Simon Lappin
Lappin celebrating promotion to the Championship with Norwich City in 2010
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Simon Lappin | ||
| Date of birth | 25 January 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender / Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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York City | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2001 | St Mirren | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2007 | St Mirren | 152 | (9) |
| 2007–2013 | Norwich City | 109 | (2) |
| 2008 | → Motherwell (loan) | 14 | (2) |
| 2012–2013 | → Cardiff City (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Cardiff City | 0 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | → Sheffield United (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2014–2016 | St Johnstone | 50 | (3) |
| 2016– | York City | 7 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2001 | Scotland U19 | 4 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Scotland U20 | 2 | (1) |
| 2004–2005 | Scotland U21 | 10 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:08, 22 May 2017 (UTC). |
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Simon Lappin (born 25 January 1983) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a defender or a winger for National League club York City.
Lappin began his career with St Mirren before moving to Norwich City in 2007. He had short loan spells at Motherwell and Cardiff City before moving to Cardiff permanently in 2013. He had a loan spell with Sheffield Wednesday, before playing for St Johnstone from 2014 to 2016. He was capped 10 times by the Scotland national under-21 team.
Lappin was born in Glasgow and began his career in St Mirren's youth system, signing a professional contract in July 1999. He had ambitions to stay-on at school, take his Highers and become an airline pilot, but St Mirren's Head of Youth Development at the time, Joe Hughes, who lived near to the Lappin family, persuaded his parents that he had the talent to make it in football and he left school to sign for the club.
Lappin was an unused substitute in several games during St Mirren's 2000–01 Scottish Premier League campaign. After relegation that season he was fast-tracked into the first team where his precision crosses from the left, both in open play and from set pieces led to a number of goals for team mates. He made the first of his ten Scotland Under-21 appearances during 2003–04 the season and helped the club gain promotion to the Scottish Premier League for 2006–07, after which he signed a two-year contract extension. Lappin made more than 170 appearance for the Buddies before he was signed by Norwich City manager Peter Grant.
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