Jeppe Friborg Simonsen (born 21 November 1995) is a professional

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who plays as a full-back or winger for

Fremad Amager Boldklubben Fremad Amager (meaning in English: The Ball Club Forward Amager; abbreviated Fremad A) is a Danish professional football club based in the district of Amager Vest, Copenhagen. As of the 2024–25 season, the club's senior men's team ...

. Born in Denmark, he plays for the Haiti national team.

Club career

Sønderjyske

At the age of 19, Simonsen was promoted to the first team squad in January 2015. He also signed a new 3-year contract with SønderjyskE in January 2015. Simonsen got his debut for SønderjyskE on 27 July 2014. He started on the bench, but replaced Silas Songani in the 74th minute in a 1-1 draw against

Esbjerg fB Esbjerg forenede Boldklubber (; commonly known as Esbjerg fB or EfB in short) is a Danish professional Association football, football club based in Esbjerg, West Jutland, Jylland, that plays in the Danish 1st Division, 1st division, the sec ...

in the

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. On 18 September 2015, Simonsen scored his first official goal for SønderjyskE, which became the matchwining goal. He came on the pitch in the 75nd minute replacing Andreas Oggesen, and scores to the final result, 2–1, in the 86th minute. On 1 February 2018, Simonsen got his contract extended until the summer 2021.

Loan to HB Køge

In the summer 2016, Simonsen was loaned out to

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club

HB Køge HB Køge () is a professional Danish football club based primarily in the town of Herfølge, and secondly in the town of Køge, both in the Køge Municipality, part of 'Region of Zealand', in the eastern part of Zealand, south of Copenhagen. It ...

until the winter break. On 21 December 2016, HB Køge announced that they didn't want to keep the forward, because they were looking for a goal machine. He played 19 league matches scoring 2 goals, before returning to SønderjyskE.

Podbeskidzie

On 1 February 2022, Simonsen signed a two-and-a-half-year deal with Polish

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side

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Académico de Viseu and return to Sønderjyske

On 24 August 2023, Simonsen joined

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club Académico de Viseu on a two-year contract. On 14 August 2024, after making seven appearances for Académico de Viseu throughout the year, it was confirmed that Simonsen was training with his former club

Sønderjyske SønderjyskE is a Denmark, Danish sport corporation. They have a Football (soccer), football team (SønderjyskE Fodbold, based in Haderslev), two team handball, handball teams (SønderjyskE Håndbold, one male based in Sønderborg, one female bas ...

. On 27 August 2024, Sønderjyske confirmed that Simonsen had signed a contract for the rest of 2024. In December, Sønderjyske confirmed that the parties did not extend the collaboration and therefore went their separate ways when the contract would expire on December 31, 2024.

Fremad Amager

On February 7, 2025 Simonsen moved to the

side

. The club did not announce the duration of the contract.

International career

Born in Denmark, Simonsen is of Haitian descent. His birth parents are from Haiti, but he was adopted at a young age by a Danish family. A youth international for Denmark, he debuted for the Haiti national team in a 10–0

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win over

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International goals

''Scores and results list Haiti's goal tally first.''

Honours

SønderjyskE *

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: 2019–20

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Simonsen, Jeppe 1995 births Living people Footballers from Kolding Haitian men's footballers Haiti men's international footballers Danish men's footballers Denmark men's youth international footballers Danish people of Haitian descent Denmark men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football defenders Men's association football fullbacks Men's association football wingers HB Køge players Sønderjyske Fodbold players Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała players Académico de Viseu F.C. players Fremad Amager players I liga players Danish 1st Division players Danish Superliga players Liga Portugal 2 players Haitian expatriate men's footballers Danish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Haitian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Danish expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Haitian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Danish expatriate sportspeople in Portugal 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 21st-century Haitian sportsmen 21st-century Danish sportsmen