Simão Sabrosa

Simão Pedro da Fonseca Sabrosa OIH (born 31 October 1979), also known as Simão, is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played mainly as a left winger, with dribbling and set piece skills as primary attributes.

Simão Sabrosa

Personal information
Full name	Simão Pedro da Fonseca Sabrosa[1]
Date of birth	(1979-10-31) 31 October 1979 (age 45)[2]
Place of birth	Constantim, Portugal
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Position(s)	Winger
Youth career
1990–1992	Diogo Cão
1992–1997	Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–1999	Sporting CP	53	(12)
1999–2001	Barcelona	46	(3)
2001–2007	Benfica	172	(75)
2007–2010	Atlético Madrid	113	(20)
2011–2012	Beşiktaş	46	(8)
2012–2014	Espanyol	60	(3)
2015	NorthEast United	10	(3)
Total		500	(124)
National team
1998–2000	Portugal U21	15	(8)
1998–2010	Portugal	85	(22)
Honours Men's football Representing  Portugal UEFA European Championship Runner-up 2004 Portugal UEFA European Under-17 Championship Winner 1996 Austria
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sporting	1996–97[3]	Primeira Liga	2	1	1	0	0	0	3	1
	1997–98[3]		21	1	3	0	2[a]	0	26	1
	1998–99[3]		30	10	1	0	2[b]	0	33	10
	Total		53	12	5	0	4	0	62	12
Barcelona	1999–2000[4]	La Liga	21	1	4[c]	0	7[a]	0	32	1
	2000–01[4]		25	2	4	1	9[d]	0	38	3
	Total		46	3	8	1	16	0	70	4
Benfica	2001–02[3]	Primeira Liga	26	11	1	0	—		27	11
	2002–03[3]		33	18	0	0	—		33	18
	2003–04[3]		31	12	4	1	10[d]	2	45	15
	2004–05[3]		34	15	4	3	10[d]	4	48	22
	2005–06[3]		24	8	3	2	8[a]	2	35	12
	2006–07[3]		24	11	3	1	12[a]	4	39	16
	Total		172	75	15	7	40	12	227	94
Atlético Madrid	2007–08[4]	La Liga	30	7	3	0	8[b]	3	41	10
	2008–09[4]		33	7	3	0	8[b]	2	44	9
	2009–10[4]		34	2	8	3	17[e]	2	59	7
	2010–11[4]		16	4	1	1	7[f]	1	24	6
	Total		113	20	15	4	40	8	168	32
Beşiktaş	2010–11[5]	Süper Lig	15	5	5	3	—		20	8
	2011–12[5]		31	3	2	0	9[g]	2	42	5
	Total		46	8	7	3	9	2	62	13
Espanyol	2012–13[4]	La Liga	26	3	1	0	—		27	3
	2013–14[5]		34	0	2	2	—		36	2
	Total		60	3	3	2	—		63	5
NorthEast United	2015[5]	Indian Super League	10	3	—		—		10	3
Career total			500	124	53	18	103	19	656	161

1. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
2. Appearances in UEFA Cup
3. Includes one appearance in Supercopa de España
4. Appearances in UEFA Cup and UEFA Champions League
5. Appearances in UEFA Europa League and UEFA Champions League
6. Appearances in UEFA Europa League and UEFA Super Cup
7. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[6][7]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Portugal	1998	1	1
	1999	0	0
	2000	5	0
	2001	5	0
	2002	4	0
	2003	8	3
	2004	12	1
	2005	5	2
	2006	12	5
	2007	6	2
	2008	9	4
	2009	11	3
	2010	7	1
Total		85	22

Scores and results list Portugal's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sabrosa goal.

