Kameron Simmonds
| 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 | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Tennessee Volunteers | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Richmond United | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022– | Tennessee Volunteers | 17 | (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 afootballerwho plays as aforwardfor theTennessee Volunteers.Born in the United States, she representsJamaicainternationally.
Early life
[edit]Kameron Necole Simmonds was born on 6 December 2003 in Virginia[1]to Necole andGreg 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 hercollege soccercareer at theUniversity of Tennesseefor theTennessee Volunteers.[1]She chose to join Tennessee due to her parents believing in its values; due to encouragement from Jamaica teammateGiselle Washington,who already attended the university; and being inspired by Jamaica legend and former VolunteerKhadija Shaw.[2]
As atrue 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 the2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championshipwith 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 toSouth 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 the2023 Cup of Nations,where her team finished in fourth place.[4]On 23 June 2023, she was included in the final Jamaica squad for the2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.[5]She made her World Cup debut in the second group game, coming on forKayla McKennain a 1–0 victory overPanama.[6]
References
[edit]- ^abc"Kameron Simmonds - Soccer".University of Tennessee Athletics.Archivedfrom the original on 1 August 2023.Retrieved1 August2023.
- ^abcd"Why Tennessee soccer players' Jamaican national team invites are special".Knoxville News Sentinel.Archivedfrom the original on 30 July 2023.Retrieved1 August2023.
- ^ab"Korea Republic vs. Jamaica - 3 September 2022 - Soccerway".Archivedfrom the original on 29 July 2023.Retrieved29 July2023.
- ^"WATCH: CommBank Matildas reigning Cup of Nations winners".footballaustralia.com.au.22 February 2023.Archivedfrom the original on 23 February 2023.Retrieved22 February2023.
- ^"Reggae Girlz squad named for FIFA Women's World Cup".23 June 2023.Archivedfrom the original on 24 June 2023.Retrieved23 July2023.
- ^"Panama vs. Jamaica - 29 July 2023 - Soccerway".int.soccerway.com.Archivedfrom the original on 30 July 2023.Retrieved30 July2023.
External links
[edit]- Kameron Simmondsat Soccerway
- Tennessee Volunteers profile
- 2003 births
- Living people
- American women's soccer players
- Women's association football forwards
- Jamaican women's footballers
- Jamaica women's international footballers
- 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Tennessee Volunteers women's soccer players
- Soccer players from Virginia
- People from Chesterfield County, Virginia
- 21st-century American sportswomen