Simeon Jackson
Simeon Jackson in Gillingham colours
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Simeon Alexander Jackson | ||
| Date of birth | 28 March 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Kingston, Jamaica | ||
| Height | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Walsall | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Sunoco FC | |||
| ASPIRE Academy | |||
| Dulwich Hamlet | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2008 | Rushden & Diamonds | 88 | (40) |
| 2005 | → Raunds Town (loan) | ||
| 2008–2010 | Gillingham | 104 | (38) |
| 2010–2013 | Norwich City | 73 | (17) |
| 2013–2014 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 9 | (0) |
| 2014 | Millwall | 14 | (2) |
| 2014–2015 | Coventry City | 28 | (3) |
| 2015–2016 | Barnsley | 9 | (0) |
| 2016 | Blackburn Rovers | 17 | (2) |
| 2016– | Walsall | 24 | (6) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2006–2008 | Canada U20 | 7 | (0) |
| 2009– | Canada | 48 | (6) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 January 2017. |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 January 2017.
Simeon Alexander Jackson (born 28 March 1987) is a football player who plays for English club Walsall in Football League One. He has spent the majority of his career playing in England, relocating from Mississauga, Ontario, to South London as a teenager to pursue his interest in football. Following a rejection by Gillingham after a trial, he played semi-professionally before making his name with Rushden & Diamonds of the Football Conference. His goalscoring feats for the club earned him a move to Gillingham, then of Football League Two, in 2008. He scored the winning goal for the club in the 2009 Football League Two play-off Final at Wembley Stadium.
In 2010 Jackson was transferred to Norwich City, then of the Football League Championship, and scored the goal that clinched Norwich's promotion to the Premier League the following year. He fell out of favour at the club during the 2012–13 season, however, and opted to join German club Eintracht Braunschweig who were newly promoted to the Bundesliga. Desiring regular playing time, his contract with the German club was mutually terminated in January 2014 and he returned to England.
Jackson has played for the Canadian national team since 2009. During qualification for the 2014 FIFA World Cup he scored a hat-trick against Saint Lucia.
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