var playerInfo={"7850BFBCDDAACDE9":"Simon Church","3316B2DB0B85B0BE":"Simon Church","0DC344593C67F298":"55627","52D34B1F24A26AA271F2BD571AA0152C":"0","71450CE0B6A0CA84C96E1AF31F3CA129":"1988-12-10","6F2A70628678CF42F2F15CA1EF3BF952":"","4EFF01CD2A1AA8474DF07D17EF0164A9":"England","156AB99B762676230C18DFFD85A3FAED":"<P><STRONG><U>CLUB<BR><BR><\/U><\/STRONG><STRONG>Reading<\/STRONG><BR>Football League Championship: 2011&#8211;12<\/P>","2E0C5ADB6636D43E":"181cm","65809D335DC33AB4":"259","D21B7B52C3154356":"1","EB70E23140D61D3403104435C4316058":"999","E7D2F501BA5F9F82CBF994866126F3A8":"<P>Simon Richard Church is a footballer who plays for League One side Milton Keynes Dons. At international level Church represents the Wales national team.<BR><BR>Born in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, Church was spotted as a youngster while playing at a youth tournament and joined Wycombe Wanderers Centre of Excellence as a nine-year-old upon recommendation from the club scout. Five years later, he joined Reading's Youth Academy at the age of 14, as part of the Nathan Tyson sale to Wycombe. On 6 July 2007, he signed a one-year professional contract with Reading, but did not make a first team appearance that season due to stiff competition. Church joined Crewe Alexandra on loan for one month on 19 October 2007, which was subsequently extended to 19 January 2008 following rave reviews. Church joined Yeovil Town on loan for the remainder of the 2007&#8211;08 season on 29 January 2008. He followed this with a loan move to his hometown club Wycombe Wanderers at the start of the 2008&#8211;09 season. On 8 November 2012, Church joined Huddersfield Town on a one-month loan deal and made his Town debut two days later in Huddersfield's 1&#8211;0 win away at Oakwell, over Barnsley. On 1 August 2013 Church joined Charlton Athletic on a two-year contract and was handed the number 9 shirt. On 30 June 2015, Church signed for Milton Keynes Dons on a two-year contract. Church scored his first goal for the MK Dons in a 2&#8211;1 defeat to Leeds United. On 1 February 2016, after finding limited first team opportunities, Church signed for Scottish Premiership side Aberdeen on loan for the remainder of the 2015&#8211;16 season.<BR><BR>Internationally, Church qualifies to play for Wales through grandparents from Newport. He made his debut for the Wales U21 team as a substitute in their 4&#8211;3 win over Sweden U21 on 21 August 2007. On 29 May 2009 Church made his debut for the senior Wales international team in the friendly against Estonia. He received call-ups for the match against Italy U21 and a 2010 World Cup qualifier against Russia on 9 September but did not participate due to the death of his father. He scored his first senior goal on 14 November in friendly against Scotland that ended 3<BR><BR><STRONG>Facebook:<\/STRONG> facebook.com\/Simon-Church-165075913520690<BR><STRONG>Twitter:<\/STRONG> twitter.com\/churchy18<BR><STRONG>Instagram:<\/STRONG> churchy18<\/P>","32E266777F4D5C3EAAE5984CDAE82227":"Milton Keynes Dons","55115EEDFFE75225FD0E1787F70FC7CB":"2016-8-24","68B71F6A7FE5F18E":"75kg","826BE2C466376227EC096659909FEBC6":"Milton Keynes Dons,Aberdeen,Charlton Athletic,Huddersfield Town[on loan],Reading,Leyton Orient,Crewe Alexandra,Yeovil Town,Wycombe Wanderers","53F6A06F211D096A":"Roda JC Kerkrade","e_index":4};