Matt Simon
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| Personnel | ||
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| Surname | Matthew Blake Simon | |
| birthday | January 22, 1986 | |
| place of birth | Sydney , Australia | |
| size | 188 cm | |
| position | Storm | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| Wyoming | ||
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 2005 | East Gosford | |
| 2006-2007 | Central Coast Lightning | 35 (8) |
| 2006–2012 | Central Coast Mariners | 114 (36) |
| 2012-2013 | Chunnam Dragons | 6 (0) |
| 2013-2015 | Central Coast Mariners | 37 (5) |
| 2015– | Sydney FC | 65 (5) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 2008 | Australia U-23 | 10 (5) |
| 2009 | Australia | 2 (0) |
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1 Only league games are given. As of April 8, 2018 |
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Matthew "Matt" Simon (born January 22, 1986 in Sydney ) is an Australian football player . The striker is under contract with A-League club Sydney FC .
Club career
Simon began his active career at the amateur club East Gosford and then played for Central Coast Lightning in the NSW Winter Super League . During the Pre-Season Cup 2006 Simon was in the line-up of the Central Coast Mariners for the first time , but had to vacate his place again at the start of the season. Towards the end of the 2006/07 season he came back to the squad as a replacement for an injured player and played for the Mariners on the last three match days.
In the following season he was a permanent member of the squad and made a total of 20 league appearances, 16 of them by substitution. He was also substituted in in the championship final against Newcastle United Jets , but could not prevent the 0-1 defeat. His breakthrough came in the 2008/09 season when he scored 11 goals this season, just one goal behind top scorer Shane Smeltz .
From January to April 2013 he played in the K-League with Chunnam Dragons , but returned to the Mariners in May of the same year. After two years, he moved to Sydney FC in the summer of 2015 . With the club he was Australian champion in the A-League 2016/17 .
National team
Simon completed several games for the Australian Olympic selection in 2008 and was nominated as a reserve player for the Olympic soccer tournament in China. After an injury to Archie Thompson , he was nominated for the last group game against Ivory Coast and was used in the 0-1 defeat for 17 minutes.
In early 2009 he made his senior national team debut against Indonesia in qualifying for the 2011 Asian Cup .
Web links
- Profile at the Australian Association
- Matt Simon in the database of weltfussball.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ news.com.au: Olyroos striker Archie Thompson out of Beijing Olympic Games due to injury (Aug. 12, 2008)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Simon, Matt |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Simon, Matthew (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 22, 1986 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sydney |