| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 14 July 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Lezhë, Albania | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | ||
| Number | 25 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2013–2014 | Besëlidhja | ||
| 2014–2021 | Shënkolli | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2021 | Shënkolli | 4 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | Dinamo Tirana | 26 | (0) |
| 2023– | Eintracht Frankfurt | 0 | (0) |
| 2023– | → Eintracht Frankfurt II | 22 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | → FC Ingolstadt 04 (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2025– | → 1. FC Kaiserslautern (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2020 | Albania U16 | 3 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Albania U17 | 2 | (0) |
| 2021 | Albania U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Albania U19 | 8 | (0) |
| 2021 | Albania U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2022– | Albania U21 | 11 | (0) |
| 2025– | Albania | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 4 September 2025 | |||
Simon Simoni (born 14 July 2004) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for German 2. Bundesliga club 1. FC Kaiserslautern on loan from Eintracht Frankfurt. He represents Albania at both senior and under-21 level.
On 1 January 2023, Simoni signed for Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt on a four-and-a-half-year contract. [1]
On 5 July 2024, Simoni moved on loan to 3. Liga club FC Ingolstadt 04. [2] On 15 January 2025, he was loaned to 1. FC Kaiserslautern in 2. Bundesliga for 18 months. [3] [4]
Simoni represented Albania in their youth national teams, including U16, U17, U18, U19, U20 and U21. [5] Simoni received his first senior call-up in June 2022 under coach Edoardo Reja for a friendly against Estonia, following the simultaneous absences of regular goalkeepers Etrit Berisha and Thomas Strakosha. He was considered back-up to Gentian Selmani but remained an unused substitute. [6] Under coach Sylvinho, he was occasionally included in squads as a reserve behind Berisha, Strakosha and Elhan Kastrati. On 27 May 2024, he was named in the 27-man preliminary squad for UEFA Euro 2024 as one of four goalkeepers, [7] but was omitted when the squad was reduced to 26 players ahead of the tournament. [8]
In August 2024, he was again called up for the start of the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League A, serving as third-choice behind Strakosha and Alen Sherri. [9]
In September 2025, Simoni was called up for a friendly against Gibraltar and a 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Latvia, being added to the squad as a replacement for Kastrati, who withdrew due to injury. [10] He made his senior debut on 4 September against Gibraltar, coming on as a substitute for Mario Dajsinani in the 61st minute, as Albania kept a clean sheet in a 0–1 away victory. [11]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Shënkolli | 2018–19 | Kategoria e Parë | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2019–20 | Kategoria e Parë | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2020-21 | Kategoria e Dytë | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Dinamo Tirana | 2021-22 | Kategoria Superiore | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| 2022–23 | Kategoria e Parë | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Total | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |||
| Eintracht Frankfurt II | 2022–23 | Hessenliga | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24 | Regionalliga Südwest | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 15 | 0 | — | — | — | 15 | 0 | |||||
| Career total | 45 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 0 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | |||
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 1 | 0 | |