Simon Greatwich | |
Fullname: | Simon Clive Barbon Greatwich |
Birth Date: | 30 September 1988 |
Birth Place: | Brighton, England |
Position: | Centre midfielder |
Currentclub: | Maharlika |
Youthyears1: | 1998–xxxx |
Youthclubs1: | Brighton & Hove Albion |
Years1: | 2006–2007 |
Clubs1: | Burgess Hill Town |
Years2: | 2007–2009 |
Clubs2: | Ringmer |
Years3: | 2009–2011 |
Clubs3: | Hartwick Hawks |
Caps3: | 34 |
Goals3: | 2 |
Years4: | 2012–2017 |
Clubs4: | Meralco Manila |
Caps4: | 67 |
Goals4: | 7 |
Years5: | 2020– |
Clubs5: | Maharlika Manila |
Caps5: | 0 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Nationalyears1: | 2008– |
Nationalteam1: | Philippines |
Nationalcaps1: | 18 |
Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
Club-Update: | 09:23, 4 September 2020 (UTC) |
Ntupdate: | 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.
Scores and results list the Philippines' goal tally first.