Simon Church

Simon Church
Church playing for Reading in 2012
Personal information
Full name Simon Richard Church[1]
Date of birth (1988-12-10) 10 December 1988 (age 35)[1]
Place of birth Amersham, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1998–2003 Wycombe Wanderers
2003–2007 Reading
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2013 Reading 104 (22)
2007–2008 → Crewe Alexandra (loan) 12 (1)
2008 → Yeovil Town (loan) 6 (0)
2008 → Wycombe Wanderers (loan) 9 (0)
2009 → Leyton Orient (loan) 13 (4)
2012 → Huddersfield Town (loan) 7 (1)
2013–2015 Charlton Athletic 55 (5)
2015–2016 Milton Keynes Dons 19 (2)
2016 → Aberdeen (loan) 13 (6)
2016–2017 Roda JC Kerkrade 4 (0)
2017–2018 Scunthorpe United 4 (0)
2018 Plymouth Argyle 2 (0)
Total 248 (41)
International career
2007–2010 Wales U21 15 (8)
2009–2016 Wales 38 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Simon Richard Church (born 10 December 1988) is a retired footballer who last played as a striker for Football League One side Plymouth Argyle.[2][3]

He spent ten years at Reading after signing for their academy as a teenager. In six years as a professional, he scored 22 goals in 104 league appearances before moving to Charlton Athletic, MK Dons and finally Roda JC Kerkrade. He has also had several loan spells, including six goals in 13 games for Aberdeen.

Church represented the Wales national team at international level. He was capped 38 times, including two appearances at UEFA Euro 2016 where Wales reached the semi-final for the first time in the team's history.

  1. ^ a b c Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Mainstream Publishing. p. 83. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.
  2. ^ "Church Notices".
  3. ^ "Simon Church: Wales striker retires aged 29 because of hip injury". BBC Sport. 9 May 2018.