Marc Edworthy

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Marc Edworthy
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Personal information
Date of birth (1972-12-24) 24 December 1972 (age 51)
Place of birth Barnstaple, England
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) [1]
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1991–1995 Plymouth Argyle 69 (1)
1995–1998 Crystal Palace 126 (0)
1998–2002 Coventry City 76 (1)
2002–2003 Wolverhampton Wanderers 22 (0)
2003–2005 Norwich City 71 (0)
2005–2008 Derby County 77 (0)
2008–2009 Leicester City 5 (0)
2009 Burton Albion 1 (0)
Total447(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marc Edworthy (born 24 December 1972 in Barnstaple) is an English former professional footballer. He started out playing as a right winger before being moved to right back. He was also occasionally deployed at left back and in central defence. [2]

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Career

Plymouth Argyle

Edworthy began his career with Plymouth Argyle in the 1991–1992 season.

Crystal Palace

Edworthy joined Crystal Palace who had just been relegated from the Premiership on 9 June 1995 for £350,000, and in his second season with the Eagles played an integral role in winning promotion to the Premier League. However, the next season Palace finished bottom and were relegated once more; in spite of this the Palace fans acknowledged Edworthy's performances and rewarded him with the supporters player of the year award. He scored once during his spell at Palace, his strike coming against Bury in the League Cup in September 1996. [3]

Coventry City

On 26 August 1998, he was bought by Premiership side Coventry City for £1,200,000. He scored his first and what turned out to be only goal for Coventry in a 1–1 draw with Manchester City on 1 January 2001. [4] With the Sky Blues he again suffered relegation, this time from the Premiership. He left at the end of the 2001–02 season to join Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Edworthy started his Wolves career on 31 August 2002, helping them earn promotion to the Premier League via the playoffs, but left after just one season to join Norwich City on a free transfer. [5]

Norwich City

In his first season with Norwich City he helped the Canaries win promotion to the Premier League. But again, he suffered relegation when Norwich finished in 19th place. He left in the summer of 2005 to join Derby County, [6] after a contract dispute with Norwich manager Nigel Worthington led to him becoming a free agent when his two-year deal expired.[ citation needed ]

Derby County

He was a member of the Derby squad that won promotion to the Premier League via the play-offs at the end of the 2006–07 season, being voted second in the Player of the Season contest along the way. He was appointed as a club ambassador at Pride Park in 2017.

Leicester City

Edworthy signed for Leicester City on 7 November 2008, signing a two-month contract that will see him stay at the club until 6 January 2009. [7] He made his debut in Leicester's 3–0 FA Cup first round victory over Stevenage Borough, playing the full 90 minutes. [8] On 6 January 2009 Edworthy agreed to stay at Leicester until the end of the 2008–09 season. [9]

On 29 May, he was released at the end of his contract by Leicester alongside Paul Henderson, Patrick Kisnorbo, Bruno Ngotty and Barry Hayles. [10]

Burton Albion

Edworthy was signed for Football League new boys Burton Albion on 4 August 2009, on a one-month contract by former Derby teammate Paul Peschisolido. He played in Burton's first ever Football League match at Shrewsbury Town but did not play again and was released after his contract expired. [11] In October 2009, Edworthy announced his retirement after playing over 500 senior games in his 18-year career. [2] [12]

Career statistics

SeasonClubDivisionLeague FA Cup League Cup EuropeOther [13] Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1991–92 Plymouth Argyle Second Division (old) 150100000160
1992–93 Second Division 150004010200
1993–94 120301010170
1994–95 271302010341
Plymouth Argyle total69170700030861
1995–96 Crystal Palace First Division 440204030530
1996–97 450203130531
1997–98 FA Premier League 3404010390
1998–99 First Division 30102060
Crystal Palace total1260809120601511
1998–99 Coventry City FA Premier League 22010230
1999–2000 1000020120
2000–01 2412020281
2001–02 First Division 2001010220
Coventry City total76140500000851
2002–03 Wolverhampton Wanderers First Division 220001000230
Wolverhampton Wanderers total22000100000230
2003–04 Norwich City First Division 4301010450
2004–05 FA Premier League 2801010300
Norwich City total71020200000750
2005–06 Derby County Championship 3001010320
2006–07 380101010410
2007–08 Premier League 902000110
Derby County total77040200010840
2008–09 Leicester City League One 503080
Leicester City total503000000080
2009–10 Burton Albion League Two 10001020
Burton Albion total100000001020
Career Total4472280261201105143

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  13. Includes other competitive competitions, including the EFL Trophy & the play-offs