Ádám Simon

Ádám Simon
Personal information
Full name Ádám Simon[1]
Date of birth (1990-03-30) 30 March 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Salgótarján, Hungary
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
–2004 Salgótarján
2004–2006 MTK
2006–2008 Haladás
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 Haladás 44 (3)
2011–2014 Palermo 0 (0)
2012 → Bari (loan) 2 (0)
2012–2014 → Haladás (loan) 47 (1)
2014–2017 Videoton 49 (1)
2017 → Gyirmót (loan) 10 (0)
2017 Haladás 7 (0)
2017–2020 Paks 36 (2)
2020 Győr 4 (0)
2020–2023 Szeged-Csanád 80 (3)
International career
2006–2007 Hungary U17 8 (0)
2008–2009 Hungary U19 5 (0)
2009 Hungary U20 6 (0)
2010–2012 Hungary U21 13 (0)
2014–2015 Hungary 3 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Hungary
Men's football
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Third place 2009 Egypt
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ádám Simon (born 30 March 1990) is a Hungarian former footballer. He is the twin brother of ex-Liverpool player, András Simon.

Career

Szombathelyi Haladás

He played his first match in Szombathely on 15 November 2008. He played 44 matches in the Hungarian National Championship I and scored 3 goals, one of which was elected the most beautiful goal of the 2010–11 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season. He scored a goal from 30 meters.

Palermo

On 8 June 2011, Simon officially moved to Palermo for €980,000.[2] On 24 January 2012, he went on loan to Bari[3] in Serie B, in the transfer that leads to Palermo Massimo Donati. In January 2012, Simon was transferred to Serie B club Bari on loan.[4] Simon made his debut against Nocerina on 4 February 2012 in the 81st minute.[5] In August 2012, he returned to Szombathelyi Haladás on loan.[6] The loan was extended for one more season in July 2013.

On 15 July 2014, Palermo announced to have released Simon for free.[7]

Videoton

On 16 July 2014, Simon was signed by Hungarian League club Videoton FC. Simon signes a four-year contract with the Székesfehérvár-based club.[8]

International career

Simon was a stable member of U-17, U-19, and also the U-21 teams of Hungary. He was a member of the U-20 Hungary team which won a bronze medal in the FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2009 in Egypt. He participated in the 2011 Toulon Tournament with the U-21.

Club statistics

Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Haladás
2008–09 2 0 1 0 8 0 – – 11 0
2009–10 16 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 19 2
2010–11 27 1 2 0 3 0 – – 32 1
2012–13 17 1 1 0 1 0 – – 19 1
2013–14 26 0 3 0 6 0 – – 35 0
2017–18 7 0 0 0 – – – – 7 0
Total 95 4 8 0 20 0 0 0 123 4
Bari
2011–12 2 0 0 0 – – – – 2 0
Total 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Videoton
2014–15 28 0 4 0 5 0 0 0 37 0
2015–16 20 1 3 0 – – 4 0 27 1
2016–17 1 0 0 0 – – 3 0 4 0
Total 49 1 7 0 5 0 7 0 68 1
Gyirmót
2016–17 10 0 0 0 – – – – 10 0
Total 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Paks
2017–18 23 2 2 0 – – – – 25 2
2018–19 4 0 0 0 – – – – 4 0
2019–20 9 0 0 0 – – – – 9 0
Total 36 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 38 2
Career Total 192 7 17 0 25 0 7 0 241 7

Updated to games played as of 15 December 2019.

Honours

References

  1. ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009™: List of Players: Hungary" (PDF). FIFA. 6 October 2009. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2009.
  2. ^ "Palermo is strengthen, here is the initial balance". US Città di Palermo (in Italian). ilpalermocalcio.it. 9 August 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
  3. ^ "Simon on loan at Bari". ilpalermocalcio.it (Press release) (in Italian). U.S. Città di Palermo. 24 January 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
  4. ^ "Adam Simon transferred from Palermo to AS Bari on a loan". soccerfame.com. 15 January 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
  5. ^ "Nocerina vs. Bari". soccerway.com. 4 February 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
  6. ^ "Preso Giorgi, ceduti 3 giocatori". palermocalcio.it. 30 August 2012.
  7. ^ "RESCISSIONE PER MEHMETI E SIMON" (in Italian). US Città di Palermo. 15 July 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  8. ^ "Videoton: a Palermónak nem kellett, lecsaptak rá". Nemzeti Sport. 16 July 2014.
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