Personal information | |||
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Full name | Neide Marina Fidalgo Alves Mateus Simões | ||
Date of birth | (1988-07-19) 19 July 1988 (age 36) | ||
Place of birth | Viseu, Portugal | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Valadares Gaia | ||
Youth career | |||
2002–? | Escola | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
?–2012 | Escola | ? | (?) |
2012–2013 | SC 07 Bad Neuenahr | 8 | (0) |
2013–2014 | 1. FC Köln | ? | (?) |
2014– | Valadares Gaia | ? | (?) |
International career | |||
2005–2007 | Portugal U-19 | 17 | (0) |
2007–2017 | Portugal | 60 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:27, 12 February 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:49, 13 February 2021 (UTC) |
Neide Marina Fidalgo Alves Mateus Simões (born 19 July 1988) is a Portuguese footballer, who plays for Valadares Gaia and played 60 times for the Portugal women's national football team between 2007 and 2017. Simões plays as a goalkeeper.
Club career
Simões played for 10 years at Portuguese Campeonato Nacional Feminino club Escola, before transferring to German Frauen-Bundesliga team SC 07 Bad Neuenahr in July 2012. Simões had been scouted by SC 07 whilst playing in the 2012 Algarve Cup, and signed a one-year contract. Simões later played for 1. FC Köln, before returning to Portugal to play for Campeonato Nacional Feminino club Valadares Gaia F.C. In total, she spent two years in Germany.
In 2019, Simões helped Valadares to beat Clube de Albergaria in a penalty shoot-out to progress to the Portuguese Women's Cup Final. There, Valadares played against Benfica. They lost the match 4–0, and Simões went off injured after 86 minutes, and had to be replaced in goal by an outfield player. In March 2020, Simões was nominated for the best player award at the Gala Quinas de Ouro.
International career
Simões made 17 appearances for Portugal under-19s between 2005 and 2007. She made her international debut for Portugal women's national football team in 2007, and has made 60 appearances for the senior team. She played in the Algarve Cup in 2012, 2014, 2015, and 2016.
Personal life
Simões is from Viseu, Portugal. Aside from football, she has worked as a CrossFit trainer.
References
- ^ "Neide Simões" (in German). Sport.de. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
- ^ "Neide Simões". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ^ "Neide Simões". Portuguese Football Federation. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
- ^ "SC 07 Bad Neuenahr verpflichtet Neide Simões". General-Anzeiger (in German). 23 July 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
- ^ "Neide Simões vai para Alemanha". Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese). 16 July 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2021 – via Futebol Feminino Portugal.
- ^ "Algarve Cup 2014 competing team squad lists". Women's Soccer United. 14 February 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
- ^ "Neide Simões e Patrícia Morais convocadas por Portugal para a Algarve Cup'2016" (in Portuguese). O Mundo Dos Guardaredes. 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
- ^ "Chuteiras não escolhem sexo: joga-se pelo título em Valadares". Mais Futebol (in Portuguese). 15 April 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
- "Valadares junta-se ao Benfica no Jamor". Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 20 April 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
- "Cup with Benfica and Valadares". ineews.eu. 16 May 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
- "Equipa feminina do Benfica conquista Taça de Portugal com um recorde nas bancadas". Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 18 May 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
- "20 MAR VISEENSES PREMIADOS NA GALA QUINAS DE OURO". Estacaodiaria Jornal (in Portuguese). 20 March 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
- "Valadares Gaia 'domina' lista para a Algarve Cup". RTP Desporto (in Portuguese). 23 February 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
External links
- Neide Simões at Soccerway
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Viseu
- Portuguese women's footballers
- Women's association football goalkeepers
- SC 07 Bad Neuenahr players
- 1. FC Köln (women) players
- Valadares Gaia F.C. (women) players
- Portugal women's international footballers
- Portuguese expatriate women's footballers
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Expatriate women's footballers in Germany