ...

. After a successful year in Klagshamn he was signed by

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side

Ängelholms FF Ängelholms FF is a football (soccer), football club based in Ängelholm, Sweden. The club is affiliated to Skånes Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Ängelholms IP. The club was formed in 1976 as a merger between Ängelholms IF and Sk ...

. At Ängelholm he became the second best goalscorer in the

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and was signed after the season by nearby

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; ), also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan (, ) is a professional association football league in Sweden and the highest level of the Swedish football league system. Founded in 1924, it operates on a system of promotion and relegatio ...

club

Helsingborgs IF Helsingborgs Idrottsförening, commonly referred to as Helsingborgs IF, Helsingborg or (especially locally) HIF (), is a Swedish professional football club located in Helsingborg. They play in the Swedish second tier, Superettan, following releg ...

on a 3.5-year deal. On 10 December 2015, Simović was confirmed along with country-man

Ludvig Öhman Carl Ludvig Öhman Silwerfeldt (born 9 October 1991) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a centre back for Superettan side Umeå. Öhman has previously played top flight football in both his native Sweden and Japan for Kalmar FF, AFC Eskilstun ...

to be joining Nagoya Grampus for the 2016

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season. On 27 February 2016, Simović scored on his debut for Nagoya in a 1–0 away win against

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. He scored his second goal in as many matches in his home debut in a 1–1 draw against defending champions

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Sanfrecce Hiroshima () is a Japanese professional association football, football club based in Hiroshima. The club competes in the J1 League, top flight of the Japanese football league system. Sanfrecce is one of the most successful clubs in Ja ...

. On 10 January 2018,

Omiya Ardija is a Japanese professional association football club based in Ōmiya-ku, Saitama, Ōmiya, Saitama Prefecture. Its "hometown" (as designated by the league) is shared with neighbours Urawa Red Diamonds. The team currently play in J2 League, the ...

announced the signing of Simović. On 12 February 2020, he signed for Livorno. On 31 August 2020, he moved to Odd in Norway. He left the club at the end of the year. On 16 February 2021, Simović joined

Varbergs BoIS Varbergs BoIS FC is a Swedish professional football club located in Varberg, the main town of Varberg Municipality in Halland County. Background The club was formed at a meeting in the Varbergs Folkets Hus on 25 March 1925. The backbone of the ...

. On 12 February 2024, Simović signed with

Beerschot Koninklijke Beerschot Voetbalclub Antwerpen (), or simply Beerschot, is a Belgian professional football club located in Antwerp, that competes in the top tier Pro League after promotion from second tier in 2023–24 season. In 2013, KFCO Wil ...

in Belgium until the end of the season.

Career statistics

References

External links

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Profile at Nagoya Grampus
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