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.jpg) Simmonds with Florida State in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kameron Necole Simmonds | ||
| Date of birth | 6 December 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Midlothian, Virginia, U.S. | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward, defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Tennessee Volunteers | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Richmond United | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2023 | Tennessee Volunteers | 34 | (12) |
| 2024– | Florida State Seminoles | 21 | (5) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022 | Jamaica U20 | 4 | (2) |
| 2022– | Jamaica | 4 | (0) |
| ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:20, 5 October 2022 (UTC) | |||
Kameron Necole Simmonds (born 6 December 2003) is a footballer who plays as a forward or defender for the Florida State Seminoles. Born in the United States, she represents Jamaica internationally.
Early life
[edit]Kameron Necole Simmonds was born on 6 December 2003 in Virginia[1] to Necole and Greg Simmonds. She has three younger brothers. Despite her father being a former footballer, Simmonds only took up the sport when she was unable to continue training in gymnastics after an injury at the age of 11; beginning football the next year, she trained with her father.[2]
College career
[edit]Simmonds played for Richmond United until the summer of 2022 when she began her college soccer career at the University of Tennessee for the Tennessee Volunteers.[1] She chose to join Tennessee due to her parents believing in its values; due to encouragement from Jamaica teammate Giselle Washington, who already attended the university; and being inspired by Jamaica legend and former Volunteer Khadija Shaw.[2]
As a true freshman, she made two top 100 best freshman lists, having scored four goals in sixteen appearances. Playing as a substitute, the college highlighted her productivity in her limited minutes, often with multiple shots on goal per game.[1]
International career
[edit]In the under-20 national team, Simmonds competed at the 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship with the Jamaican U-20 team.[3] She scored two goals at the tournament, watched by her family.[2]
When she made her senior debut on 3 September 2022, in a 0–1 friendly loss to South Korea,[3] she became the third generation of her family to represent Jamaica in senior international football after her father, Greg, and grandfather, Patrick.[2]
Simmonds then competed at the 2023 Cup of Nations, where her team finished in fourth place.[4] On 23 June 2023, she was included in the final Jamaica squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.[5] She made her World Cup debut in the second group game, coming on for Kayla McKenna in a 1–0 victory over Panama.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Kameron Simmonds - Soccer". University of Tennessee Athletics. Archived from the original on 1 August 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Why Tennessee soccer players' Jamaican national team invites are special". Knoxville News Sentinel. Archived from the original on 30 July 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ a b "Korea Republic vs. Jamaica - 3 September 2022 - Soccerway". Archived from the original on 29 July 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
- ^ "WATCH: CommBank Matildas reigning Cup of Nations winners". footballaustralia.com.au. 22 February 2023. Archived from the original on 23 February 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- ^ "Reggae Girlz squad named for FIFA Women's World Cup". 23 June 2023. Archived from the original on 24 June 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
- ^ "Panama vs. Jamaica - 29 July 2023 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Archived from the original on 30 July 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
External links
[edit]- Kameron Simmonds at Soccerway
- Tennessee Volunteers profile
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