Regillio Simons

Regillio Simons

Regillio Simons
Personal information
Full name	Regillio Simons
Date of birth	(1973-06-28) 28 June 1973
Place of birth	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1993–1995	Telstar
1995–1999	Fortuna Sittard	101	(16)
1999–2001	NAC Breda	56	(12)
2002	Fortuna Sittard	7	(0)
2002–2003	Willem II	21	(0)
2003	Kyoto Purple Sanga	7	(2)
2004	Den Haag	15	(3)
2004–2005	TOP Oss	12	(0)
Total		219	(33)
Managerial career
2005–2008	Turkiyemspor Amsterdam
2008–2009	JOS Watergraafsmeer
2009–2011	SV Huizen
2011–2012	SV Hillegom
2012–2013	SC Voorland
2013–2015	Faja Lobi KDS
2013–2017	AFC Ajax (amateurs)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Regillio Simons (born 28 June 1973) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Career

Simons started playing football at FC Amstelland. He played for SC Telstar, Fortuna Sittard, NAC, Willem II (football club), Kyoto Purple Sanga (Japan), ADO Den Haag and TOP Oss. In his best time he was employed by Fortuna Sittard. In the 1998–99 season he had a big contribution with two goals in the 1–3 victory over Ajax in Amsterdam Arena. In that same year he scored four times in the 6–4 home win against PSV Eindhoven. After his professional career he defended several years the colors of FC Türkiyemspor, an Amsterdam amateur club playing in the top Sunday league. From summer 2008 he played for the AFC Ajax (amateurs) for two years.

Since 2005 he also started his coaching career and became a head coach at various clubs. This season he is a head coach of one of the Ajax Youth Academy teams. Since 2010 Simons is in the possession of the Coaching degree UEFA Pro Licence.

Personal life

Born in the Netherlands, Simons is of Surinamese descent. Regillio Simons now lives in Spain, where one of his two sons, Xavi Simons, is a promising youth player playing in the youth academy of Paris Saint-Germain following a transfer from FC Barcelona's academy.

External links

• Regillio Simons at WorldFootball.net
• Regillio Simons at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
• kyotosangadc