Simon Dawkins

Simon Dawkins
Dawkins for the San Jose Earthquakes in 2017
Personal information
Full name Simon Jonathan Dawkins[1]
Date of birth (1987-12-01) 1 December 1987[1]
Place of birth London, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1]
Playing position Attacking midfielder
Youth career
2004–2005 Tottenham Hotspur
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2009 Tottenham Hotspur 0 (0)
2008–2009 → Leyton Orient (loan) 11 (0)
2011–2014 Tottenham Hotspur 0 (0)
2011–2012 → San Jose Earthquakes (loan) 53 (14)
2013 → Aston Villa (loan) 4 (0)
2013–2014 → Derby County (loan) 13 (3)
2014–2016 Derby County 50 (4)
2016–2017 San Jose Earthquakes 43 (5)
National team‡
2014– Jamaica 19 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:42, 21 February 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 June 2015

Simon Jonathan Dawkins (born 1 December 1987) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder. Born in England, Dawkins is an international footballer for the Jamaica national football team.

Club career

Tottenham Hotspur

Dawkins joined the Tottenham Hotspur academy in 2004 and featured regularly in the reserves and featured in the first team as an unused sub under Martin Jol, including a uefa cup game but was unable to break through into the starting line ups. He joined Leyton Orient on loan before the start of the 2008–09 season.[2]

His first team debut was delayed after picking up an ankle injury in a friendly match, coincidentally, against parent club Tottenham. He made his first league appearance on 16 August 2008, coming on as a substitute against Peterborough United,[3] and made his cup debut in the Football League Trophy on 2 September where they beat Southend United 4–2.[4] His loan period ended on 3 January 2009.

On 1 June 2009, Dawkins was released from his Tottenham Hotspur contract. After failing a medical at RC Strasbourg,[5] he later returned to Tottenham on a non-contract basis while recovering from injury. A contract was dependent upon his proven fitness at start of the 2010–11 season.[6]

In August 2010, Dawkins went on trial with Celtic[7] later deciding to continue to train with Tottenham, scoring in a training friendly against Milton Keynes Dons on 8 December.[8]

Loan to San Jose Earthquakes

On 14 March 2011, Dawkins was rewarded with a contract by Tottenham Hotspur after impressing back at the club on trial, with his contract set to run until June 2013.[9] He was then loaned to the San Jose Earthquakes .[10] He made his debut for the Earthquakes on 19 March in their first game of the 2011 MLS season, a 1–0 loss to Real Salt Lake.[11] He scored his first goal for his new club on 2 April in a 2–2 draw with Seattle Sounders.[12] In January 2012 interest from Steve McClaren's FC Twente but a loan deal could not be finalised.[13]

Loan to Aston Villa

On the final day of the January 2013 transfer window, Dawkins signed on loan with Premier League club Aston Villa for the remainder of the 2012–13 season.[14] On 10 February 2013, at the age of 25, he made his Premier League debut in a match against West Ham United, which Villa won 2–1.

Derby County

On 14 October 2013, Dawkins joined Championship side Derby County.[15] It was announced on 18 October 2013 that Dawkins would be extending his stay with the Rams by agreeing to a 93-day emergency loan.[16] Dawkins made his first appearance for Derby on 19 October 2013, coming on as a replacement for Mason Bennett at the beginning of the second half. After a series of impressive performances for Derby, Head Coach Steve McClaren expressed his interest in signing Dawkins permanently in the January transfer window. A deal was reached with Tottenham and they agreed a fee on 3 January 2014, with Dawkins agreeing to a two-and-a-half year deal.[17] He thus became manager Steve McClaren's first permanent signing for Derby.

San Jose Earthquakes

On 6 January 2016, Dawkins joined Major League Soccer side San Jose Earthquakes for an undisclosed fee.[18]

On 16 February 2018, Dawkins and San Jose agreed to mutually terminate his contract with the club.[19] Minnesota United FC claimed Dawkins on waivers shortly after the termination of his contract with San Jose.[20] However, Dawkins was released a week later before the start of the season.[21]

International career

Dawkins made his international debut for Jamaica on 26 May 2014 against Serbia at the Red Bull Arena in New Jersey.[22] He scored his first goal for Jamaica in a 2–2 draw with Egypt on 4 June 2014 at Leyton Orient. Dawkins scored a last minute winner to see Jamaica through to the next round of qualifying stages with a spectacular volley against Nicaragua.

International goals

Scores and results list Jamaica's goal tally first.[23]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.4 June 2014Brisbane Road, London, England Egypt1–12–2Friendly
2.16 November 2014Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay, Jamaica Haiti1–02–02014 Caribbean Cup
3.8 September 2015Dennis Martínez National Stadium, Managua, Nicaragua Nicaragua2–02–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Career statistics

As of 21 February 2018.

Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Tottenham Hotspur 2004–09[24] Premier League 0000001[lower-alpha 1]0––10
Total 00000010––10
Leyton Orient (loan) 2008–09[24] League One 11010––––2[lower-alpha 2]0140
Total 11010––––20140
San Jose Earthquakes (loan) 2011[25][26] Major League Soccer 266––––––––266
2012[25][26] 29820––––2[lower-alpha 3]0338
Total 551420––––205914
Aston Villa (loan) 2012–13[27] Premier League 40––––––––40
Derby County (loan) 2013–14[28] Championship 133––––––––133
Derby County 2013–14[28] Championship 13110––––3[lower-alpha 4]0171
2014–15[29] 3433052––––425
2015–16[30] 00––10––––10
Total 6074062––30739
San Jose Earthquakes 2016[25][26] Major League Soccer 29500––––––295
2017 1402[lower-alpha 5]–––––––160
Total 43520––––––455
Career total 173269062107019628
  1. ↑ Appearance in UEFA Cup
  2. ↑ Appearances in Football League Trophy
  3. ↑ Appearances in MLS Cup Playoffs
  4. ↑ Appearances in Football League play-offs
  5. ↑ Appearances in U.S. Open Cup

Honours

San Jose Earthquakes
Jamaica

References

  1. 1 2 3 Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2009). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10. Mainstream Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84596-474-0.
  2. ↑ "Orient complete triple capture". BBC Sport. bbc.co.uk. 2 July 2008.
  3. ↑ "Peterborough 3–0 Leyton Orient". BBC Sport. 16 August 2008.
  4. ↑ "Southend 2–4 Leyton Orient". BBC Sport. 2 September 2008.
  5. ↑ "Former Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea and Everton players on trial in Europe". Les Rosbifs. 23 July 2009. Archived from the original on 24 July 2009.
  6. ↑ "Player Update". Tottenham Hotspur. tottenhamhotspur.com. 1 June 2009.
  7. ↑ "Celtic trial for former Spurs striker". STV. 10 August 2010.
  8. ↑ "Much Gained from Spurs Workout". MK Dons FC. 8 December 2010. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011.
  9. ↑ "Nicholson extends deal". spurs.co.uk. 14 March 2011.
  10. ↑ Geoff Lepper (15 March 2011). "San Jose ink attacker from partner club Tottenham". San Jose Earthquakes. sjearthquakes.com. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  11. ↑ "In downpour, Beckerman goal provides thunder for RSL". MLS Soccer. mlssoccer.com. 19 March 2011.
  12. ↑ "Quakes rally twice to tie still-winless Sounders". MLS Soccer. mlssoccer.com. 2 April 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  13. ↑ Fabian Bijman (24 January 2012). "FC Twente niet in zee met landgenoot McClaren" (in Dutch). Voetbalprimeur.nl. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  14. ↑ Neil Moxley (31 January 2013). "Forgotten man Dawkins ready to repay Villa's faith after sealing loan from Spurs". Daily Mail. dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  15. ↑ Cisse And Dawkins Join On Trial, Derby County, 14 October 2013, retrieved 14 October 2013
  16. ↑ Derby Land Dawkins on Loan, Derby County, 18 October 2013, retrieved 18 October 2013
  17. ↑ http://www.dcfc.co.uk/news/article/dawkins-seals-derby-switch-1272846.aspx, accessed 3 Jan 2014
  18. ↑ http://www.dcfc.co.uk/news/article/simon-dawkins-joins-mls-side-san-jose-earthquakes-2887595.aspx, accessed 6 Jan 2016
  19. ↑ "Earthquakes, Simon Dawkins Mutually Part Ways". 16 February 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  20. ↑ Tyler Hanson (21 Feb 2018). "MNUFC claim Simon Dawkins off waivers". MLS Multiplex. Retrieved 21 Feb 2018.
  21. ↑ https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2018/03/02/stejskal-minnesota-united-waive-winger-simon-dawkins
  22. ↑ "Serbia vs. Jamaica". Soccerway. 26 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  23. ↑ "Dawkins, Simon". National Football Teams. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  24. 1 2 "Games played by Simon Dawkins in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  25. 1 2 3 "S. Dawkins". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  26. 1 2 3 "Simon Dawkins". MLS. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  27. ↑ "Games played by Simon Dawkins in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  28. 1 2 "Games played by Simon Dawkins in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  29. ↑ "Games played by Simon Dawkins in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  30. ↑ "Games played by Simon Dawkins in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
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