Lejaun Perry Simmons (born 7 April 1993) is a footballer who plays as a striker for

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and the Bermuda national team.

Club career

Lejaun Simmons started his career at major Bermudian side

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, being in the youth team for 2 years before being promoted to the first team in 2011. In 2013 he began training with

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, after the English club developed a link-up with

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in order to create a pathway to professional football for promising Bermudian players. During the 2013–14 season he made seven appearances for the club (six in the league), and also had loan spells with Mickleover Sports and Long Eaton United. He was still with the club in December 2014, however he did not make any appearances during the 2014–15 season. He had left the club by December 2015, returning to Bermuda with

. He signed a three-year contract in August 2017.

International career

Lejaun made his debut for the Bermuda national team against

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on 9 September 2012, in the

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. He scored his first goal two days later against

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in the same competition.

Career statistics

:''Scores and results list Bermuda's goal tally first.''

Honours

Bermuda *

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References

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