Simão Sabrosa is a professional Portuguese football player

Simão Pedro Fonseca Sabrosa, or known by the name of Simão Sabrosa is a footballer who was born on October 31, 1979 in Vila Real, Portugal and played in the position of winger.
Simão played by Diogo Cao as a teenager in the year 1991-1992 and subsequently joined Sporting CP in the years 1992-1997. After he played for two of the three biggest teams in the country, among others, along with Benfica and Sporting, Simão also spent time with one club in Spain with Atletico Madrid for six years. Then after the contract with Atletico Madrid ended then Simão played in the Super Lig Turkey which is the league with the club Besiktas.
Simão is known to be one that strengthens the national team players when Portugal won the UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship in 1996. The following year, he began playing for the U-18 and two years later became a regular player for the U-21. Simão makes a full debut with the national team of Portugal on 18 November 1998 at the age of 19 years as against Israel. He was not selected for the 2002 FIFA World Cup due to injury but he participated in the UEFA EURO 2004 in which Portugal hosted, and managed to be runner-up.
In UEFA EURO 2004, Simão played in three of six matches in the tournament. And the most prominent appearance during win against England in the quarter-finals and managed to penetrate the semi-final at which time he became a substitute and scored in the final minutes of the game until the end to extra time and he scored again when fighting penalties. Simão recorded again into the national team of Portugal's squad for the FIFA World Cup 2006 in Germany, he played in all matches in the tournament and scored only one goal when against Mexico in the group stage. He managed to score a goal on the 1 July 2006 when fighting penalties against England. Next Simão played in three games for the UEFA EURO 2008 and Portugal were beaten by Germany in the quarterfinals. In 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, Simão became a starter in the second group stage and scored on June 21, 2010 against North Korea. On August 27, 2010, Simão decided to get out of the Portugal national team for personal reasons.
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