Todd Howarth

Todd Howarth ( born January 25, 1982 in Perth ) is an Australian football player.

Career

Howarth was 1999 and 2000 for the Australian national team and students began coming from the youth of the Bayswater City SC to play in 2000 in the Premier League of Western Australia Perth SC. Although repeatedly called the best player in the league on the left wing and service providers in the selection of teams from the state of Western Australia, he, unlike many of his fellow players succeeded in Perth, including Jamie Coyne, Robert Gaspar and Nik Mrdja not made ​​it into the National Soccer League. Sample training with Perth Glory (2001) and Adelaide City Force ( 2002) were unsuccessful for the technically strong and secure ball player.

In early 2005 went Howarth for two years to England, and was there footballing only occasionally in Sunday Leagues active. After his return, he continued to play for Perth SC; In 2009 he was appointed team captain. Overall, he won with Perth SC three league championships ( 2002, 2003, 2009), five times the Champion of Champions Competition ( 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008) and six times the Night Series (2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009). In mid-2009 he trained again with Perth Glory coach David Mitchell and eventually offered him a one-year professional contract at the Howarth accepted without hesitation and gave up his job as a bank clerk for it.

Howarth, although already 27 years old in his debut season as a professional, established itself after a short time as a regular player and reached Perth Glory in fifth attempt for the first time the championship play-offs of the A-League. At the end of the season Howarth had 25 contested by 27 league games and scored two goals and was awarded a new contract.