Kaleem Simon
{{Short description|Montserratian footballer (born 1996)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Use Hiberno-English|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Kaleem Simon
| full_name = Kaleem Strawbrige-Simon
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|07|08|df=y}}
| birth_place = London, England
| height =
| position = Winger
| currentclub = Gulf United
| clubnumber = 33
| youthyears1 = 2013–2014
| youthclubs1 = UCD
| years1 = 2014
| clubs1 = UCD
| caps1 = 3
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2015–2016
| clubs2 = Longford Town
| caps2 = 54
| goals2 = 3
| years3 = 2017
| clubs3 = Bohemians
| caps3 = 15
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2017
| clubs4 = Longford Town
| caps4 = 5
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2018
| clubs5 = Cabinteely
| caps5 = 8
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2019
| clubs6 = Athlone Town
| caps6 = 17
| goals6 = 2
| years7 = 2019
| clubs7 = Warrenpoint Town
| caps7 = 0
| goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2020
| clubs8 = Wexford
| caps8 = 8
| goals8 = 2
| years9 = 2020–2021
| clubs9 = Welling United
| caps9 = 4
| goals9 = 0
| years10 = 2021
| clubs10 = Drogheda United
| caps10 = 1
| goals10 = 0
| years11 = 2022–2023
| clubs11 = Fleetwood United
| caps11 =
| goals11 =
| years12 = 2023–2024
| clubs12 = Arabian Falcons
| caps12 =
| goals12 =
| years13 = 2024–
| clubs13 = Gulf United
| caps13 =
| goals13 =
| nationalyears1 = 2021–
| nationalteam1 = Montserrat
| nationalcaps1 = 18
| nationalgoals1 = 3
| club-update = 22 February 2024
| ntupdate = 8 September 2024
}}
Kaleem Strawbrige-Simon (born 8 July 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for UAE First Division League club Gulf United. Born in England, he plays for the Montserrat national team.{{Soccerway|350151}}
Club career
Simon came through the UCD academy as a student, and made his senior breakthrough as an 18 year old in July 2014. His debut came against Bradford City in a friendly match. He faced competition for places, and after making just three appearances for the club, he joined newly promoted side Longford Town in December 2014.{{cite web|title=Longford Town signal intent with Rossiter capture|url=http://backpagefootball.com/longford-town-signal-intent-rossiter-capture/89394/|date=31 December 2014|access-date=29 March 2021}} He spent two seasons there, and established himself as a key squad member, making 54 appearances in total and scoring three goals.
Following the club's relegation after the 2016 season, he sealed a move to Bohemians.{{cite web|title=2017 squad taking shape|url=https://bohemianfc.com/?p=10628|date=9 December 2016|access-date=29 March 2021}} He spent the first half of the 2017 season in Phibsborough, where he made 15 league appearances, before returning to Longford in July. By December he had played a further five matches
Pat Devlin signed Kaleem for Cabinteely in February 2018, and he made his debut against Wexford on opening day of the First Division season. He never really found his form, and was offloaded once again in 2019. After 17 games with Athlone Town, he joined NIFL Premiership team Warrenpoint Town, where he failed to make a single appearance.{{cite web|title=Four New Faces at The Point|url=https://warrenpointtownfc.co.uk/four-new-faces-at-the-point/|date=21 June 2019|access-date=29 March 2021}}
Simon spent the first half of 2020 with Wexford,{{cite web|title=First Division Wexford snap up Kaleem Simon and James Carroll|url=https://www.extratime.com/articles/24339/first-division-wexford-snap-up-kaleem-simon-and-james-carroll/|date=27 January 2020|access-date=29 March 2021}} but during the summer he secured a move across the water to non league outfit Welling United in the UK. He played 4 games for the club before being released a year later. Drogheda United signed him on a free transfer in August 2021,{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/291992044182588/posts/pfbid02vN8qmbcCr3SfEuV2Ph2krTds1PJtesoC5UFNgQ9RC3KFXaJmQMxVkLRpvnmERqaEl/|title=Drogheda United are delighted to announce the signing of Kaleem Simon|website=facebook.com}} but he only managed a single substitute appearance in 6 months with the County Louth side.
