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Western Sydney Wanderers FC have today confirmed that Aidan Simmons has signed a contract extension that will see him at the club until the end of the 2025\/26 Isuzu UTE A-Leagues season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simmons joined the Wanderers in June 2022 from the club\u2019s cross-town rivals and was quick to make an impact, going on to feature in 13 matches and score one goal in his first season in the Red & Black.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The versatile 20-year-old can play in both attack and defence, and has brought a youthful energy to head coach Marko Rudan\u2019s squad. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – APRIL 21: Aidan Simmons of the Wanderers celebrates kicking a goal with Brandon Borrello of the Wanderers during the round 25 A-League Men’s match between Western Sydney Wanderers and Wellington Phoenix at CommBank Stadium, on April 21, 2023, in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Western Sydney Wanderers head coach Marko Rudan congratulated Simmons on the contract extension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are very proud to have retained Aidan for an additional two A-Leagues season and are eager to continue to work on his development,\u201d said Rudan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simmons said he was looking forward to continuing where he left off. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt the start of the journey when I came to the club, it was a tough start. At the back-end of the season, I was able to get minutes and break into the first team, which brought so many good memories,\u201d said Simmons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI just want to continue and follow through with that to create some success for the club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI want to bring my energy to the team, especially as a younger player in the side, if I get minutes I want to play my style of football which Is attacking but also helping out in defence as keeping clean sheets are the most important part of the game. Hopefully I can get some goals and assists too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019d just like to thank my family for everything they\u2019ve done for me, for my whole football career so far, and everyone else close to me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI want to thank the club and Boss (head coach Marko Rudan) for putting their trust in me for the next couple of years and I want to show everyone what I can do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simmons is currently sidelined with injury and is expected to return to the squad in mid-December.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":222,"featured_media":322891,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[379],"tags":[],"competition":[],"acf":{"match_card_embed_league":null,"match_card_embed_club":null,"match_card_embed_match":false,"match_card_embed_disable":false,"auto_publish_updates":true,"reference_article":null,"article_featured_video":null,"article_featured_video_tagline":"","article_byline":"Western Sydney Wanderers FC","article_media_type":"news","article_video":"","gallery":"","shared_ffa_source":"wsw","shared_hide_in_app":false,"article_player":"a:1:{i:0;s:6:\"254149\";}","article_team":"","article_competition":"","article_match":"","credit":"Western Sydney Wanderers FC","related_articles":"","push_to_social":false,"priority":1,"sport":"football","language":"en","private_content":false,"access_level":[],"article_id":"319963","app_featured_image":null,"article_content_group":"news"},"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/wswanderersfc.com.au\/news\/simmons-signs-two-year-contract-extension\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Simmons signs two-year contract extension","url":"http:\/\/wswanderersfc.com.au\/news\/simmons-signs-two-year-contract-extension\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/wswanderersfc.com.au\/news\/simmons-signs-two-year-contract-extension\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/wswanderersfc.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image-657.png?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/wswanderersfc.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image-657.png"},"articleSection":"News","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"jcsaszar"}],"creator":["jcsaszar"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Western Sydney Wanderers","logo":"https:\/\/wswanderersfc.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/04\/cropped-Western_Sydney_Wanderers_FC-2.png"},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2023-11-17T05:51:21Z","datePublished":"2023-11-17T05:51:21Z","dateModified":"2024-01-12T04:22:25Z"},"rendered":"