Simon Eastwood

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Simon Eastwood
Personal information
Full name	Simon Eastwood
Date of birth	June 26, 1989 (1989-06-26) (age 18)
Place of birth	Luton, England
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Huddersfield Town
Number	26
Youth clubs
	Huddersfield Town
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2006-	Huddersfield Town	0 (0)
National team2
2007- 2007-	England U-18 England U-19	1 (0) 1 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of April 27, 2007. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of September 12, 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Simon Eastwood (born June 26, 1989 in Luton) is a professional footballer with Coca-Cola League One side Huddersfield Town. An academy goalkeeper who made two appearances on the substitutes bench in the 2005-06 season at the age of just 16 years old.

At the start of the 2006-07 season he was the third choice goalkeeper behind Paul Rachubka and new signing Matt Glennon.

On March 27, 2007, he received his first call-up to the England U-18 team, where he played in their 4-1 win against Holland U-18's at Yeovil Town's Huish Park.

Since Paul Rachubka's departure to Blackpool, Eastwood has been made 2nd choice keeper behind Matt Glennon, with manager Andy Ritchie happy of both his keepers in his arsenal.

Simon signed his first professional contract at the end of the 2006-07 season for one year. On January 16, 2008, he and fellow Town youngster Shane Killock signed new one-year contract extensions.

On August 30, 2007, he received his first call-up for the England U-19's in a match against Belarus under-19's at Meadow Lane, the ground of Football League Two side Notts County. He played the whole 90 minutes of the game on September 11 and kept a clean sheet as England won 4-0.

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