Regillio Simons (born 28 June 1973) is a Dutch

football manager ''Football Manager'' (also known as ''Worldwide Soccer Manager'' in North America from 2004 to 2008) is a series of football management simulation video games developed by British developer Sports Interactive and published by Sega. The game beg ...

and former professional

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who played as a

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. He is the current manager of the under-21 team of

FC Volendam Football Club Volendam () is a professional Association football, football club based in Volendam, Netherlands. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football league system, Dutch football from the 2022–23 season following promotion ...

. He is also the father of

Xavi Simons Xavier Quentin Shay Simons (born 21 April 2003) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or an attacking midfielder for Eredivisie club PSV and the Netherlands national team. Early life Born in Amsterdam, Simons is the so ...

Career

Simons started playing football at FC Amstelland. He played for SC Telstar,

Fortuna Sittard Fortuna Sittard (; li, Fortuna Zitterd ) is a football club in Sittard, Netherlands. The club currently plays its football in the 12,500 capacity Fortuna Sittard Stadion and features in the Eredivisie. The club was established through a merger ...

, NAC, Willem II,

Kyoto Purple Sanga is a Japanese professional association football, football club based in Kyoto. "Sanga" comes from the Sanskrit word ''sangha'', a term meaning "group" or "club" and often used to denote the Buddhist priesthood, associating the club with Kyoto ...

(Japan),

ADO Den Haag Alles Door Oefening Den Haag (), commonly known by the abbreviated name ADO Den Haag (), is a Dutch association football club from the city of The Hague. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following relegation f ...

and

TOP Oss TOP Oss (), is a professional association football club based in the town of Oss, North Brabant, Netherlands, that competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of the Dutch football league system. Founded in 1928 as T.O.P., a Dutch abbreviati ...

. In his best time he was employed by

. In the 1998–99 season he had a big contribution with two goals in the 1–3 victory over

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. In that same year he scored four times in the 6–4 home win against PSV Eindhoven. After his professional career he defended several years the colors of

FC Türkiyemspor FC Türkiyemspor was a Dutch football club based in Amsterdam which was active from 1987 to 2009 when the club went bankrupt. The club quickly rose through the ranks of amateur football, winning four promotions between 1996 and 2002. Türkiyemspo ...

, an Amsterdam amateur club playing in the top Sunday league. From summer 2008 he played for the

AFC Ajax (amateurs) AFC Ajax Amateurs or Ajax Zaterdag () (''English: Ajax Saturday'') is a Dutch amateur football club and the amateur team of the professional club AFC Ajax from Amsterdam. They compete in the Hoofdklasse since 2022–23, playing their home matche ...

for two years. In 2005 he also started his coaching career and became a head coach at various clubs. Since 2023 season he is the head coach of the

under-21 team. He obtained the Coaching degree

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in 2010.

Personal life

Born in the Netherlands, Simons is of Surinamese descent. Regillio Simons now lives in Spain, while one of his two sons,

, is a player for German club

RB Leipzig RasenBallsport Leipzig e.V. (), commonly known as RB Leipzig, and colloquially referred to as Red Bull Leipzig, is a German professional football club based in Leipzig, Saxony. The club was founded in 2009 by the initiative of the company Red Bu ...

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1973 births Living people Men's association football forwards Dutch men's footballers Dutch sportspeople of Surinamese descent Dutch emigrants to Spain Footballers from Amsterdam Eredivisie players J1 League players Kyoto Sanga FC players ADO Den Haag players Fortuna Sittard players NAC Breda players Willem II (football club) players TOP Oss players FC Türkiyemspor players Dutch expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Japan Dutch football managers JOS Watergraafsmeer managers {{netherlands-footy-forward-stub