Iano Simão
 Imbeni playing for Deportivo La Coruña in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Iano Simão da Silva Imbeni | ||
| Date of birth | 2 February 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Bissau, Guinea-Bissau | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Penafiel | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2018 | Benfica de Bissau | 2 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Limianos | 27 | (4) |
| 2019–2020 | Montalegre | 20 | (7) |
| 2020–2021 | Choco | 28 | (4) |
| 2021–2024 | Deportivo B | 70 | (9) |
| 2024–2025 | Deportivo La Coruña | 5 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | → Arenteiro (loan) | 33 | (0) |
| 2025– | Penafiel | 25 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021– | Guinea-Bissau | 3 | (1) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 June 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 8 September 2025 | |||
Iano Simão da Silva Imbeni (born 2 February 1999) is a Bissau-Guinean football player who plays for Portuguese club Penafiel. Mainly a left-back, he can also play as a winger.
International career
He made his debut for Guinea-Bissau national football team on 15 November 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Sudan.[1]
- As of match played 8 September 2025
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guinea-Bissau | 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | |
| Total | 3 | 1 | |
- Scores and results list Guines-Bissau's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Imbeni goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 September 2025 | Estádio 24 de Setembro, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau |  Djibouti | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
References
- ↑ "Guinea-Bissau v Sudan game report". FIFA. 15 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
External links
- Iano Simão at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Iano Simão at BDFutbol
- Iano Simão at National-Football-Teams.com
- Iano Simão at Soccerway
Categories:
- 1999 births
- Living people
- Bissau-Guinean men's footballers
- Guinea-Bissau men's international footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- A.D. Os Limianos players
- C.D.C. Montalegre players
- Deportivo Fabril players
- Deportivo de A Coruña players
- CD Arenteiro players
- F.C. Penafiel players
- Campeonato de Portugal (league) players
- Tercera Federación players
- Primera Federación players
- Bissau-Guinean expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
- Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Bissau-Guinean football biography stubs