Simão Pedro Soares Azevedo (born 31 May 1995), known as Simãozinho, is a Portuguese professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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Club career

Born in

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, Simãozinho began his career at his hometown club C.D. Trofense in the Segunda Liga in 2014. He totalled 35 games in his first full season as a professional, scoring once in a 2–0 home win against

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on 9 November 2014. Simãozinho transferred to

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in July 2015, being assigned to their reserves in the same league. He made his debut for the first team on 20 January 2016 in a

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group match away to

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, as a 68th-minute substitute for

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in a 4–0 victory. On 24 June 2019,

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Simãozinho signed with

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still in the Portuguese second tier. The following

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, he joined

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of the same league. Simãozinho continued competing in the second division the following seasons, with F.C. Penafiel, S.C.U. Torreense and Leixões.

International career

Simãozinho earned the first of his three

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for Portugal at under-21 level on 6 October 2016, starting a 3–3 draw in

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for the 2017 UEFA European Championship qualifiers.

References

External links

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Portuguese League profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Simaozinho 1995 births Living people Sportspeople from Trofa 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Porto District Men's association football fullbacks Men's association football wingers Liga Portugal 2 players C.D. Trofense players S.C. Braga B players S.C. Braga players G.D. Estoril Praia players G.D. Chaves players F.C. Penafiel players S.C.U. Torreense players Leixões S.C. players Portugal men's youth international footballers Portugal men's under-21 international footballers