João Simões

João Nelson de Sousa Caridade Simões (born 4 March 1998) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Sourense as a right-back.

Club career
On 25 February 2017, Simões made his professional debut with Académica in a 2016–17 LigaPro match against Cova da Piedade. In August 2019, Simões was loaned out to Berço SC for the 2019–20 season. However, in January 2020, it was reported that he had returned to Académica. On 20 March 2020, he was loaned out to Anadia.

Simões returned to Académica for the 2020–21 season, where he only made two appearances during the season. In the summer 2021, Simões joined Condeixa. Ahead of the 2022–23 season, he joined Pampilhosa.