In September 2022, Simon signed for Fleetwood United in the UAE Second Division, the third tier of UAE football. The following season, he dropped down a division to the UAE Third Division League to sign for Arabian Falcons.{{Cite web|url=https://globalsportsarchive.com/people/soccer/kaleem-simon/31628/|title=Kaleem Simon – Soccer player profile & career statistics – Global Sports Archive|website=globalsportsarchive.com}}
International career
Born in England to an English father and Irish mother, Simon became eligible to play for Montserrat through his paternal grandmother.{{cite web|title=Kaleem Simon living the World Cup dream in the Emerald Isle of the Caribbean|url=https://www.derryjournal.com/sport/football/kaleem-simon-living-the-world-cup-dream-in-the-emerald-isle-of-the-caribbean-3181489|date=28 March 2021|access-date=29 March 2021}} Recruitment team of Montserrat Football Association contacted him in Instagram after noticing his eligibility and enquired if he would be interested in representing them. This led to his inclusion in Montserrat national team for World Cup qualifiers in March 2021.{{cite web|title=INTERNATIONAL CALL UP FOR WINGS MAN|url=https://www.wellingunited.com/international-call-up-for-wings-man/|date=20 March 2021|access-date=28 March 2021|archive-date=20 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320183307/https://www.wellingunited.com/international-call-up-for-wings-man/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=FORMER ATHLONE TOWN PLAYER RECEIVES WORLD CUP QUALIFICATION INTERNATIONAL CALL-UP|url=https://loi-gc.com/former-athlone-town-player-receives-world-cup-international-call-up/|date=22 March 2021|access-date=29 March 2021|archive-date=23 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210323045014/https://loi-gc.com/former-athlone-town-player-receives-world-cup-international-call-up/|url-status=dead}}
Simon made his international debut on 24 March 2021 in a 2–2 draw against Antigua and Barbuda.{{cite web|title=Antigua vs. Montserrat|url=https://www.footballcritic.com/wc-qualification-antigua-and-barbuda-montserrat/match-stats/2151383|publisher=FootballCritic|date=24 March 2021|access-date=12 September 2021}} He was also eligible to play for Republic of Ireland or Dominica prior to this match.
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|6 January 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/-/350151/|title=K.Simon|website=Soccerway|accessdate=14 September 2021}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National Cup{{efn|Includes FAI Cup, Irish Cup & FA Cup}} !colspan="2"|League Cup{{efn|Includes League of Ireland Cup & Northern Ireland Football League Cup}} !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| UCD
|2014 |League of Ireland Premier Division |3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0{{efn|Appearances in the Leinster Senior Cup|name=statsLSC}} | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| rowspan="3"|Longford Town
|2015 |rowspan="2"|League of Ireland Premier Division |25 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1{{efn|Appearances in the Leinster Senior Cup|name=statsLSC}} | 0 | 32 | 2 | |
| 2016
|29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0{{efn|Appearances in the Leinster Senior Cup|name=statsLSC}} | 0 | 32 | 1 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!54 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 3 | |
| Bohemians
|2017 |League of Ireland Premier Division |15 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 1{{efn|Appearances in the Leinster Senior Cup|name=statsLSC}} | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Longford Town
|2017 |League of Ireland First Division |5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 5 | 0 | |||
| Cabinteely
|2018 |League of Ireland First Division |8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1{{efn|Appearances in the Leinster Senior Cup|name=statsLSC}} | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Athlone Town
|2019 |League of Ireland First Division |17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1{{efn|Appearances in the Leinster Senior Cup|name=statsLSC}} | 0 | 18 | 2 | |
| Warrenpoint Town
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wexford
|2020 |League of Ireland First Division |8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 9 | 2 | ||
| Welling United
|4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Drogheda United
|2021 |League of Ireland Premier Division |1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Fleetwood United
| | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | ||||||||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!115 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 130 | 7 |
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=International=
{{updated|match played 8 September 2024}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan=4|Montserrat
|2021 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 4 | 1 | |
| colspan=2|Total | 18 | 3 |
:Scores and results list Montserrat's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Simon goal.
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Kaleem Simon | ||||||
| scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center"|1 | 7 June 2022 | Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | {{fb|HAI}} | align="center"|1–2 | align="center"|2–3 | 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League |
| align="center"|2 | 17 November 2023 | Blakes Estate Stadium, Lookout, Montserrat | {{fb|DOM}} | align="center"|2–0 | align="center"|2–1 | 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League |
| align="center"|3 | 9 June 2024 | Nicaragua National Football Stadium, Managua, Nicaragua | {{fb|PAN}} | align="center"|1–1 | align="center"|1–3 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{WorldFootball.net|kaleem-simon}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Simon, Kaleem}}
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Category:UAE Second Division League players
Category:UAE Third Division League players
Category:UAE First Division League players
Category:University College Dublin A.F.C. players
Category:Bohemian F.C. players
Category:Longford Town F.C. players
Category:Athlone Town A.F.C. players
Category:Welling United F.C. players
Category:Warrenpoint Town F.C. players
Category:Fleetwood United F.C. players
Category:Arabian Falcons FC players
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