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Simão Sabrosa

Thursday, 04 September 08, 07:22 AM

Simão Pedro Fonseca Sabrosa, OIH, commonly known as Simão Sabrosa (pron. IPA: [si'mɐ̃ũ sɐ'bɾɔzɐ]) or just Simão (born 31 October 1979 in Constantim, Portugal), is a Portuguese football winger who plays for Atlético Madrid and the Portuguese national team. His primary attributes are free kicks, penalties, and dribbling.

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[edit] Club Career

[edit] Sporting Lisbon

Simão started as a professional player for Sporting in the 1996-97 season, having scored in his debut match, one minute after being substituted in. He stayed in the team for three years. In what was to be his last season for Sporting, he played 30 games, scoring 10 goals, which then attracted the attention of Spanish giants FC Barcelona. He made a name for himself here which has stuck as an average football player, never really excelling.

[edit] Barcelona

Simao moved to FC Barcelona in the summer of 1999 on a €15 million transfer. [1] In 2001, after a comparatively low-key tenure at the Spanish club, playing 46 times in two seasons, and only scoring 3 times. So Simão moved back to Portugal to giants Benfica, on a deal reportedly worth €12 million.

[edit] Benfica

He became an instant fan-favorite, quickly acquired the status of captain and was often acclaimed as Benfica's top player during the six years he spent at the club and also one of the Portuguese championship's best.Since he arrived at Benfica, Simão has always ended seasons as the best goalscorer of the squad. He has scored a total of 95 goals in 230 matches for Benfica, in all competitions. He has written 2 books and recently launched a DVD teaching children how to play football.

In his first four seasons, Simao netted over ten goals in each. In 2005-06 UEFA Champions League, Simão scored a free kick against Manchester United and a goal against defending champions Liverpool FC, helping to knock Liverpool out.

The summer 2005 transfer window saw Simão targeted by English Premiership club Liverpool FC in an offer worth approximately £12 million, though negotiations reportedly failed over Benfica's increase in asking price. [1] [2] Just before the 2006 summer transfer window, Simão revealed that Luis Felipe Vieira, the president of Benfica, would allow him to leave, if a suitable offer were made[3]. Chelsea emerged as possible contenders for his signature, but José Mourinho declined these rumours[4]. He was also linked with a move to Valencia, after the club cooled their interest in his Portugal teammate Cristiano Ronaldo[5]. However, Arsenal emerged as the player's latest suitors and sources claimed they bid €18 million for the player[6]. Despite all the transfer rumours, Simão said that "the soap opera to sign me is over. I'm a Benfica player and that is the end of it". This was said alongside Benfica president

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