Simeon Jackson

Simeon Jackson ( 2008)

Simeon Alexander Jackson ( born March 28, 1987 in Kingston, Jamaica ) is a Jamaican - Canadian footballer who plays for Millwall FC since 2014.

Club career

The Jamaican-born Jackson was sent as a three year old to his aunt and uncle in Canada Mississauga and grew up there. During a tournament participation in England with his Canadian Youth Team Sunoco FC he was invited by Gillingham FC for a trial. Due to the origin of his mother also equipped with a British passport, he ventured 15 - year jump to England, where he lived with his great-aunt in Croydon. At Gillingham, he was released after a few weeks out of the youth team and played in connection with the amateur team Dulwich Hamlet before he was admitted to the youth department of Rushden & Diamonds.

For Rushden he gave on 28 August 2004, his professional debut in the Football League Two, came into this season but again only on the last match against Macclesfield used. In the first half of the 2005/06 season without a competitive game, he was awarded at the turn of 2005/2006 for some time at the ninth division Raunds Town. After his return he came regularly to missions; his five goals earned him the club house award for best young player of the season. The club descended into the Conference National at the end of the season. In the fünftklassigen National Conference, Jackson became the best striker of the club and ended his first season as a regular player with 19 league matches. After 16 goals after 28 match days, led the scoring charts in the following season so far, undertook the relegation-threatened third division FC Gillingham the attacker just before the transfer deadline expired for 150,000 pounds. Jackson signed for three and a half years in Gillingham and scored four goals in the second half. Gillingham dismounted in the League Two at the end of the season.

In the 2008 /09 season, the striker was also at Gillingham for performers when he helped with 17 goals this season the club to a place in the promotion play-offs. In the second leg of the semi-final against Rochdale, he scored both goals in the 2-1 victory, which meant the final. In the final at London's Wembley Stadium he scored in front of over 53,000 spectators against Shrewsbury head in the 90th minute of the 1-0 winning goal and caused quite the return Gillinghams in the League One. Despite 14 league goals in the third league season 2009/10, including three in the 5-0 victory at the season opener against Swindon Town, Gillingham missed at the end of the season on goal difference in the league. During the summer break, he left Gillingham and moved to second division promoted Norwich City.

During the summer break in 2013 Jackson joined the Bundesliga team Eintracht Braunschweig and received a two-year contract. His league debut came on 10 August 2013 ( 1st Round ) in the 0-1 defeat at home to Werder Bremen.

Even in the winter break, Jackson joined the Millwall FC.

National

Jackson played 2006 in a few friendlies for the first time for the Canadian U -20 team and a year later was nominated for the 2007 World Junior Championships in Canada. Until a week before the tournament, he received Canadian citizenship and their entitlement to participate. Jackson came in all three tournament games in Canada for use, but remained as the entire team without hits and already retired from in the first round.

In November 2008, he received his first appointment to the senior team in Canada, but was not used in the World Cup qualifying match against his native Jamaica. In May 2009, he was in a friendly against Cyprus made ​​his international debut, scoring the 1-0 winner. In July 2009, Jackson was part of the 23 -member Canadian contingent at the CONCACAF Gold Cup and came upon reaching the quarterfinals at all four tournament games used. He was honored as Canada's player of the year end of 2009.