Simon Greatwich
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Simon Clive Barbon Greatwich | ||
| Date of birth | 30 September 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Brighton, England | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–xxxx | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2007 | Burgess Hill Town | ? | (?) |
| 2007–2009 | Ringmer | ? | (?) |
| 2009–2011 | Hartwick Hawks | ? | (?) |
| 2012–2017 | Meralco Manila | 44 | (7) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2008– | Philippines | 18 | (1) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:00, 30 May 2013 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 07:46, 25 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
Simon Clive Barbon Greatwich (born 30 September 1988) is a Filipino international footballer who last played for Meralco Manila, as a central midfielder.
Early and personal life
Born in Brighton on 30 September 1988,[1] Greatwich is the younger brother of fellow players Christopher Greatwich and Phil Greatwich, and was born to an English father and a Filipina mother who is originally from Davao.[2]
Career
Club career
After playing youth football with Brighton & Hove Albion,[2] Greatwich spent his early senior career in English non-league football with Burgess Hill Town and Ringmer, before moving to the United States in 2009 to play college soccer with the Hartwick Hawks.[3]
In early January 2012, Greatwich signed with Filipino side Loyola Meralco Sparks in time for the 2011-12 United Football League season.[4]
He make his debut for the Sparks on May 18, 2012 against Geylang United FC for the 2012 Singapore Cup.[5] His club was renamed as F.C. Meralco Manila when it joined the inaugural season of the Philippines Football League in 2017 which is the last time the club played in a league before its dissolution in January 2018.[6]
International career
Greatwich made his international debut for the Philippines on 17 October 2008 in the 2008 AFF Suzuki Cup qualification tournament.[citation needed]
International goals
- Scores and results list the Philippines' goal tally first.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 31 October 2014 | Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha |  Nepal |
Friendly | [7] |
Honours
Club
- Loyola
References
- ^ Stef Cabal & Sasha Uy (29 January 2011). "Catching up with the Azkals". Inquirer.net. Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on 1 February 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b Mav C. Gonzales (1 February 2011). "Know your Azkals: Not just another Greatwich". GMAnews.tv. Global Media Arts Network. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
- ^ "Five players with national team experience headline 2009 men's soccer recruiting class". Hartwick.edu. Hartwick College. 29 April 2009. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
- ^ "Gier, Beloya, Greatwich lead new UFL faces". InterAKTV. Associated Broadcasting Company (TV5). 2012-01-12. Archived from the original on 2012-01-15. Retrieved 2012-01-12.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Valiant Loyola win in Singapore Cup debut Archived 2012-07-29 at archive.today Gabriel Tan, ESPNStar.com. May 19, 2012
- ^ Go, Beatrice (8 January 2018). "PH football club Meralco Manila ceases operations". Rappler. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ^ "Azkals stretch winning streak against Nepal in Doha". GMA Network. 1 November 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
- ^ Stallion wins UFL Cup in upset over Global Archived 2012-12-19 at the Wayback Machine Karl Decena, InterAKTV. December 17, 2012
External links
- Simon Greatwich at National-Football-Teams.com
  | This biographical article related to Philippines association football is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This biographical article related to association football in England, about a midfielder born in the 1980s, is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Filipino British sportspeople
- English people of Filipino descent
- Filipino footballers
- Filipino expatriate footballers
- Philippines international footballers
- Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players
- Burgess Hill Town F.C. players
- Hartwick Hawks men's soccer players
- Ringmer F.C. players
- F.C. Meralco Manila players
- Association football midfielders
- Filipino football biography stubs
- English football midfielder, 1980s birth stubs