Augustine Simo (born 18 September 1978) is a Cameroonian former professional

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who played as

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. He played for several clubs in Europe, including

AS Saint-Étienne Association Sportive de Saint-Étienne Loire (), abbreviated as A.S.S.E. () and commonly known as Saint-Étienne, is a French professional football club based in Saint-Étienne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The club was founded in 1933 and competes ...

in France and

AC Lugano FC Lugano is a Swiss professional football club based in Lugano. The club was refounded as AC Lugano in 2004 as a result of relegation and the financial situation of FC Lugano, which was founded in 1908. In 2008, the club reverted to its origina ...

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FC Zürich Fussballclub Zürich, commonly abbreviated to FC Zürich or simply FCZ, is a professional football club based in Zurich, Switzerland. The club was founded in 1896 and has won the Swiss Super League thirteen times and the Swiss Cup ten times. ...

FC Aarau FC Aarau is a Swiss professional football club based in Aarau. Founded in 1902, the club competes in the Swiss Challenge League, the second tier of Swiss football after being relegated from the Swiss Super League. History FC Aarau was form ...

, and

Urania Genève Sport Urania Genève Sport is a Swiss omnisport club based in Geneva. Its football section was founded in 1896. The current club was born in 1922 through a merger between FC Urania and FC Genève. Its main title is the Swiss cup, won in 1929 against ...

in Switzerland. He was a member of the Cameroon national team which participated in

1998 FIFA World Cup The 1998 FIFA World Cup was the 16th FIFA World Cup, the Association football, football world championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams. The finals tournament was held in France from 10 June to 1 ...

. He also played at the

1995 FIFA World Youth Championship The 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship, known as the 1995 FIFA/Coca-Cola World Youth Championship for sponsorship purposes, was the 10th edition of the FIFA World Youth Championship. It was held in Qatar from 13 to 28 April 1995. The tournament t ...

in Qatar.

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* * 1978 births Living people Sportspeople from West Region (Cameroon) Men's association football midfielders Cameroonian men's footballers Cameroon men's international footballers Cameroon men's under-20 international footballers 1998 FIFA World Cup players 1996 African Cup of Nations players 1998 African Cup of Nations players Aigle Royal Menoua players Torino FC players FC Lugano players AS Saint-Étienne players Neuchâtel Xamax FCS players FC Zürich players FC Aarau players Urania Genève Sport players Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C. players Serie A players Swiss Super League players Ligue 2 players Cameroonian expatriate men's footballers Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Israel Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in France Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland {{Cameroon-footy-midfielder-stub