Kameron Simmonds

Kameron Necole Simmonds (born 6 December 2003) is a footballer who plays as a forward for the Tennessee Volunteers. Born in the United States, she represents the Jamaica women's national team.

Kameron Simmonds
Personal information
Full name Kameron Necole Simmonds
Date of birth (2003-12-06) 6 December 2003
Place of birth Midlothian, Virginia, U.S.
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Tennessee Volunteers
Number 9
Youth career
Richmond United
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022– Tennessee Volunteers 17 (5)
International career‡
2022 Jamaica U20 4 (2)
2022– Jamaica 4 (0)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:20, 5 October 2022 (UTC)

Early life

Kameron Necole Simmonds was born on 6 December 2003 in Virginia[1] to Necole and Greg Simmonds. She has three younger brothers. Despite her father being a former footballer, Simmonds only took up the sport when she was unable to continue training in gymnastics after an injury at the age of 11; beginning football the next year, she trained with her father.[2]

College career

Simmonds played for Richmond United until the summer of 2022 when she began her college soccer career at the University of Tennessee for the Tennessee Volunteers.[1] She chose to join Tennessee due to her parents believing in its values; due to encouragement from Jamaica teammate Giselle Washington, who already attended the university; and being inspired by Jamaica legend and former Volunteer Khadija Shaw.[2]

As a true freshman, she made two top 100 best freshman lists, having scored four goals in sixteen appearances. Playing as a substitute, the college highlighted her productivity in her limited minutes, often with multiple shots on goal per game.[1]

International career

In the under-20 national team, Simmonds competed at the 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship with the Jamaican U-20 team.[3] She scored two goals at the tournament, watched by her family.[2]

When she made her senior debut on 3 September 2022, in a 0–1 friendly loss to South Korea,[3] she became the third generation of her family to represent Jamaica in senior international football after her father, Greg, and grandfather, Patrick.[2]

Simmonds then competed at the 2023 Cup of Nations, where her team finished in fourth place.[4] On 23 June 2023, she was included in the final Jamaica squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.[5] She made her World Cup debut in the second group game, coming on for Kayla McKenna in a 1–0 victory over Panama.[6]

References
  1. "Kameron Simmonds - Soccer". University of Tennessee Athletics. Archived from the original on 1 August 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  2. "Why Tennessee soccer players' Jamaican national team invites are special". Knoxville News Sentinel. Archived from the original on 30 July 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  3. "Korea Republic vs. Jamaica - 3 September 2022 - Soccerway". Archived from the original on 29 July 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  4. "WATCH: CommBank Matildas reigning Cup of Nations winners". footballaustralia.com.au. 22 February 2023. Archived from the original on 23 February 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  5. "Reggae Girlz squad named for FIFA Women's World Cup". 23 June 2023. Archived from the original on 24 June 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  6. "Panama vs. Jamaica - 29 July 2023 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Archived from the original on 30 July 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
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