Simão Sabrosa

**Simão Pedro da Fonseca Sabrosa **  (born 31 October 1979), also known as **Simão**, is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played mainly as a left winger, with dribbling and set piece skills as primary attributes.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|Cup|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="4"|Sporting||rowspan="3"|Primeira Liga|2|1|1|0|0|0|3|1|
|1997–98|21|1|3|0|2|0|26|1|||||
|1998–99|30|10|1|0|2|0|33|10|||||
|rowspan="3"|Barcelona|1999–2000|rowspan="2"|La Liga|21|1|4|0|7|0|32|1|
|2000–01|25|2|4|1|9|0|38|3|||||
|rowspan="7"|Benfica|2001–02|rowspan="6"|Primeira Liga|26|11|1|0|—|27|11||
|2002–03|33|18|0|0|—|33|18||||||
|2003–04|31|12|4|1|10|2|45|15|||||
|2004–05|34|15|4|3|10|4|48|22|||||
|2005–06|24|8|3|2|8|2|35|12|||||
|2006–07|24|11|3|1|12|4|39|16|||||
|rowspan="5"|Atlético Madrid|2007–08|rowspan="4"|La Liga|30|7|3|0|8|3|41|10|
|2008–09|33|7|3|0|8|2|44|9|||||
|2009–10|34|2|8|3|17|2|59|7|||||
|2010–11|16|4|1|1|7|1|24|6|||||
|rowspan="3"|Beşiktaş|2010–11|rowspan="2"|Süper Lig|15|5|5|3|—|20|8||
|2011–12|31|3|2|0|9|2|42|5|||||
|rowspan="3"|Espanyol|2012–13|rowspan="2"|La Liga|26|3|1|0|—|27|3||
|2013–14|34|0|2|2|—|36|2||||||
|NorthEast United|2015|Indian Super League|10|3|—|—|10|3|||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="13"|Portugal|1998|1|1|
|1999|0|0|||
|2000|5|0|||
|2001|5|0|||
|2002|4|0|||
|2003|8|3|||
|2004|12|1|||
|2005|5|2|||
|2006|12|5|||
|2007|6|2|||
|2008|9|4|||
|2009|11|3|||
|2010|7|1|||

- _Scores and results list Portugal's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sabrosa goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center"|1|18 November 1998|Bonfim, Setúbal, Portugal||style="text-align:center"|2–0|style="text-align:center"|2–0|Friendly|||||
|style="text-align:center"|2|30 April 2003|Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands||style="text-align:center"|1–1|style="text-align:center"|1–1|Friendly|||||
|style="text-align:center"|3|20 August 2003|Estádio Municipal, Chaves, Portugal||style="text-align:center"|1–0|style="text-align:center"|1–0|Friendly|||||
|style="text-align:center"|4|11 October 2003|Restelo, Lisbon, Portugal||style="text-align:center"|2–2|style="text-align:center"|5–3|Friendly|||||
|style="text-align:center"|5|13 October 2004|José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal||style="text-align:center"|5–1|style="text-align:center"|7–1|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||
|style="text-align:center"|6|rowspan="2"|3 September 2005|rowspan="2"|Estádio Algarve, Faro, Portugal|rowspan="2"||style="text-align:center"|5–0|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|6–0|rowspan="2"|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification|
|style="text-align:center"|7|style="text-align:center"|6–0|||||||||||
|style="text-align:center"|8.|rowspan="2"|3 June 2006|rowspan="2"|Saint-Symphorien, Metz, France|rowspan="2"||style="text-align:center"|1–0|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|3–0|rowspan="2"|Friendly|
|style="text-align:center"|9|style="text-align:center"|2–0|||||||||||
|style="text-align:center"|10|21 June 2006|Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Germany||style="text-align:center"|2–0|style="text-align:center"|2–1|2006 FIFA World Cup|||||
|style="text-align:center"|11|rowspan="2"|15 November 2006|rowspan="2"|Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal|rowspan="2"||style="text-align:center"|1–0|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|3–0|rowspan="2"|UEFA Euro 2008 qualification|
|style="text-align:center"|12|style="text-align:center"|3–0|||||||||||
|style="text-align:center"|13|6 February 2007|Emirates Stadium, London, England||style="text-align:center"|1–0|style="text-align:center"|2–0|Friendly|||||
|style="text-align:center"|14|12 September 2007|José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal||style="text-align:center"|1–0|style="text-align:center"|1–1|UEFA Euro 2008 qualification|||||
|style="text-align:center"|15|31 May 2008|Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria, Portugal||style="text-align:center"|2–0|style="text-align:center"|2–0|Friendly|||||
|style="text-align:center"|16|20 August 2008|Estádio Municipal, Aveiro, Portugal||style="text-align:center"|2–0|style="text-align:center"|5–0|Friendly|||||
|style="text-align:center"|17|6 September 2008|Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta||style="text-align:center"|3–0|style="text-align:center"|4–0|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||
|style="text-align:center"|18|19 November 2008|Bezerrão, Gama, Brazil||style="text-align:center"|2–4|style="text-align:center"|2–6|Friendly|||||
|style="text-align:center"|19|rowspan="2"|10 October 2009|rowspan="2"|Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal|rowspan="2"||style="text-align:center"|1–0|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|3–0|rowspan="2"|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification|
|style="text-align:center"|20|style="text-align:center"|3–0|||||||||||
|style="text-align:center"|21|14 October 2009|D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães, Portugal||style="text-align:center"|2–0|style="text-align:center"|4–0|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||
|style="text-align:center"|22|21 June 2010|Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa||style="text-align:center"|2–0|style="text-align:center"|7–0|2010 FIFA World Cup|||||

## Honours

**Benfica**
- Primeira Liga: 2004–05
- Taça de Portugal: 2003–04
- Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2005

**Atlético Madrid**
- UEFA Europa League: 2009–10
- UEFA Super Cup: 2010
- Copa del Rey runner-up: 2009–10

**Beşiktaş**
- Turkish Cup: 2010–11

**Portugal**
- UEFA European Under-16 Championship: 1996
- UEFA European Championship runner-up: 2004

**Individual**
- Bola de Prata: 2002–03
- LPFP Primeira Liga Player of the Year: 2006–07
- Cosme Damião Awards – Footballer of the Year: 2006
- CNID Best Portuguese Athlete Abroad: 2010

**Orders**
- Medal of Merit, Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Viçosa (House of Braganza)