Héctor Simón

Héctor Simón
Personal information
Full name	Héctor Simón Escudero
Date of birth	13 March 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth	Llançà, Spain
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Girona (youth manager)
Youth career
1994–1998	Peralada
1998–1999	Barcelona
1999–2001	Figueres
2002–2003	Espanyol
Senior career*
Years	Team
2000–2002	Figueres
2002–2008	Espanyol B
2003–2004	Espanyol
2005–2006	→ Racing Ferrol (loan)
2008–2010	Girona
2009	→ Cultural Leonesa (loan)
2010	Benidorm
2010–2011	Castellón
2011–2013	Sabadell
2013–2014	Oviedo
2014–2021	Olot
Total
International career
2003	Spain U20
Managerial career
2021–2022	Peralada
2022–2023	Hospitalet
2023–	Girona (youth)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Héctor Simón Escudero (born 13 March 1984) is a Spanish professional football manager and former player who played as an attacking midfielder. He is the current manager of Girona FC's youth categories.

Club career

Born in Llançà, Girona, Catalonia, after starting out at local UE Figueres, Simón finished his formation also in his native region, at RCD Espanyol. In the 2003–04 season he made his first-team debuts, playing eight times – mainly as a late substitute – as the club could barely avoid relegation, finishing 16th; his first La Liga match came on 30 August 2003, when he played the last minute of a 1–1 home draw against Real Sociedad.^[1]

Simón then had an unassuming loan spell at Racing de Ferrol, appearing sparingly in an eventual relegation from the second division and being finally released by Espanyol in the 2008 summer without any further main squad appearances. He subsequently signed with neighbouring Girona FC in the second level, featuring rarely for the club over the course of two seasons.

In January 2009, Simón served a five-month loan in division three, with Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa. In the same month of the following year he was released by Girona, signing for Benidorm CF; he played the entire 2010–11 with yet another side in the category, CD Castellón.