{{short description|Filipino international footballer (born 1988)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Simon Greatwich | image = | image_size = 250 | caption = | fullname = Simon Clive Barbon Greatwich | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|9|30|df=y}} | birth_place = Brighton, England | height = | position = Centre midfielder | currentclub = Maharlika | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 1998–xxxx | youthclubs1 = Brighton & Hove Albion | years1 = 2006–2007 | clubs1 = Burgess Hill Town | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 2007–2009 | clubs2 = Ringmer | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 2009–2011 | clubs3 = Hartwick Hawks | caps3 = 34 | goals3 = 2 | years4 = 2012–2017 | clubs4 = Meralco Manila | caps4 = 67 | goals4 = 7 | years5 = 2020– | clubs5 = Maharlika Manila | caps5 = 0 | goals5 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2008–2014 | nationalteam1 = Philippines | nationalcaps1 = 18 | nationalgoals1 = 1 | club-update = 09:23, 4 September 2020 (UTC) | ntupdate = 07:46, 25 November 2014 (UTC) }}
'''Simon Clive Barbon Greatwich''' (born 30 September 1988) is a footballer who plays for Maharlika Manila as a central midfielder. Born in England, he represented the Philippines internationally.
== Early and personal life == Born in Brighton on 30 September 1988,<ref name="PDI">{{cite news|url=http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/2bu/2bu/view/20110129-317200/Catching-up-with-the-Azkals-in-training|title=Catching up with the Azkals|author=Stef Cabal & Sasha Uy|work=Inquirer.net|publisher=Philippine Daily Inquirer|date=29 January 2011|accessdate=18 April 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110201064624/http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/2bu/2bu/view/20110129-317200/Catching-up-with-the-Azkals-in-training|archivedate=1 February 2011}}</ref> Greatwich is the younger brother of fellow players Christopher Greatwich and Phil Greatwich, and was born to an English father and a Filipina mother who is originally from Davao.<ref name = "GMA">{{cite news|url=http://www.gmanews.tv/story/211990/know-your-azkals-not-just-another-greatwich|title=Know your Azkals: Not just another Greatwich|accessdate=2 February 2011|date=1 February 2011|author=Mav C. Gonzales|work=GMAnews.tv|publisher=Global Media Arts Network}}</ref>
==Club career== After playing youth football with Brighton & Hove Albion,<ref name = "GMA"/> Greatwich spent his early senior career in English non-league football with Burgess Hill Town and Ringmer, before moving to the United States in 2009 to play college soccer with the Hartwick Hawks.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hartwick.edu/athletics/team-archive/mens-soccer-2008-archive/04-24-09-recruiting-clas |title=Five players with national team experience headline 2009 men's soccer recruiting class|work=Hartwick.edu|publisher=Hartwick College|date=29 April 2009|accessdate=18 April 2011}}</ref>
In early January 2012, Greatwich signed with Filipino side Loyola Meralco Sparks in time for the 2011-12 United Football League season.<ref>{{cite news |title = Gier, Beloya, Greatwich lead new UFL faces |url = http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/gier-beloya-greatwich-lead-new-ufl-faces |work = InterAKTV |publisher = Associated Broadcasting Company (TV5) |date = 12 January 2012 |accessdate = 12 January 2012 |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120115095934/http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/gier-beloya-greatwich-lead-new-ufl-faces |archivedate = 15 January 2012 }}</ref>
He make his debut for the Sparks on 18 May 2012 against Geylang United FC for the 2012 Singapore Cup.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20120729084952/http://www.espnstar.com/football/sleague/news/detail/item804032/Valiant-Loyola-win-in-Singapore-Cup-debut/ Valiant Loyola win in Singapore Cup debut]}} Gabriel Tan, ESPNStar.com. 19 May 2012</ref> His club was renamed as F.C. Meralco Manila when it joined the inaugural season of the Philippines Football League in 2017 which is the last time the club played in a league before its dissolution in January 2018.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Go|first1=Beatrice|title=PH football club Meralco Manila ceases operations|url=https://www.rappler.com/sports/football/193179-fc-meralco-manila-cease-operations-ph-football/|access-date=8 January 2018|work=Rappler|date=8 January 2018}}</ref> In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, it was announced that he would play as a central midfielder for newly formed club Maharlika.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sports.inquirer.net/403087/maharlika-fc-secures-license-to-play-in-pfl|title=PFL welcomes Maharlika club|first=Cedelf P.|last=Tupas|date=2 September 2020|website=INQUIRER.net}}</ref>
==International career== Greatwich made his international debut for the Philippines on 17 October 2008 in the 2008 AFF Suzuki Cup qualification tournament.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Strack-Zimmermann |first=Benjamin |title=Simon Greatwich (Player) |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/30958/Simon_Greatwich.html |access-date=10 May 2026 |website=www.national-football-teams.com |language=en}}</ref>
===International goals=== :''Scores and results list the Philippines' goal tally first.'' {| class="wikitable" ! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition !! Reference |- | 1. || 31 October 2014 || Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha || {{fb|NEP}} || {{center|1–0}} || {{center|3–0}} || Friendly || <ref>{{cite web|title=Azkals stretch winning streak against Nepal in Doha |url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/386183/sports/football/azkals-stretch-winning-streak-against-nepal-in-doha |work=GMA Network |date=1 November 2014 |accessdate=12 November 2014}}</ref> |}
==Honours==
===Club===
;Loyola *UFL Cup: 2013; Third 2012<ref>[http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/stallion-wins-ufl-cup-in-upset-over-global Stallion wins UFL Cup in upset over Global] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121219070148/http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/stallion-wins-ufl-cup-in-upset-over-global |date=19 December 2012 }} Karl Decena, InterAKTV. 17 December 2012</ref>
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== External links == *{{NFT player|pid=30958}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Greatwich, Simon}} Category:1988 births Category:Living people Category:British people of Filipino descent Category:British Asian footballers Category:English people of Filipino descent Category:Filipino men's footballers Category:Filipino expatriate men's footballers Category:Philippines men's international footballers Category:Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players Category:Burgess Hill Town F.C. players Category:Hartwick Hawks men's soccer players Category:Ringmer F.C. players Category:Loyola F.C. players Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Maharlika F.C. players Category:Philippines Football League players Category:21st-century Filipino sportsmen Category:English men's footballers
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