Bénédicte Simon

Bénédicte Simon (born 2 June 1997) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Juventus F.C..

Bénédicte Simon
Simon with Atlético Madrid in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-06-02) 2 June 1997
Place of birth Mantes-la-Jolie, France
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Juventus F.C.
Number 20
Youth career
2011–2015 FC Mantois
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Aurillac Arpajon 21 (8)
2016–2020 Reims 72 (5)
2020–2023 Paris Saint-Germain 7 (0)
2021–2022 → Atlético Madrid (loan) 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 January 2023

Club career

Bénédicte Simon began learning to play football at FC Mantois, a club in her hometown. In 2015, she moved up to France's Division 2, playing with FC Aurillac Arpajon.

In 2016, she joined the Stade de Reims on a four-year deal, which was still in France's Division 2.[1] In 2019, she gained promotion to the Division 1 Féminine with the club.

On 15 June 2020, she signed for Paris Saint-Germain on a three year deal.[2] Simon made her debut with PSG on 25 September 2020 against her former club Stade de Reims. She played her first Champions League match with of her career in a Round of 16 tie against Górnik Łęczna. PSG won the first Division 1 Féminine title of their history that season, but Simon only played 280 minutes across all competitions.[3]

Simon was sent to Atlético Madrid on loan without an option to buy for the 2021–22 season.[4]

International career

In April 2021, she was called up for international duty for the first time with the French under-23 team.[5]

Honors

Reims

  • Division 2 Féminine: 2018–19

Paris Saint-Germain

References
  1. "Bénédicte Simon". EN.PSG.FR. Paris Saint-Germain. Archived from the original on 2020-10-13. Retrieved 2021-10-31.
  2. "Bénédicte Simon s'engage avec le Paris Saint-Germain jusqu'en 2023". PSG.FR (in French). Paris Saint-Germain. 16 June 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-06-16. Retrieved 2021-10-31.
  3. G. Gil, Aimara (2021-08-18). "Benedicte Simon se convierte en el octavo refuerzo del Atlético". AS.com (in Spanish). Diario AS. Archived from the original on 2021-08-18. Retrieved 2021-10-31.
  4. Quarez, Par Benjamin (2021-08-16). "PSG féminin : Bénédicte Simon vers un prêt à l'Atlético Madrid". leparisien.fr (in French). Le Parisien. Archived from the original on 2021-08-16. Retrieved 2021-10-31.
  5. Hermant, Bruno (14 April 2021). "La semaine internationale des Parisiennes". CulturePSG. Archived from the original on 2021-04-20. Retrieved 2021-10-31.
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