Personal information | |||
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Full name | Simon Clive Barbon Greatwich | ||
Date of birth | 30 September 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Brighton, England | ||
Position(s) | Centre midfielder | ||
Team 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) |
International career‡ | |||
2008– | Philippines | 18 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:23, 4 September 2020 (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 plays for Maharlika Manila, as a central midfielder.
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]
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]
Greatwich made his international debut for the Philippines on 17 October 2008 in the 2008 AFF Suzuki Cup qualification tournament.[ citation needed ]
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Reference |
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1. | 31 October 2014 | Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha | Nepal | 1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly | [8] |
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