Juan Ernesto Simón (born 2 March 1960) is an Argentine former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a defender.

Career

Early years

Born in

Rosario Rosario () is the largest city in the central provinces of Argentina, Argentine province of Santa Fe Province, Santa Fe. The city is located northwest of Buenos Aires, on the west bank of the Paraná River. Rosario is the third-most populous ci ...

, Santa Fe Province, Simón started his career with Newell's Old Boys in 1977, at age 9. In 1979, he was part of the

Argentina national under-20 football team The Argentina national under-20 football team is the representative of Argentina in FIFA-sponsored tournaments that pertain to that age level. Argentina is the most successful nation in the FIFA U-20 World Cup, winning the competition a record si ...

that won the FIFA U-20 World Cup. He received his first call up to the full Argentina team in 1980.

France

Simón moved to France in 1983 to play for

Monaco Monaco (; ), officially the Principality of Monaco (french: Principauté de Monaco; Ligurian: ; oc, Principat de Mónegue), is a sovereign city-state and microstate on the French Riviera a few kilometres west of the Italian region of Lig ...

, in 1986 he joined

Strasbourg Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label=Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label=Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the Eu ...

where he played until 1988.

Return to Argentina

In 1988 Simón returned to Argentina joining

Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine sports club headquartered in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its professional football team which, since its promotion in 1913, has always played in the A ...

, he won several titles with the club including their first official league title for eleven years in 1992. He was a key part of their defence during the late 80's and early 90s. In 1990, he was part of the Argentina squad that reached the World Cup final. He retired in 1994.

Honours

External links

Racing Strasbourg player profile
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Simon, Juan 1960 births Living people Footballers from Rosario, Santa Fe Newell's Old Boys footballers AS Monaco FC players RC Strasbourg Alsace players Boca Juniors footballers Association football defenders Argentine footballers 1990 FIFA World Cup players Argentina youth international footballers Argentina under-20 international footballers Argentina international footballers Argentine Primera División players Ligue 1 players Argentine expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Monaco Expatriate footballers in France Argentine expatriate sportspeople in France Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Monaco