Paris Simmons

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Paris Simmons
Personal information
Full name Paris Michael Simmons [1]
Date of birth (1990-01-02) 2 January 1990 (age 34) [1]
Place of birth Lewisham, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) [1]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
?–2008 Derby County
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008–2009 Derby County 1 (0)
2008 → Burton Albion (loan) 2 (0)
2009 → Lincoln City (loan) 0 (0)
2009 Eastwood Town 2 (0)
2009–2010 Carlton Town 21 (3)
2011–2012 New Orleans Jesters 12 (7)
Total38(10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paris Simmons (born 2 January 1990) is an English former footballer.

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Sporting career

Simmons made his club debut on 11 May 2008, the final day of the season, in a Premier League game, for Derby County against Reading as a substitute. [2] He had the ball in the net within seconds of getting on the pitch but the whistle had already been blown for a foul by Darren Moore. [3]

Simmons first team chances were restricted by Paul Jewell's squad reconstruction following relegation from the Premier League and, on 30 October 2008, he joined non-league Burton Albion on a month's loan. [4] but returned without scoring a goal for the Brewers. He went out on loan again to League Two Lincoln City on 11 March 2009 in one-month deal. It was announced in May 2009 that he would not be offered a new deal by Derby at the end of his contract. [5]

After joining Wolverhampton Wanderers on trial[ citation needed ] he signed for Conference North team Eastwood Town. In October he left Eastwood Town and, after spending time on trial with Polish club Śląsk Wrocław, [6] joined Carlton Town.

Simmons moved to the United States in 2011 when he signed with the New Orleans Jesters in the USL Premier Development League. He made his debut for the Jesters in their first game of the 2011 season, a 3–1 loss to the El Paso Patriots, [7] and scored his first goal on 21 May, in a 2–0 win over the West Texas United Sockers. [8] He retired from professional football in 2013.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2008). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2008–09. Mainstream. ISBN   978-1-84596-324-8.
  2. ↑ "Derby 0 – 4 Reading". BBC Sport. 11 May 2008. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
  3. ↑ "Editing Paris Simmons". Derby County F.C. 12 May 2008. Archived from the original on 4 July 2008. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  4. ↑ "Simmons is in as Clough looks to add to Brewers' goal threat". Derby Telegraph. 30 October 2008. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  5. ↑ "Defender Todd set for Rams exit door". therams.co.uk. 1 May 2009. Archived from the original on 4 May 2009. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  6. ↑ "Commons is getting closer to Rams return". therams.co.uk. 1 December 2009.
  7. ↑ "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". Archived from the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  8. ↑ "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". Archived from the original on 20 July 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
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