Vinícius Simon (born 17 November 1986) is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a central defender.
Career Born in Limeira, São Paulo, Simon graduated from Santos' prolific youth setup. He made his first team – and Série A – debut on 3 August 2008, starting in a 1–3 home loss against Coritiba.Santos 1x3 Coritiba; Futpédia
In January 2009 Simon was loaned to fellow league team Santo André, in a season-long deal.Santos cede zagueiro para o Santo André (Santos loans stopper to Santo André); Globo Esporte, 7 January 2009. However, he only appeared rarely for Ramalhão, which was subsequently relegated.
On 23 January 2010 Simon joined Criciúma also in a temporary deal.Criciúma acerta com zagueiro do Santos (Criciúma signs Santos' stopper); FutebolSC, 23 January 2010 He was regularly used during the year's Campeonato Catarinense, scoring a goal against Joinville on 4 April, and returned to Peixe in May.
Simon was sparingly used in the following years, and moved to América-MG on 26 May 2012, on loan until December.Série B: América-MG acerta com Vinicius Simon, encostado no Santos (Série B: América-MG signs Vinicius Simon, left out in Santos); Futebol Interior, 26 May 2012 He returned to Santos in January 2013, being again loaned to Sport Recife in July.Sport fecha com zagueiro Vinícius Simon, revelado pela base do Santos (Sport signs with stopper Vinícius Simon, groomed in Santos' youth setup); Globo Esporte, 7 July 2013
In January 2014 Simon was expected to join Goiás,Fininho e Vinícius Simon são os dois primeiros reforços do Goiás em 2014 (Fininho and Vinícius Simon are Goiás' first two additions in 2014); Globo Esporte, 13 January 2014 but remained in Santos due to Edu Dracena and Gustavo Henrique's injuries;Oswaldo elogia opções, mas Santos estuda ir ao mercado por zagueiros (Oswaldo praises options, but Santos looks to go into the market for stoppers); Globo Esporte, 27 February 2014 however, he also suffered an injury, being sidelined until August. On 8 August he returned to action, but only played 26 minutes in a 1–2 away loss against Londrina, being taken off with two hip injuries.Após seis meses sem atuar, zagueiro volta e sofre duas lesões no quadril (After six months sidelined, stopper returns and suffers two hip injuries); Globo Esporte, 8 August 2014
On 6 March 2015 Simon signed a short-term permanent deal with Vila Nova, after being released by Santos in January.Vila Nova se reforça com zagueiro Vinícius Simon, revelado pelo Santos (Vila Nova bolsters with stopper Vinícius Simon, revealed at Santos); Globo Esporte, 6 March 2015
On 1 May 2017 Simon signed with XV de Piracicaba for Campeonato Brasileiro Série D.Crystian e Vinicius Simon reforçam XV na Série D; Favoni não vai permanecer; Globo Esporte, 1 May 2017
Career statistics
ClubSeasonLeagueState LeagueCupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsSantos2008Série A10————10201050————5020117020———9020121071———812014000010——10Subtotal1409110——241Boavista (loan)2008Série C0050———50Portuguesa Santista (loan)2008Paulista A2—41———41Santo André (loan)2009Série A2061———81Criciúma (loan)2010Série C00101———101América-MG (loan)2012Série B111————1112013001000——10Subtotal1111000——121Sport Recife (loan)2013Série B80——1Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana0—90Vila Nova2015Série C20070———2702016Série B15180——2Appearance(s) in Copa Verde0251Subtotal351150——20521XV de Piracicaba2017Série D50————50Botafogo–SP2017Série C40————40XV de Piracicaba2018Paulista A2—111——2Appearance(s) in Copa Paulista0131Confiança2018Série C120———2Appearance(s) in Copa do Nordeste0140201920391——603542020Série B4130——108120210000——00002022Série C0030———30Subtotal364151——906052024Sergipano—20———20Career total1158784101013020812
References
External links Vila Nova official profile