Rob Evans (footballer)

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Rob Evans
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-06-05) 5 June 1995 (age 29) [1]
Place of birth Penycae, Wales
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Newtown
Number 8
Youth career
0000–2012 Wrexham
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2017 Wrexham 156 (7)
2017–2018 Billericay Town 44 (4)
2018–2019 Warrington Town 39 (1)
2019–2021 Curzon Ashton 37 (1)
2021–2022 Alfreton Town 23 (1)
2022–2023 AFC Telford United 48 (2)
2023– Newtown 46 (0)
International career‡
2011 Wales U17 3 (0)
2013–2014 Wales U19 8 (0)
Managerial career
2018– Glyndwr Wrexham Football Academy
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:53, 2 July 2021 (UTC) [2]
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 June 2014

Rob Evans (born 5 June 1995) is a Welsh semi-professional footballer who plays for Newtown in the Cymru Premier.

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Club career

Wrexham

Evans was born in Penycae, Wrexham County Borough. [3] He made his first-team debut for Wrexham in a Conference Premier match against Newport County in April 2012. [4] Evans became Wrexham's youngest ever captain whilst leading Wrexham to a 2–1 FA Trophy victory over Gresley in 2013 at the age of 18. [5] He scored his first competitive goal for Wrexham against Barnet in September 2014. Following an impressive and ever present 2015–16 season, Evans won the young player of the year award for the second successive year.

Evans was released by Wrexham at the end of 2016–17. [6]

Billericay Town

On 28 May 2017, Evans signed for Isthmian League Premier Division club Billericay Town. [7] He made 36 games and scored 1, before he left Billericay. [8]

Warrington Town

After two months without a club, Rob signed for Northern Premier League side Warrington Town, along former Wrexham teammate David Raven. [9] Despite the Welshman being offered a new deal to remain at Cantilever Park, he announced in May on Twitter that his time at the club had come to an end.

Curzon Ashton

Robbie signed for Conference North side Curzon Ashton in May 2019.

Alfreton Town

In June 2021, Evans joined Alfreton Town after two seasons with Curzon Ashton. [10]

AFC Telford United

On 10 March 2022, Evans joined National League North side AFC Telford United on a deal until the end of the 2021–22 season. [11]

Coaching career

On 26 July 2018 Wrexham A.F.C. announced the signing of Evans, as Coach at Glyndwr Wrexham Football Academy. [12]

Career statistics

As of end of 2020–21 season
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Wrexham 2011–12 [4] Conference Premier 1000—0010
2012–13 [13] Conference Premier4000—1 [a] 050
2013–14 [13] Conference Premier16010—2 [a] 0190
2014–15 [13] Conference Premier26310—6 [a] 0333
2015–16 [13] National League 44310—1 [a] 0463
2016–17 [13] National League29110—1 [a] 0311
Total120740001101357
Curzon Ashton 2019–20 National League North 25000—1 [a] 0260
2020–21 National League North13110—1 [a] 0151
Total381100020411
Career total158850001301768
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Appearance(s) in FA Trophy

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References

  1. 1 2 "Wrexham AFC player profiles: Rob Evans". Wrexham A.F.C. Archived from the original on 13 June 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "R. Evans". Aylesbury United. Perform Group. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "Rob Evans: From midfielder to captain of Wrexham". The Non-League Paper. London. 16 November 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  4. 1 2 Williams, Mike; Williams, Tony, eds. (2012). Non-League Club Directory 2013. Tony Williams Publications. pp. 156–157. ISBN   978-1-869833-77-0.
  5. ↑ Williams, Richard (5 December 2013). "Teenager Evans proud to be Wrexham's youngest captain". News North Wales. Archived from the original on 7 January 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  6. ↑ "Wrexham release nine players including captain Rob Evans". BBC Sport. 1 May 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  7. ↑ "Wrexham AFC: Former captain Rob Evans signs for Billericay Town". The Leader. Mold. 28 May 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  8. ↑ "Rob Evans moves on - Billericay Town FC". Billericay. Bllercay. 28 May 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  9. ↑ "Jamie McDonald leaves but two more sign for Warrington Town". The Argus. High Wycombe. 28 May 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  10. ↑ "EVANS JOINS THE REDS". www.alfretontownfootballclub.com. 23 June 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  11. ↑ "ROB EVANS DEPARTS THE REDS". Alfreton Town FC. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  12. ↑ "Wrexham AFC: Former captain Rob Evans signs for Billericay Town". The Argus. High Wycombe. 28 May 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 "R. Evans". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
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