Keyendrah Simmonds

Birmingham City Simmonds signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Championship club Birmingham City on 1 February 2021. Manager Aitor Karanka said he would initially be a development squad player while training with the first team. He did not appear in the senior matchday squad until 8 May, when new manager Lee Bowyer selected numerous fringe players for the final match of the season, away to Blackburn Rovers. Birmingham lost 5–2, and Simmonds replaced Amari Miller after 78 minutes to make his Football League debut. He scored three goals from nine appearances for the under-23s, helped them finish as runners-up in the Professional Development League Northern Section, and starred in the play-off final, as Birmingham beat Sheffield United U23 to win the overall title and gain promotion to Premier League 2 for 2021–22.

On 1 September 2022, Simmonds joined Grimsby Town on loan until January 2023. He made his debut two days later as a 71st-minute substitute in a 2–0 win away to Newport County; according to the Grimsby Telegraph, he "got about the pitch well when he came on, but did not have a huge involvement." Simmonds scored Grimsby's only goal in a 1–1 draw with his former club, Manchester City U21, in the EFL Trophy group stage, which Grimsby won on penalties to progress to the round of 32. He played eight times in the league, starting only once and without scoring, before returning to Birmingham in January 2023.

Simmonds was one of 13 professionals released at the end of the 2022–23 season.

Vukovar 1991 Simmonds signed for Prva NL (Croatian second-tier) club Vukovar 1991 in June 2024.

International career Simmonds represented England at under-15 level, He played in all three matches, and scored in the second, a 3–0 win against Russia. He kept his place for two matches against Sweden and the Czech Republic in October.

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