Simon Zibo (born 30 November 1997) is a Ghanaian professional

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who plays as a

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for Maltese team

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. He previously played for Portuguese teams Vitória Guimarães B and Esperança de Lagos and Ghana Premier League side Liberty Professionals.

Club career

Liberty Professionals

Zibo started his career with Liberty Professionals in 2016. On 3 April 2016, during his debut, he played the full 90 minutes and scored his debut premier league goal in a 5–1 victory over Ashanti Gold.

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scored a brace in that match. During the 2017 season, Zibo had become a key member of the team, starting and playing 21 league matches, whilst playing 13 league matches and scoring 2 goals during the truncated 2018 season. Zibo was appointed as the captain of the side ahead of the 2019 GFA Normalization Committee Special Competition. He played 13 out of the 14 matches played and scored 5 goals to help Liberty to a third-place finish in group B. At the end of the season, he was heavily linked to several clubs in Ghana Premier League including

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Vitória Guimarães B.

In 2019, he joined Portuguese side

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, the

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. He signed a two-year deal with club with an option of a year renewal. After an unsuccessful spell at Victoria B, Zibo signed for Campeonato de Portugal side Esperança de Lagos on a one-year deal in December 2020. He played 9 matches and scored one goal in his debut season.

Personal life

He is the older brother of fellow Ghanaian footballer

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Honours

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* Maltese FA Trophy: 2022-23

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* * Living people 1997 births Men's association football midfielders Ghanaian men's footballers Liberty Professionals F.C. players Ghana Premier League players Vitória S.C. B players Campeonato de Portugal (league) players Ghana men's youth international footballers Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Birkirkara F.C. players Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Malta Expatriate men's footballers in Malta Maltese Premier League players {{Ghana-footy-midfielder-stub