António Simões
António Simões da Costa (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐ̃ˈtɔniu siˈmõjʃ]; born 14 December 1943), known as Simões, is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a left winger.
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Simões in 1975 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | António Simões da Costa | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 14 December 1943 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Corroios, Portugal | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1957–1959 | Almada | ||||||||||||||||
| 1959–1961 | Benfica | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1961–1975 | Benfica | 312 | (46) | ||||||||||||||
| 1975–1976 | Boston Minutemen | 27 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 1975–1976 | Estoril | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1976–1977 | San Jose Earthquakes | 33 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1977–1978 | União Tomar | 16 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1978 | New Jersey Americans | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1979 | Dallas Tornado | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1979–1980 | Detroit Lightning (indoor) | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1980–1981 | Chicago Horizon (indoor) | 20 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 1981–1982 | Kansas City Comets (indoor) | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 429 | (60) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1962–1973 | Portugal | 46 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1982–1984 | Phoenix Inferno | ||||||||||||||||
| 1984–1985 | Las Vegas Americans (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1987–1991 | Austin Sockadillos | ||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | União Madeira | ||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Lusitânia | ||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Portugal Olympic | ||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2014 | Iran (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | Iran B | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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He spent 14 professional seasons with Benfica, playing 449 official games and scoring 72 goals. In the late 1970s and early 1980s he represented several teams in the United States, and subsequently worked as a manager in both continents.
Simões played more than 40 times for Portugal, including appearing at the 1966 World Cup.
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