Elliot James Simmons (born 5 February 1998) is an English professional

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who plays for

Bedford Town Bedford Town Football Club is a football club based in the Borough of Bedford, England. The club are currently members of the and play at the Eyrie in Cardington, a village on the outskirts of Bedford. They are full members of the Football As ...

in the English

Southern Football League The Southern League is a football competition featuring semi-professional clubs from East Anglia, the South and Midlands of England, and South Wales. Together with the Isthmian League and the Northern Premier League it forms levels seven a ...

Premier Central.

Early life

Simmons was born in

Luton Luton () is a town and borough in Bedfordshire, England. The borough had a population of 225,262 at the 2021 census. Luton is on the River Lea, about north-west of London. The town's foundation dates to the sixth century as a Saxon settleme ...

, England, to English parents and moved to

Stittsville Stittsville is a suburban community, part of the Canadian capital of Ottawa, Ontario. It is within the former Goulbourn Township. A part of the National Capital Region, Stittsville is immediately to the southwest of Kanata, adjacent to Ric ...

, Canada with his family at the age of five. He began playing youth soccer at age six with Goulbourn SC. Afterwards, he joined the Ottawa Fury Academy at age nine. At age ten, he attended a scouting camp led by the West Ham Academy and was invited to England where he trialed with the West Ham and

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youth systems, before ultimately joining the

MK Dons Milton Keynes Dons Football Club, usually abbreviated to MK Dons, is a professional association football club based in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. The team competes in EFL League Two, the fourth level of the English football leag ...

academy in March 2010. At the age of 16, he continued his development at MK College where he was regularly called up to the England Colleges side. In 2016, he joined the FC Málaga City Academy in Spain. In 2017, he played with the U19 and U21 teams of Swedish club

Dalkurd FF Dalkurd Fotbollsförening, commonly known as Dalkurd FF or simply Dalkurd () is a Swedish football club based in Uppsala. The club competes in Division 4, the sixth tier of football in the country. On 26 September 2004, the club was originally ...

Club career

In 2017, Simmons signed his first professional contract with Swedish

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side

. In November 2017, he was loaned to Finnish

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side

Mikkelin Palloilijat Mikkelin Palloilijat (or MP) is a Finnish professional football club, based in Mikkeli, that competes in the Ykkönen, the third tier in Finnish football league system. The club was founded in 1929 and also included volleyball, bandy and ice h ...

. In January 2019, he signed with

HFX Wanderers FC Halifax Wanderers FC, also written as HFX Wanderers FC, is a Canadian professional Association football, soccer club in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The club competes in the Canadian Premier League (CPL) at the top of the Canadian soccer league syste ...

of the

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. He had had other others to remain in Europe, but chose to return to Canada, intrigued by the opportunity to play in the league's inaugural season. At the end of the season, he departed the club. In November 2019, he went on trial with Swedish club

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. In February 2020, he signed with

Cavalry FC Cavalry Football Club is a Canadian professional soccer club based in the Calgary metropolitan region of Alberta. The club competes at the top of the Canadian soccer league system in the Canadian Premier League, and plays their home matches ...

. In November 2020, Simmons re-signed with the club for the 2021 season and also spent the offseason training with Swedish

club

Östersunds FK Östersunds Fotbollsklubb, commonly known simply as Östersunds FK, Östersund () or (especially locally) ÖFK, is a Swedish professional Association football, football club located in Östersund, Sweden, that plays in the Swedish second tier, S ...

. On June 30, 2021, he scored his first professional goal in a match against

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. In January 2022, it was announced Simmons would return for the 2022 season, his third with the club. In December 2022, he signed with

Vancouver FC Vancouver Football Club is a Canadian professional Association football, soccer club that competes in the Canadian Premier League, the top tier of the Canadian soccer league system. The club is based in Langley, British Columbia (district muni ...

ahead of the 2023 season. In January 2023, Simmons joined

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club

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on a training stint. In September 2023, he was named to the CPL Team of the Week for the first time. After the season, he went on a training stint with English

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side

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, as well as another club in the same league. In May 2024, he departed the club by mutual consent. In June 2024, Simmons joined English

side

Wealdstone Wealdstone () is a district located in the centre of the London Borough of Harrow, England. It is located just north of Harrow, London, Harrow town centre and is south of Harrow Weald, west of Belmont, Harrow, Belmont and Kenton, London, Kenton, ...

. In August 2024, he went on loan to

in the seventh tier

Premier Central. In January 2025, he agreed to a mutual termination of his contract with Wealdstone and joined Bedford Town on a permanent basis. He helped the team win the league title in 2024-25, earning promotion to the

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International career

Simmons is eligible to represent

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and

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internationally. In his youth, he played five games with the English Colleges FA. In September 2015, he made his debut in the Canadian national program, attending a training camp with the Canada under-20 team, subsequently attending another camp in January 2017.

Career statistics

References

External links

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Bedford Town Stats
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