Victor Simões

Victor Simões
Personal information
Full nameVictor Simões de Oliveira
Date of birthMarch 23, 1981
Place of birthRio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing positionStriker
Club information
Current team
Free Agent
Youth career
1998–2001Flamengo
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2001Flamengo15(4)
2002Tombense5(0)
2003–2004Germinal Beerschot29(8)
2004–2006Club Brugge42(5)
2005→ Club Brugge II0(0)
2006→ Germinal Beerschot (Loan)0(0)
2007Figueirense10(3)
2007–2008Chunnam Dragons24(3)
2009–2010Botafogo32(8)
2010→ Al-Ahli (loan)4(2)
2011–2014Al-Ahli54(41)
2014Umm Salal8(5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 Dec 2012.
† Appearances (Goals).

Victor Simões, full name Victor Simões de Oliveira (born March 23, 1981, in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian footballer who is currently a free agent. He last played for Umm Salal.

Career

Victor began his career in 2001 at Flamengo, one of the most important clubs in Brazil. then he transferred to Tombense. After two years in Brazil, he was transferred to Germinal Beerschot, a Belgian club.

After just one season, he joined Club Brugge in January 2004. He secured his position in the starting XI in Bruges, participating in 23 league matches and 5 matches in the European Cup. He won the Belgian Supercup 2004 and a year later the title of Belgian champion. But in the summer of 2005, Victor became confined to the bench as he did not receive the confidence of new coach Jan Ceulemans.

By the end of the year, he is relegated to the B team, and then was loaned in January 2006 to his former club Germinal Beerschot. He did not make any appearance until the end of the season, and then returned to Brazil, Figueirense.

Victor played for around a year at his new club, then joined the Chunnam Dragons South Korean club in summer 2007. After his spell at the South Korean club, he returned to Brazil again, joining Botafogo, and winning Taça Guanabara.

He was then loaned in January 2010 to Saudi club Al-Ahli Jeddah, winning 2011 King Cup of Champions in final against Ittihad after drawing 0–0, Victor scored the last penalty-kick in a 4–2 win. After his loan spell, Victor was transferred to Al-Ahli permanently. Victor was the joint top scorer along with Nasser in 2011–12 SPL, helping Al-Ahli finish second. Victor also won the 2012 King Cup of Champions, against Al-Nasr in a final that ended 4–1.

He joined Umm Salal in January 2014 after leaving Al-Ahli. but he was released from his contract at the end of the season .

Club career statistics

Club

Club performance League Cup Continental Other Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2001 Flamengo Série A 154000000154
2002 Tombense Campeonato Mineiro 5000000050
2003–04 Germinal Beerschot Belgian Pro League 298004000338
2004–05 Club Brugge Belgian Pro League 234005000284
2005–06 Club Brugge Belgian Pro League 191002000211
2005–06 Club Brugge II Belgian Provincial leagues 0000000000
2005–06 Germinal Beerschot Belgian Pro League 0000000000
2007 Figueirense Série A 103000000103
2008 Chunnam Dragons K League 243000000243
2009 Botafogo Série A 328000000328
2009–10 Al-Ahli Saudi Professional League 420012400166
2010–11 Al-Ahli Saudi Professional League 20162100002217
2011–12 Al-Ahli Saudi Professional League 262100107003328
2012–13 Al-Ahli Saudi Professional League 74114300128
2013–14 Al-Ahli Saudi Professional League 1000000010
2013–14 Umm Salal Qatar Stars League 8500000085
Career total 186753336140021890

Honours

Club

Winners

Club Brugge
Botafogo
Al-Ahli

Runner-Up

Figueirense
Al-Ahli

Individual

References