Victor Simões, full name Victor Simões de Oliveira (born March 23, 1981, in

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) is a Brazilian

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who last played for

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in the

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Career

Victor began his career in 2001 at Flamengo, before transferring to Tombense. After two years in Brazil, he was transferred to

Germinal Beerschot Koninklijke Beerschot Antwerpen Club (), simply known as Beerschot AC, was a Belgian association football, football club based in southern Antwerp. Beerschot played in the Belgian Pro League from Belgian First Division 1999–2000, 1999–2000 ...

, a Belgian club. After just one season, he joined

Club Brugge (), known simply as Club Brugge (in English also: ''Club Bruges''), is a Belgian professional football club based in Bruges, Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,042. They pl ...

in January 2004. He secured his position in the starting XI in Bruges, participating in 23 league matches and 5 matches in the European Cup. He won the Belgian Supercup 2004 and a year later the title of Belgian champion. But in the summer of 2005, Victor became confined to the bench as he did not receive the confidence of new coach

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. By the end of the year, he is relegated to the B team, and then was loaned in January 2006 to his former club

. He did not make any appearance until the end of the season, and then returned to Brazil,

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. Victor played for around a year at his new club, then joined the

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South Korean club in summer 2007. After his spell at the South Korean club, he returned to Brazil again, joining

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, and winning

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. He was then loaned in January 2010 to Saudi club

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, winning

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in final against

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after drawing 0–0, Victor scored the last penalty-kick in a 4–2 win. After his loan spell, Victor was transferred to Al-Ahli permanently. Victor was the joint top scorer along with

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in 2011–12 SPL, helping Al-Ahli finish second. Victor also won the

2012 King Cup of Champions The 2012 King Cup of Champions, or The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Cup, was the 37th season of King Cup of Champions since its establishment in 1957, and the 5th under the current edition. Al-Ahli were the defending champions. Al-Ahli won t ...

, against

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in a final that ended 4–1. He joined

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in January 2014 after leaving Al-Ahli. but he was released from his contract at the end of the season. On 19 June 2015,

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announced that Victor will be part of the first team squad of the

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n club for the

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. Victor left Goa at the end of October without playing a game for the club, due to injury.

Club career statistics

Club

Honours

Club

Winners

;Club Brugge * Jupiler League 2004-05 *

Belgian Supercup The Belgian Super Cup ( ; ; ), ''Pro League Supercup'', is a Belgian club competition played as a single match between the Belgian Pro League champions (also received the Super Cup host) and the Belgian Cup winners. If both teams are the same, t ...

2004 ;Botafogo *

2009 ;Al-Ahli *

Individual

*Al-Ahli Player of the Season: 2010–11 * 2011–12 Saudi Professional League: Top Scorer * 2010 Saudi Crown Prince Cup: Top Scorer *

2007 Copa do Brasil The Copa do Brasil 2007 is the 19th staging of the Copa do Brasil. The competition started on February 14, 2007 and concluded on June 6, 2007 with the second leg of the final, held at the Estádio Orlando Scarpelli in Florianópolis, in which F ...

: Top Scorer

References

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