José Simões

José Simões
Personal information
Full name	José Ribeiro Simões Costa
Date of birth	15 June 1913
Place of birth	Portugal
Date of death	19 July 1944 (aged 31)
Place of death	Portugal
Position(s)	Right-back
Youth career
	Belenenses
Senior career*
Years	Team
1934–1944	Belenenses
International career
1936–1941	Portugal
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

José Ribeiro Simões Costa (15 June 1913 – 19 July 1944), known as Simões, was a Portuguese footballer who played as a right-back.

Club career

Simões spent his entire career with C.F. Os Belenenses, always in the Primeira Liga. He was part of the squad that won the 1941–42 Taça de Portugal.^[1]

Simões died on 19 July 1944, aged 31.^[1]

Simões won 10 caps for Portugal over five years.^[1] He made his debut on 26 January 1936, in a 3–2 friendly defeat against Austria held in Porto.

On 28 November 1937, before the start of another exhibition game, against Spain in Vigo, Simões, as well as teammates Mariano Amaro, João Azevedo and Artur Quaresma, refused to perform the fascist salute, being subsequently questioned by PIDE.^[2]

^ ^a ^b ^c "20 de Julho de 1944 – Morte de José Simões" [20 July 1944 – Death of José Simões] (in Portuguese). C.F. Os Belenenses. 19 July 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
^ De Melo, Afonso (14 June 2018). "Portugal-Espanha. "Franco! Franco! Franco! Salazar! Salazar! Salazar!"" [Portugal-Spain. "Franco! Franco! Franco! Salazar! Salazar! Salazar!"]. i (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 May 2020.