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

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who plays as a

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for

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. Born in Denmark, he represents 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

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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. ...

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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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 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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on 5 June 2021.FIFA.com
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International goals

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

Honours

SønderjyskE *

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: 2019–20

References

External links

Jeppe Simonsen
on SønderjyskE website *
Jeppe Simonsen
on DBU {{DEFAULTSORT:Simonsen, Jeppe 1995 births Living people People from Kolding Haitian men's footballers Haiti men's international footballers Danish men's footballers Danish expatriate men's footballers Denmark men's youth international footballers Danish people of Haitian descent Denmark men's under-21 international footballers Citizens of Haiti through descent Men's association football wingers Men's association football defenders Danish Superliga players Danish 1st Division players I liga players HB Køge players Sønderjyske Fodbold players Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała players Danish expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Footballers from the Region of Southern Denmark 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup players