Italy
Simon’s Ball!
The Italian centre half played his youth football mainly at inter-regional level and undertook trials with clubs at Serie A and Serie B level.
Simon’s passion for computer science saw him prioritise his studies and professional life over continuing with football.
After moving to Kraków, Simon played in the Biznesliga and was a teammate of former Dragoon, Brian Lemmen. The Dutchman told Calabrese about the Expats and he soon trained with the team and was added to the roster.
The Italian scored his first goal shortly afterwards away to Opatkowianka. The defender rose highest to nod home past a stranded goalkeeper and has proven to be a danger in the opposition box from set-pieces.
Simon is an important member of the defence, utilising his pace and putting his body on the line to make important tackles.
#FunFact
As well as being a talented footballer, Simon also is a IT Specialist. In Simon’s first job, he was a Java programmer. He spent 6 months on a project before moving to another one. 1 year later, Simon returned to the first project because there was nobody left in the company that could read the code. Upon returning to the project, he was really frustrated about some errors and shouted at his colleagues in the company “Who wrote this s**t?!”… Simon was absolutely furious that some idiot could write a code with so many errors, but after checking the history… he learned the culprit was himself…
