Sporting player starts university, fears for short career | OneFootball

João Simões has decided to continue his studies. Currently 18 years old, the midfielder trained at the Cristiano Ronaldo Academy has entered university and explained more details to Sporting's media outlets, in an interview that will be broadcast in full this Wednesday, September 24th.

"Never forget about school, because school gives us other tools that are important for football and for success in football. Never forget how important it is," began the young midfielder, in statements to Sporting TV.

Simões reminded the Sporting fans that "it's good to have sport and be able to make a living from it, but unfortunately not everyone gets there", given the known "difficulty of being a football player, it's a very small percentage (who succeed).

"We always need to have a plan for later or in case something happens during the career, which unfortunately is short", assured the 'number 52' of Sporting, who this year has had considerably less game time, compared to the previous season.

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