Timmy Simons (born 11 December 1976) is a Belgian professional football coach and a former defensive midfielder who is the manager of Westerlo.

He grew into a fixture at this Belgian club in no time, quickly growing into the team's penalty taker and, after a few seasons, the captain.

With Club Brugge, he became a two-time Belgium national champion and won the Belgian Cup on two occasions.

Simons was signed from Club Brugge on 29 June 2005, succeeding Mark van Bommel, who left for Barcelona.

Feyenoord, however, found difficult to meet the asking price and moved the transfer on the long-term after the resignation of head coach Ruud Gullit.

The entire West stand was wrapped in the Belgian flag and a banner was unfurled with the text: "Captain Simons: Our Lion of Flanders".

On 12 June 2013, Simons signed a two-year contract with the option of staying in a technical position at Club Brugge.

On 13 May 2018, after receiving his seventh title as a player, Simons announced that he is putting an end to his active playing career.

Simons made his debut on 30 April 2001 for the Belgium national team in a friendly match away against the Czech Republic, alongside Peter Van der Heyden.

[citation needed] He is the tenth-most capped player of all time in the Belgium national football team (after Jan Vertonghen, Axel Witsel, Toby Alderweireld, Eden Hazard, Dries Mertens, Romelu Lukaku, Thibaut Courtois, Kevin De Bruyne and Jan Ceulemans), having earned 94 caps.

[6] On 1 July 2018, Club Brugge confirmed that Simons had been hired as assistant manager to Ivan Leko.

[8] On 19 April 2019 it was confirmed, that Simons had been hired as assistant coach for Zulte Waregem under manager Francky Dury from the upcoming season.

[9] On 17 December 2021, Dury was fired and Simons, assisted by former teammate Davy De fauw, was named manager for the rest of the season.

[10] In February 2023, Simons was appointed manager of Challenger Pro League side Dender EH.

[11] He won promotion with Dender in the 2023–24 season which saw the club's return to the Belgian Pro League for the first time since 2009.