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Janiel Simon
Personal information
Full name Janiel Simon
Date of birth (1981-06-11) 11 June 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth St Mary, Antigua and Barbuda
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1999–2001 SAP
2001–2002 Bryant & Stratton Bobcats
2003 USC Upstate Spartans
2007 Clayton State Lakers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2007 SAP
2008–2013 Empire
2013 Antigua Barracdua 2 (0)
International career
2000–2008 Antigua and Barbuda 15 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 December 2008
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 December 2008

Janiel Simon (born June 11, 1981) is an Antiguan footballer.[1]

Janiel works for the Environmental division of the Antigua and Barbuda Government. He also was instrumental in organising a friendly match between a SAP F.C. side and a touring team of Explorer Scouts from the UK. The final score was: SAP F.C. 7- 5 Gladiator ESU football team. Janiel played most of the match, despite an eye injury, in defence rather than in goal.

College career

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Simon played for both the USC Upstate Spartans and the Clayton State Lakers in soccer and track and field.[2] He played 15 games for the Spartans in 2003 [3] and 14 games for the Lakers in 2007.[4]

International career

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Nicknamed Board, Simon made his debut for Antigua and Barbuda in an April 2000 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Bermuda and has earned over 20 caps since. He played in 8 FIFA World Cup qualification games.[5]

National team statistics

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Antigua and Barbuda national team
Year Apps Goals
2000 6 0
2001 0 0
2002 2 0
2003 2 0
2004 1 0
2005 0 0
2006 0 0
2007 0 0
2008 3 0
Total 14 0

References

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  1. ^ Former national goalkeeper Janiel Simon relives career-ending incident antiguaobserver.com
  2. ^ "Janiel Simon - 2007-08 - Men's Track & Field". Clayton State University Athletics. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  3. ^ Overall Individual Statistics Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine - USC Spartanburg
  4. ^ Overall Individual Statistics Archived 2008-07-05 at the Wayback Machine - Clayton State
  5. ^ Record at FIFA Tournaments - FIFA
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