Simon Greatwich

Simon Clive Barbon Greatwich (born 30 September 1988) is a Filipino international footballer who plays for Maharlika Manila, as a central midfielder.

Simon Greatwich
Personal information
Full name Simon Clive Barbon Greatwich
Date of birth (1988-09-30) 30 September 1988
Place of birth Brighton, England
Position(s) Centre midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Maharlika
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 34 (2)
2012–2017 Meralco Manila 67 (7)
2020– Maharlika Manila 0 (0)
National team‡
2008– Philippines 18 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:23, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 07:46, 25 November 2014 (UTC)

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 18 May 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] In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, it was announced that he would play as a central midfielder for newly formed club Maharlika.[7]

International career

Greatwich made his international debut for the Philippines on 17 October 2008 in the 2008 AFF Suzuki Cup qualification tournament.

International goals
Scores and results list the Philippines' goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetitionReference
1.31 October 2014Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha   Nepal
1–0
3–0
Friendly[8]

Honours

Club
Loyola

References
  1. 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.
  2. Mav C. Gonzales (1 February 2011). "Know your Azkals: Not just another Greatwich". GMAnews.tv. Global Media Arts Network. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
  3. "Five players with national team experience headline 2009 men's soccer recruiting class". Hartwick.edu. Hartwick College. 29 April 2009. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
  4. "Gier, Beloya, Greatwich lead new UFL faces". InterAKTV. Associated Broadcasting Company (TV5). 12 January 2012. Archived from the original on 15 January 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  5. Valiant Loyola win in Singapore Cup debut Archived 29 July 2012 at Archive.today Gabriel Tan, ESPNStar.com. 19 May 2012
  6. Go, Beatrice (8 January 2018). "PH football club Meralco Manila ceases operations". Rappler. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  7. Tupas, Cedelf P. (2 September 2020). "PFL welcomes Maharlika club". INQUIRER.net.
  8. "Azkals stretch winning streak against Nepal in Doha". GMA Network. 1 November 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  9. Stallion wins UFL Cup in upset over Global Archived 19 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine Karl Decena, InterAKTV. 17 December 2012


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