Aaron Simpson (footballer, born 1999)

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Aaron Simpson
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-06-17) 17 June 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Croydon, England
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Folkestone Invicta
Youth career
Gillingham
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2019 Gillingham 0 (0)
2018 → Margate (loan)
2019–2020 Hythe Town 11 (0)
2020 Ramsgate 6 (0)
2020– Folkestone Invicta 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:03, 9 November 2020 (UTC)

Aaron Simpson (born 17 June 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays for Folkestone Invicta, as a midfielder. [2]

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Early and personal life

Simpson was born in Croydon. [1] Hailing from Rainham, Simpson was given a community award by the Medway African Caribbean Society in January 2018 for his work with schools in the area. [3] [4]

Career

Simpson began his career with Gillingham, turning professional in the summer of 2017 and moving on loan to Margate in January 2018. [5] He signed a new one-year contract in July 2018. [6]

He was offered a new contract by Gillingham at the end of the 2018–19 season. [7] After rejecting the contract offer, he joined Hythe Town in August 2019. [8]

After 11 league appearances for Hythe, [9] in early 2020 Simpson joined Ramsgate. [10] After 6 league appearances, [11] in September 2020 he then moved to Folkestone Invicta. [12] [13]

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References

  1. 1 2 Aaron Simpson at Soccerway. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  2. ↑ Aaron Simpson at Soccerbase
  3. ↑ "Teenage Gillingham FC footballer wins award for community work". BBC Sport. 3 January 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  4. ↑ "Gillingham: Aaron Simpson recognised with local community award". English Football League. 3 January 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  5. ↑ "Gillingham send Aaron Simpson to Margate and Jack Tucker to Greenwich Borough on loan". Kent Online. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  6. ↑ "Gillingham trio Aaron Simpson, Ben Chapman and Bradley Stevenson sign new deals". Kent Online. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  7. ↑ "Tom Eaves and Tomas Holy offered new contracts by Gillingham". BBC Sport. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  8. ↑ "Gills midfielder Simpson joins Hythe Town | Non League Daily". Archived from the original on 23 August 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  9. ↑ "Hythe Town | Appearances | Aaron Simpson | 2019-2020 | Football Web Pages". www.footballwebpages.co.uk.
  10. ↑ MATCH PREVIEW: Ramsgate FC v Faversham Town, ramsgate-fc.co.uk, 28 February 2020
  11. ↑ "Ramsgate | Appearances | Aaron Simpson | 2019-2020 | Football Web Pages". www.footballwebpages.co.uk.
  12. ↑ Aaron Simpson Signs For Invicta, folkestoneinvictafc.co.uk, September 2020
  13. ↑ "Folkestone Invicta | Appearances | Aaron Simpson | Football Web Pages". www.footballwebpages.co.uk.


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