Rostyn Griffiths
Griffiths in the jersey of North Queensland (2009)
Rostyn John Griffiths ( born March 10, 1988 in Stoke -on-Trent, England) is an Australian football player.
Club career
Born in England Griffiths grew up in Perth, Western Australia, where he played in youth for ECU Joondalup. In 2004, Blackburn Rovers midfielder to their youth academy in 2007 he moved to the adult area of the English clubs, but did not get beyond inserts for the reserve team. Therefore, it was awarded in January 2008 for the remainder of the season to the fallen into financial difficulties Scottish first division club FC Gretna, who set his playing mode after the season. After his return he was given on loan to the English fourth division club Accrington Stanley in September 2008, for which he came to 13 league and two cup inserts in three months.
For January 2009 Accrington Griffiths planned to firmly commit to the transfer failed but during the negotiations with Blackburn. Instead, he wrote in early February a one-month contract with option to extend for two years in Australia at Adelaide United, who brought him as a replacement for the injured Jason Spagnuolo to the team. The local season was already in the Championship play-offs, Griffiths came during two appearances in the 0-1 final defeat against Melbourne Victory but was not mustered.
Since Adelaide by the option on contract extension did not use, he continued his career with the newly established Australian A- League team North Queensland Fury and scored on Matchday 1 of the 2009/10 season the first goal of the club in the A-League. After a season and 23 league appearances for Fury, he joined the 2010/11 season for Premier League rivals Central Coast Mariners.
In February 2012, he left Australia and moved to China to Guangzhou R & F FC.
He left the Chinese club in January 2014 and returned to Australia. He plays for Perth Glory henceforth.
His younger brother Brent also played some time at the Academy of Blackburn Rovers and later was active also in the A-League.
National
2005 Griffiths was in preparation for the U -17 World Cup players to the Australian squad, but missed by a broken leg in a preseason game the finals and has since not been nominated by the Australian side. After his performances for Accrington Welsh Association became aware of the midfielder, for which he would be eligible to play for his Welsh grandfather. A final decision by Griffiths is currently (as of April 2010) from.