Victor Simões, full name Victor Simões de Oliveira (born March 23, 1981, in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian footballer who last played for Umm Salal SC in the Qatar Stars League.[1]

Victor Simões
Personal information
Full name Victor Simões de Oliveira
Date of birth (1981-03-23) 23 March 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1998–2001 Flamengo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2002 Flamengo 15 (4)
2002–2003 Tombense 5 (0)
2003–2004 Germinal Beerschot 29 (8)
2004–2006 Club Brugge 42 (5)
2005–2007Club Brugge II 0 (0)
2006Germinal Beerschot (loan) 0 (0)
2007–2007 Figueirense 10 (3)
2007–2008 Chunnam Dragons 24 (3)
2009–2010 Botafogo 32 (8)
2010Al-Ahli (loan) 4 (2)
2010–2014 Al-Ahli 69 (51)
2014–2015 Umm Salal 8 (5)
2015 Goa 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

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Victor began his career in 2001 at Flamengo, before transferring 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.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

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

On 19 June 2015, FC Goa announced that Victor will be part of the first team squad of the Indian club for the 2015 Indian Super League season. Victor left Goa at the end of October without playing a game for the club, due to injury.[2]

Club career statistics

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Club

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Club performance League Cup Continental Other Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2001 Flamengo Série A 15 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 4
2002 Tombense Mineiro 2ª Divisão 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2003–04 Germinal Beerschot BPL 29 8 0 0 4 0 0 0 33 8
2004–05 Club Brugge 23 4 0 0 5 0 0 0 28 4
2005–06 Club Brugge 19 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 21 1
2005–06 Club Brugge II Belgian Provincial leagues 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005–06 Germinal Beerschot BPL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 Figueirense Série A 10 3 10 5 0 0 0 0 20 8
2008 Chunnam Dragons K League 24 3 0 0 4 2 0 0 28 5
2009 Botafogo Série A 32 8 2 0 5 0 16 11 55 19
2009–10 Al-Ahli SPL 4 2 5 7 6 4 0 0 15 13
2010–11 20 16 6 3 0 0 0 0 26 19
2011–12 26 21 7 1 10 7 0 0 43 29
2012–13 19 12 2 2 4 3 0 0 25 17
2013–14 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2
Al-Ahli Total 73 53 20 13 20 14 0 0 113 80
2013–14 Umm Salal QSL 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 6
Career total 186 75 15 8 45 16 16 11 255 108

Honours

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Club

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Winners

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Club Brugge
Botafogo
Al-Ahli

Individual

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References

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  1. ^ "ISL: FC Goa count on Brazilians". The Times of India.
  2. ^ "Dudu to replace injured Duffy". The Hindu. Retrieved 11 November 2015.