Jeppe Simonsen

Jeppe Friborg Simonsen (born 21 November 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back or left-back for I liga club Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała. Born in Denmark, he represents the Haiti national team.

Jeppe Simonsen
Personal information
Full name Jeppe Friborg Simonsen
Date of birth (1995-11-21) 21 November 1995
Place of birth Kolding, Denmark
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Right-back, Left-back
Club information
Current team
 Podbeskidzie
Number 21
Youth career
Haderslev FK
SønderjyskE
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2022 SønderjyskE 105 (7)
2016–2017 → HB Køge (loan) 19 (2)
2022– Podbeskidzie 8 (0)
National team‡
2014–2015 Denmark U20 2 (0)
2015 Denmark U21 1 (0)
2021– Haiti 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:45, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 June 2021.[1]

Club career

SønderjyskE

At the age of 19, Simonsen was promoted to the first team squad in January 2015. He also signed a new 3-year contract with SønderjyskE in January 2015.[2]

Simonsen got his debut for SønderjyskE on 27 July 2014. He started on the bench, but replaced Silas Songani in the 74th minute in a 1-1 draw against Esbjerg fB in the Danish Superliga.[3]

On 18 September 2015, Simonsen scored his first official goal for SønderjyskE, which became the matchwining goal.[4] He came on the pitch in the 75nd minute replacing Andreas Oggesen, and scores to the final result, 2-1, in the 86th minute.

On 1 February 2018, Simonsen got his contract extended until the summer 2021.[5]

Loan to HB Køge

In the summer 2016, Simonsen was loaned out to Danish 1st Division club HB Køge until the winter break.[6] On 21 December 2016, HB Køge announced that they didn't want to keep the forward, because they were looking for a goal machine.[7] He played 19 league matches scoring 2 goals, before returning to SønderjyskE.

Podbeskidzie

On 1 February 2022, Simonsen signed a two-and-a-half-year deal with Polish second division side Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała.[8]

International career

Born in Denmark, Simonsen is of Haitian descent.[9] A youth international for Denmark, he debuted for the Haiti national team in a 10–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification win over Turks and Caicos Islands on 5 June 2021.[10]

Honours

SønderjyskE

References
  1. "Jeppe Simonsen". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  2. "SønderjyskE forlænger med lovende angriber". bold.dk. 22 January 2015.
  3. "ESBJERG VS. SØNDERJYSKE 1 - 1". soccerway.com. 27 July 2014.
  4. "Ung SE-matchvinder: En drøm går i opfyldelse". bold.dk. 18 September 2015.
  5. "SønderjyskE forlænger med Jeppe Simonsen". bold.dk. 1 February 2018.
  6. "Jeppe Simonsen sendes på leje i HB Køge". bold.dk. 13 July 2016.
  7. HBK sender angriber tilbage til SønderjyskE‚ bold.dk, 21 December 2016
  8. "Jeppe Simonsen, witamy w TSP!" (in Polish). Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała. 1 February 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  9. Geffrard, Childo (16 April 2021). "Foot - Coupe du Danemark : SønderjyskE en finale grâce à un doublé de Jeppe Simonsen !".
  10. FIFA.com
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