Matthew Sim (born 18 April 1988) is a current Australian football coach and former Australian professional

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who played as a left or right sided / central midfielder. Matt also has an English passport through his family's heritage.

Playing career

Sim made his debut for Central Coast on 21 February against

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. He played the whole game as the Mariners lost 4–1. On 14 October 2014, Sim came off the bench in the 71st minute in

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clash with Palm Beach Sharks with the score at 1–0 to his side. He went on to score 4 goals in the 19 minutes that he played. Sim finished the 2014 FFA Cup with 5 goals in 3 games. Sim has also been a part of two Asian Champions League campaigns for the Mariners in 2014 and 2015. On 1 February 2016, the

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announced that they had signed Sim until the end of the 2015–16 season. On 5 May 2016, after making only one appearance off the bench for the club, Sim was released by the Wanderers. Sim signed with

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club

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in July 2016. On 23 August 2016, Sim made his South African Premier Division competitive debut against

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in Cape Town City's inaugural game. Sim got an assist by setting up the first goal in the 2–0 win. Three days later Sim and

took on

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in the MTN 8 Cup Quarter Final. Sim scored his first goal for the club in the 7th minute to give City a 1–0 win and a historic victory. At the end of 2016, Sim left Cape Town City for personal reasons. He made 14 appearances in all competitions for the club. Upon returning to Australia Sim joined former NSL giants Sydney United 58. Sim spent 5 successful seasons at the club in which he appeared in over 100 league games for the club and won the NSW NPL 2020 Grand final. In 2022 Sim returned to

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. Sim joined Sydney FC at the end of 2021 as their U20 Head Coach, winning the U20 NSW NPL championship in 2022 and currently works for Sydney FC as their Assistant NPL coach.

Honours

Club

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Sydney United: *

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Championship:

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Individual

Team of the Year:

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References

http://www.sport24.co.za/Soccer/PSL/sim-rode-set-to-depart-cape-town-city-20161230 http://www.kickoff.com/news/73286/ex-cape-town-city-duo-matt-sim-renars-rode-join-sydney-united-58-fc-rigas-fs

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