Regillio Simons
Quick Facts
Biography
Regillio Simons (born 28 June 1973) is a former Dutch football player.
He started playing football at FC Amstelland. As a striker he played for SC Telstar, Fortuna Sittard, NAC, Willem II (football club), Kyoto Purple Sanga (Japan), ADO Den Haag and TOP Oss . In his best time he was employed by Fortuna Sittard. In the season 1998/1999 he had a big contribution with two goals in the 1-3 victory over Ajax in Amsterdam Arena. In that same year he scored four times in the 6-4 home win against PSV Eindhoven. After his professional career he defended several years the colors of FC Türkiyemspor, an Amsterdam amateur club playing in the top Sunday league. Since the summer of 2008 he has played for the AFC Ajax (amateurs) for two years.
Since 2005 he also started his coaching career and became a headcoach at various clubs. This season he is the head coach of Faja Lobi KDS, where he also is the Academy director. Since 2010 Simons is in the possession of the Coaching degree UEFA Pro Licence.
Regillio Simons now lives in Spain, where one of his two sons, Xavi Simons, is playing in the youth academy of FC Barcelona (U14).