Ádám Simon (born 30 March 1990) is a Hungarian

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player who plays for Szeged-Csanád. He is the twin brother of ex-Liverpool player,

András Simon András Simon (; born 30 March 1990) is a Hungarian footballer who currently plays for Gyirmót in the Nemzeti Bajnokság II of Hungary. He is the twin brother of Ádám Simon, also a footballer. Career Born in Salgótarján, Nógrád Count ...

Career

Szombathelyi Haladás

He played his first match in Szombathely on 15 November 2008. He played 44 matches in the

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and scored 3 goals, one of which was elected the most beautiful goal of the

2010–11 Nemzeti Bajnokság I The 2010–11 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, also known as NB I, was the 109th season of top-tier football in Hungary. The league is officially named ''Monicomp Liga'' for sponsorship reasons. The season began on 30 July 2010 and ended on 27 May 2011. Deb ...

season. He scored a goal from 30 meters.

Palermo

On 8 June 2011, Simon officially moved to

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for €980,000. On 24 January 2012, he went on loan to

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, in the transfer that leads to

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. In January 2012, Simon was transferred to

club

on loan. Simon made his debut against Nocerina on 4 February 2012 in the 81st minute. In August 2012, he returned to Szombathelyi Haladás on loan. The loan was extended for one more season in July 2013. On 15 July 2014, Palermo announced to have released Simon for free.

Videoton

On 16 July 2014, Simon was signed by

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club

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. Simon signes a four-year contract with the

Székesfehérvár Székesfehérvár (; german: Stuhlweißenburg ), known colloquially as Fehérvár ("white castle"), is a city in central Hungary, and the country's ninth-largest city. It is the regional capital of Central Transdanubia, and the centre of Fejér ...

-based club.

International career

Simon was a stable member of U-17, U-19, and also the U-21 teams of

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. 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

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. He participated in the

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with the U-21.

Club statistics

''Updated to games played as of 15 December 2019.''

Honours

* FIFA U-20 World Cup: **Third place:

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References

HLSZ

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Simon, Adam 1990 births Living people People from Salgótarján Hungarian twins Twin sportspeople Hungarian footballers Association football midfielders MTK Budapest FC players Szombathelyi Haladás footballers Palermo F.C. players S.S.C. Bari players Fehérvár FC players Gyirmót FC Győr players Paksi FC players Győri ETO FC players Szeged-Csanád Grosics Akadémia footballers Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Nemzeti Bajnokság II players Serie B players Hungary youth international footballers Hungary under-21 international footballers Hungary international footballers Hungarian expatriate footballers Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate footballers in Italy Sportspeople from Nógrád County