Victor Simões

Personal information
Full name	Victor Simões de Oliveira
Date of birth	(1981-03-23) 23 March 1981
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)
2005–2007	→ Club Brugge II	0	(0)
2006	→ Germinal Beerschot (loan)	0	(0)
2007–2007	Figueirense	10	(3)
2007–2008	Chunnam Dragons	24	(3)
2009–2010	Botafogo	32	(8)
2010	→ Al-Ahli (loan)	4	(2)
2010–2014	Al-Ahli	73	(53)
2014–2015	Umm Salal	8	(5)
2015	Goa	0	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 08:49, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

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]

Career

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.

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.

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

Honours

References

• Victor Simões at Sambafoot (archived)
• Victor Simões – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)
• Personal site