Simão Júnior

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Fernandes and the second or paternal family name is Embalo.

Simão Júnior

Personal information
Full name	Aurísio Saliu Fernandes Embalo Júnior
Date of birth	(1998-08-29) 29 August 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth	Cacém, Sintra, Portugal
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Telavi
Number	6
Youth career
2014–2015	Cacém
2015–2016	Linda-a-Velha
2016–2017	Chaves
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–2018	Chaves B
2018–2019	Moura	25	(1)
2019–2021	Cova da Piedade	23	(0)
2021–2022	Estoril	0	(0)
2021–2022	→ Vilafranquense (loan)	8	(0)
2022–2023	Feirense	2	(0)
2023–2024	Olympiakos Nicosia	0	(0)
2024–	Telavi	16	(0)
International career^‡
2021–	Guinea-Bissau	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 December 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2021

Aurísio Saliu Fernandes Embalo Júnior (born 29 August 1998) known as Simão Júnior, is a professional footballer who played as a centre-back for Telavi. Born in Portugal, he represents Guinea-Bissau national football team internationally.

Club career

He made his professional debut for Cova da Piedade on 1 March 2020 in the LigaPro.^[1]

International career

He made his debut for Guinea-Bissau national football team on 26 March 2021 in an AFCON 2021 qualifier against Eswatini.^[2]

References

1. "Game Report by ForaDeJogo". ForaDeJogo. 1 March 2020.
2. "Eswatini v Guinea-Bissau game report". Besoccer. 26 March 2021.

External links

• Simão Júnior at ForaDeJogo (archived)
• Simão Júnior at Soccerway
• Simão Júnior at National-Football-Teams.com