Simon Trier Jakobsen (born 6 July 1998) is a Danish professional

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who plays as a

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for

Kolding IF Kolding IF is an association football club based in Kolding, Denmark. The team competes in the Danish 2nd Division, the third tier of Danish football, after suffering relegation at the end of the 2020–21 season. Founded in 1895, Kolding IF pl ...

Club career

Viborg FF

Born in Gjessø, Trier joined

Viborg FF Viborg Fodsports Forening ("Viborg Footsport Association"), or Viborg F.F. and VFF for short, is a Danish professional football club based in Viborg. The club was founded in 1896 and waited more than a century before winning its only national ...

from AC Horsens at his first year as a U17 player. In the 2016–17 season, Trier was on the bench two times for the first team squad in the

Danish Superliga The Danish Superliga ( da, Superligaen, ) is the current Danish football championship tournament, and administered by the Danish Football Association. It is the highest football league in Denmark and is currently contested by 12 teams each yea ...

and one time in the

Danish Cup The Danish Cup ( da, Landspokalturneringen; often referred to as Pokalen) is the official "knockout" cup competition in Danish football, run by the Danish Football Association. The cup has been contested annually since 1955. The winner will quali ...

. He was then promoted permanently into the first team squad from the beginning of the 2017–18 season. On 30 July 2017, Trier got his debut for

. Trier started on the left back but was substituted in the 72nd minute due to an injury. He was afterwards sidelined for one month with a groin injury. Trier managed to play nine games for the first team in his first season as a senior player. In April 2018, Trier got his contract extended until June 2019. On 1 June 2019, his contract was extended once again, this time with three-years. A few days later, he was also called up by the Danish U-20 nation team.

Kolding IF

On 9 January 2020,

announced that Trier had joined the club on a contract until the summer 2022. Trier got his debut for the club on 29 February 2020 against

Næstved BK Næstved () is a town in the municipality of the same name, located in the southern part of the island of Zealand in Denmark. Næstved has several adult education centers, five elementary schools - and has at least one of each type of the four ...

, playing all 90 minutes.

Thisted and return to Kolding

On 16 August 2022, Trier signed with

Thisted FC Thisted Fodbold Club () is an association football club based in the town of Thisted, North Jutland, Denmark, that competes in the Danish 2nd Division, the third tier of the Danish football league system. Founded in 1989, it is shortly known as ...

. However, four months later, ahead of 2023, Trier returned to

.Kendt ansigt vender retur: Kolding henter Simon Trier
bold.dk, 26 November 2022

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Trier, Simon Living people 1998 births Men's association football fullbacks Danish men's footballers Danish Superliga players Danish 1st Division players Viborg FF players Kolding IF players Thisted FC players Denmark men's youth international footballers People from Silkeborg Municipality AC Horsens players Footballers from the Central Denmark Region