Robin Simović (; born 29 May 1991) is a Swedish

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descent who currently plays for Croatian club Rudeš.

Career

Simović spent most of his youth playing for

Malmö FF Malmö Fotbollförening, commonly known as Malmö FF, Malmö, or MFF, is a professional football club and the most successful football club in Sweden in terms of trophies won. Formed in 1910 and affiliated with the Scania Football Associatio ...

where he scored a total of 377 goals in 337 games for the various youth teams at the club. When his contract with Malmö expired at the end of 2010 the club instead preferred to move

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up into the first team and Simovic left for fourth tier club

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. After a successful year in Klagshamn he was signed by

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side

Ängelholms FF Ängelholms FF is a football club based in Ängelholm, Sweden. The club is affiliated to Skånes Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Ängelholms IP. The club was formed in 1976 as a merger between Ängelholms IF and Skörpinge GIF. T ...

. At Ängelholm he became the second best goalscorer in the

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and was signed after the season by nearby

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club

Helsingborgs IF Helsingborgs IF (full name Helsingborgs Idrottsförening), commonly referred to as HIF (), is a Swedish professional football club located in Helsingborg. They play in the Swedish first tier, Allsvenskan, following promotion in the 2021 Superett ...

on a 3.5 year deal. On 10 December 2015, Simović was confirmed along with country-man

Ludvig Öhman Carl Ludvig Öhman Silwerfeldt (born 9 October 1991) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a centre back for Ettan side Vasalunds IF. Öhman has previously played top flight football in both his native Sweden and Japan for Kalmar FF, AFC Eski ...

to be joining Nagoya Grampus for the 2016

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season. On 27 February 2016, Simovic scored on his debut for Nagoya in a 1–0 away win against

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. He scored his second goal in as many matches in his home debut in a 1–1 draw against defending champions

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Sanfrecce Hiroshima ( ja, サンフレッチェ広島, translit=''Sanfuretche Hiroshima'') is a Japanese professional football club based in Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima. The club plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the co ...

. On 10 January 2018,

Omiya Ardija is a professional association football club based in Ōmiya in Saitama, Japan. Its "hometown" as designated by the league is the whole of Saitama city, which is shared with neighbours Urawa Red Diamonds. Omiya competed in the J1 League follo ...

announced the signing of Simovic. On 12 February 2020 he signed for Livorno. On 31 August 2020, he moved to Odd in Norway. He left the club at the end of the year. On 16 February 2021, Simović joined

Varbergs BoIS Varbergs BoIS FC is a Swedish football club located in Varberg, the main town of Varberg Municipality in Halland County. Background The club was formed at a meeting in the Varbergs Folkets Hus on 25 March 1925. The backbone of the new club wa ...

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1991 births Living people Swedish people of Croatian descent Swedish men's footballers Swedish expatriate men's footballers Men's association football forwards Lunds BK players Ängelholms FF players Helsingborgs IF players US Livorno 1915 players Nagoya Grampus players Omiya Ardija players Odds BK players Varbergs BoIS players Jeonnam Dragons players NK Rudeš players Superettan players Allsvenskan players Ettan Fotboll players Division 2 (Swedish football) players Serie B players J1 League players J2 League players Eliteserien players Footballers from Malmö Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Japan Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Italy Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Expatriate men's footballers in Japan Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Norway {{Sweden-footy-bio-stub