Simon Colosimo

Simon Colosimo
Personal information
Full name Simon Colosimo
Date of birth (1979-01-08) 8 January 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Melbourne, Australia
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
1996–1997 AIS
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2000 Carlton SC 50 (10)
2000–2001 South Melbourne 18 (2)
2001–2002 Manchester City 6 (0)
2002 Royal Antwerp 0 (0)
2002–2003 Perth Glory 14 (0)
2003–2004 Parramatta Power 23 (1)
2004 Pahang FA 20 (6)
2005–2008 Perth Glory 50 (2)
2007Sivasspor (loan) 14 (1)
2008–2010 Sydney FC 34 (0)
2010–2013 Melbourne Heart 63 (1)
2013–2014 Dempo 19 (0)
2014 Goulburn Valley Suns 11 (1)
2015 Werribee City 18 (1)
2016–2017 Dandenong Thunder 48 (10)
2018 Whittlesea Ranges 14 (2)
2018 Bulleen Lions 13 (0)
Total 415 (37)
International career
1996–1999 Australia U-20 16 (5)
1997–2000 Australia U-23 14 (0)
1998–2010 Australia 26 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 September 2018

Simon Colosimo (born 8 January 1979) is an Australian former soccer player who played as a centre back and defensive midfielder.

He spent two years playing in Europe with spells in the Premier League with Manchester City and in the Belgian First Division for Royal Antwerp. Aside a spells with Pahang FA in 2004 and Sivasspor in 2007, the rest of his career was spent in his native Australia notably in the A-League with South Melbourne, Perth Glory, Parramatta Power and Sydney FC. He also played for Carlton SC, Melbourne Heart, Dempo, Goulburn Valley Suns, Werribee City, Dandenong Thunder, Whittlesea Ranges, Bulleen Lions. He was capped 26 times by Australia, scoring 3 goals.