Lejaun Perry Simmons (born 7 April 1993) is a striker who plays for

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and the Bermuda national football team.

Career

Lejaun Simmons started his career at major Bermudian side

Devonshire Cougars Devonshire Cougars is a football club based in Devonshire, Bermuda and are in the Bermudian Premier Division league. Team colours are Green and Yellow. They are also known as the "Big Cats". History The club has won the Bermudian league titl ...

, being in the youth team for 2 years before being promoted to the first team in 2011. In 2013 he began training with

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, after the English club developed a link-up with

Bermuda Hogges Bermuda Hogges were a Bermudian football team based in Hamilton, Bermuda. Founded in 2006, the team played in the USL Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Mid Atlantic Division of the Eastern ...

in order to create a pathway to professional football for promising Bermudian players. During the 2013–14 season he made seven appearances for the club (six in the league), and also had loan spells with Mickleover Sports and Long Eaton United. He was still with the club in December 2014, however he did not make any appearances during the 2014–15 season. He had left the club by December 2015, returning to Bermuda with

. He signed a three-year contract in August 2017.

International career

Lejaun made his debut against

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on 9 September 2012, in the

CONCACAF Gold Cup The CONCACAF Gold Cup ( es, Copa de Oro de la CONCACAF, french: Coupe D'or CONCACAF) is the main association football competition of the men's national football teams governed by CONCACAF, determining the continental champion of North Ameri ...

. He scored his first goal just 2 days later against Saint Martin in the same competition.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Bermuda's goal tally first.''

References

1993 births Living people Bermudian men's footballers Devonshire Cougars players Ilkeston F.C. players Mickleover F.C. players Long Eaton United F.C. players Robin Hood F.C. players Bermuda men's international footballers Men's association football forwards 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup players {{Bermuda-footy-bio-stub