Rob Edwards (footballer born 1982)
Robert Owen " Rob" Edwards ( born December 25, 1982 in Madeley ) is a Welsh footballer. The trained with Aston Villa defender completed at the beginning of his career over 100 appearances for Wolverhampton Wanderers and is since the beginning of the 2011/12 season at FC Barnsley under contract.
Sports career
Edwards went through the youth department of Aston Villa and made his debut on 28 December 2002 for the first division club in a 1-0 home win against Middlesbrough FC. After a total of three games in series, the Edwards initially denied as a right-back - later, he found his regular position more in the center of defense - he signed a contract for 2 ½ years at the "Villans ". However, the final breakthrough was denied him henceforth. The nine competitive games in the season 2002/ 03 were at the same time its last meetings for Aston Villa. In the course of the season 2003/ 04 he was first hired in November 2003 for a month to the second division club Crystal Palace. In six games, where he managed a goal in the 1-1 draw against Coventry City and shortly after the turn of the year, it also went on loan to second division rivals Derby County. There he played the round ends and arrived there as well in a 2-1 win against FC Gillingham on 17 January 2004 on one of his rare Torerfolge. Back at his " home club " told him there manager David O'Leary said that he could leave the club.
For 150,000 pounds Edwards moved in July 2004 to the freshly relegated into the Football League Championship Wolverhampton Wanderers and signed a three-year contract here. After working in the first four games of the season he suffered a serious ankle injury that put him out of action for six months. To use significantly more times he came in the 2005/06 season, especially now that the new addition and central defender Jackie McNamara competitor injured early on. In the season 2006 /07 he completed under new manager Mick McCarthy, the majority of games until a knee injury in April 2007, made sure that Edwards at the crucial play-off games could not attend. Shortly after his return he suffered on September 5, 2007 in a game reserve-team a new knee injury and despite his current contract until 2009 put him the " Wolves " in May 2008 on the transfer list.
On August 6, 2008 Edwards hired the second league competitors FC Blackpool. The amount of the transfer fee was kept secret and as a contract period two years - plus the option of a further season - negotiated. Just a week after his debut on 9 August 2008 against Bristol City (0-1) got Edwards, who immediately became a key player, place of the suspended Keith Southern captained and kept them until the end of the season.
Welsh national team
Although Edwards had played for English junior elections in his youth already, he decided to try to continue to compete for the Welsh national team - both parents are Welsh. On 29 March 2003, he debuted for the " Dragons " on the occasion of a European Championship qualifying match against Azerbaijan, which ended with a 4-0 victory.