Simon Charlton

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Simon Charlton
Full name	Simon Thomas Charlton
Date of birth	October 25, 1971 (1971-10-25) (age 36)
Place of birth	Huddersfield, England
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Playing position	Fullback
Club information
Current club	Norwich City (Coach)
Youth clubs
	Huddersfield Town
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1989-1993 1993-1997 1997-2000 2000-2004 2004-2006 2006-2007	Huddersfield Town Southampton Birmingham City Bolton Wanderers Norwich City Oldham Athletic	124 (1) 115 (2) 072 (0) 120 (0) 045 (2) 025 (1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:48, 12 February 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Simon Thomas Charlton (born October 25, 1971 in Huddersfield) is an English former footballer, who is currently a coach at Norwich City. He was a left-back who could also play as a left-sided central defender or occasionally in midfield.

Charlton began his career at his home-town club Huddersfield Town where he became a firm fans' favourite and played over a hundred games for the Terriers before moving to Premiership side Southampton for £250,000.

From Southampton he was initially loaned to Birmingham City, before making his move permanent in 1998. In 2000, Charlton was transferred to Bolton Wanderers, where he was voted the fans` player of the year for the 2003-04 season, and subsequently moved to Norwich City at the end of the 2004-05 season.

At the end of the 2005-06 season, Charlton was released by Norwich City. He left the club under something of a cloud, criticising manager Nigel Worthington in the local newspaper, and stating that he believed Worthington had made a scapegoat and an easy target out of him.

His career was revived, however, when he signed a one year deal with Oldham Athletic on August 8, 2006. Although on his first appearance he conceded a penalty, which was saved, he also provided a cross for the only goal of the game and was named man of the match. After his contract at Oldham expired in May 2007, he retired as a player, and moved into coaching with Norwich City.