List of international goals scored by Simão Sabrosa^[8][9]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	18 November 1998	Bonfim, Setúbal, Portugal	Israel	2–0	2–0	Friendly
2	30 April 2003	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands	Netherlands	1–1	1–1	Friendly
3	20 August 2003	Estádio Municipal, Chaves, Portugal	Kazakhstan	1–0	1–0	Friendly
4	11 October 2003	Restelo, Lisbon, Portugal	Albania	2–2	5–3	Friendly
5	13 October 2004	José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal	Russia	5–1	7–1	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
6	3 September 2005	Estádio Algarve, Faro, Portugal	Luxembourg	5–0	6–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
7				6–0
8.	3 June 2006	Saint-Symphorien, Metz, France	Luxembourg	1–0	3–0	Friendly
9				2–0
10	21 June 2006	Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Mexico	2–0	2–1	2006 FIFA World Cup
11	15 November 2006	Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal	Kazakhstan	1–0	3–0	UEFA Euro 2008 qualification
12				3–0
13	6 February 2007	Emirates Stadium, London, England	Brazil	1–0	2–0	Friendly
14	12 September 2007	José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal	Serbia	1–0	1–1	UEFA Euro 2008 qualification
15	31 May 2008	Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria, Portugal	Georgia	2–0	2–0	Friendly
16	20 August 2008	Estádio Municipal, Aveiro, Portugal	Faroe Islands	2–0	5–0	Friendly
17	6 September 2008	Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta	Malta	3–0	4–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
18	19 November 2008	Bezerrão, Gama, Brazil	Brazil	2–4	2–6	Friendly
19	10 October 2009	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal	Hungary	1–0	3–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
20				3–0
21	14 October 2009	D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães, Portugal	Malta	2–0	4–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
22	21 June 2010	Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa	North Korea	2–0	7–0	2010 FIFA World Cup

Honours

Benfica

• Primeira Liga: 2004–05
• Taça de Portugal: 2003–04
• Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2005

Atlético Madrid

• UEFA Europa League: 2009–10
• UEFA Super Cup: 2010
• Copa del Rey runner-up: 2009–10

Beşiktaş

• Turkish Cup: 2010–11

Portugal

• UEFA European Under-16 Championship: 1996
• UEFA European Championship runner-up: 2004

Individual

• Bola de Prata: 2002–03^[10]
• LPFP Primeira Liga Player of the Year: 2006–07^[11][12]
• Cosme Damião Awards – Footballer of the Year: 2006^[13]
• CNID Best Portuguese Athlete Abroad: 2010^[14]

Orders

• Medal of Merit, Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Viçosa (House of Braganza)

References

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2. "Sabrosa Simao". Eurosport. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
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4. "Simao: Simao Pedro Fonseca Sabrosa". BDFutbol. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
5. Simão at Soccerway. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
6. Pierrend, José Luis. "Portugal – Record International Players". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 6 October 2009. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
7. "Simão Sabrosa" (in Portuguese). Portuguese Football Federation. Archived from the original on 6 October 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
8. "Simão Sabrosa" (in Portuguese). European Football. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
9. Mamrud, Roberto. "Simao Pedro Fonseca Sabrosa – Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 31 January 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
10. Claro, Paulo; Preston, Simon; Nunes, João; Di Maggio, Roberto. "Portugal – List of Topscorers". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 18 November 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
11. "Simão foi o melhor da época" [Simão was the best of the season]. Record (in Portuguese). 2 July 2007. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
12. "Veloso é a revelação, Simão é a consagração" [Veloso is the newcomer, Simão the consecration] (in Portuguese). CNID. 30 June 2007. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
13. "Gala do Benfica: Aimar distinguido como o melhor de 2010/11" [Benfica Gala: Aimar distinguished as the best of 2010–11] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 29 February 2012. Archived from the original on 1 March 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2016. Simão (2006)
14. "Rosa Mota e Carlos Lopes recebem prémio Fernando Soromenho" [Rosa Mota and Carlos Lopes receive Fernando Soromenho Award] (in Portuguese). Associação dos Jornalistas de Desporto. 2010. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2016.