Ryan Edwards (Australian soccer)

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Ryan Edwards
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Edwards playing for the Young Socceroos in 2013
Personal information
Full name Ryan Marc Edwards [1]
Date of birth (1993-11-17) 17 November 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth Singapore
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [2]
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
Amorebieta
Number 10
Youth career
2007–2011 AIS
2011–2012 Reading
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2015 Reading 7 (0)
2013–2014Perth Glory (loan) 15 (0)
2015–2018 Partick Thistle 91 (7)
2018–2019 Heart of Midlothian 4 (0)
2018–2019St Mirren (loan) 14 (0)
2019–2021 Burton Albion 75 (6)
2021–2022 Busan IPark 50 (0)
2023– Amorebieta 47 (4)
International career
2010–2013 Australia U20 18 (2)
2014–2016 Australia U-23 18 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 January 2024

Ryan Marc Edwards (born 17 November 1993) is an Australian professional football player who plays as a midfielder for Spanish club SD Amorebieta.

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Born in Singapore, Edwards played youth soccer at the Australian Institute of Sport and for Reading before making his professional debut for Perth Glory on loan in 2013. In 2015, Edwards left Reading to join Scottish Premiership club Partick Thistle. Edwards left Thistle after they were relegated in 2018, and signed for Hearts.

He has represented Australia at under-20 and under-23 level. In March 2017 Edwards was called up to the senior Australian national team.

Early life

Edwards was born in Singapore. [3] Despite having been in the country for around 10 days after his birth, Edwards was called up for national service for Singapore on his 18th birthday. He was able to wait until age 21 and have his citizenship renounced, therefore avoiding conscription. His father, Alistair, is a former Australian international and his mother is a Singaporean national, [4] and his older brother Cameron is also a professional footballer. [5]

Club career

Reading

On 29 April 2011, it was announced he had signed with Championship side Reading along with his older brother Cameron. [6] [7]

Perth Glory (loan)

On 16 July 2013, Edwards left Reading on a season long loan to Perth Glory, then managed by his father Alistair and featuring his brother Cameron. [8] Edwards made his debut for Perth Glory on 13 October 2013 in their first game of the 2013–14 season, a 3–1 away defeat to Adelaide United. [9]

2014–15 season

In April 2015, Edwards announced he'd been informed by Reading that they would not be renewing his contract, which expired that summer, [10] with his release from Reading confirmed on 21 May. [11]

Partick Thistle

Following his release from Reading, Edwards' went on trial with Crawley Town. [12] and trained with Manchester City in the lead up to Australia U-23's matches in September 2015. [13]

On 24 September 2015, Edwards signed a one-year contract with Scottish Premiership side Partick Thistle. [14] [15] Edwards made his Partick Thistle debut in a 3–0 win over Dundee United coming on as a substitute [16] Edwards scored his first goal for Partick Thistle in a 2–1 victory against Hamilton Academical at New Douglas Park on 19 March 2016. [17] On 1 April 2016, Edwards extended his contract with Partick Thistle, until the end of the 2016–17 season. [18] Edwards contract was again extended, this time until the end of the 2017/18 season, on 17 November 2016, after the midfielder had triggered an extension. [19]

On 30 June 2016 Edwards signed a contract extension to stay at Partick Thistle until summer 2020. [20] Thistle were relegated via the playoffs at the end of the 2017/18 season. Following that relegation, Edwards invoked a clause in his contract which allowed him to leave Thistle immediately. [21]

Heart of Midlothian

On 6 June 2018, Edwards signed a two-year contract with Hearts. [22] At the end of August 2018, Edwards was loaned to St Mirren. [23] Ryan Edwards returned to Hearts in January 2019 after stating his desire to return and play for the club. Edwards made his debut in the Edinburgh Derby against Hibernian, helping them to a 1-1 draw. He made his first start the following week against Kilmarnock. [24] [25] Edwards scored in the 2019 Scottish Cup Final to give Hearts the lead in an eventual 2–1 defeat to Celtic. [26]

Busan IPark

On 5 July 2021, Edwards joined Busan IPark of K League 2.

Amorebieta

On 7 March 2023, Edwards signed for Primera Federación club SD Amorebieta. [27] He featured in 13 league matches as the club achieved promotion to Segunda División. [28]

International career

Edwards has captained the Australia national under-20 association football team, [29] and was a member of the Australian squad that went to the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup. [30] He was part of the U-23 squad that took part in the 2013 AFC U-22 Championship in Oman, [31] and the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship in Qatar. [32] In March 2017 Edwards was called up to the senior Australian national team.

Career statistics

As of match played 22 January 2024 [33]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Reading 2012–13 Premier League 00000000
2013–14 Championship 00000000
2014–15 Championship70003000100
Total70003000100
Perth Glory (loan) 2013–14 A-League 150150
Partick Thistle 2015–16 Scottish Premiership 1720000172
2016–17 3812050451
2017–18 364206120465
Total91740111201088
Heart of Midlothian 2018–19 Scottish Premiership40110051
St Mirren (loan) 2018–19 1400000140
Burton Albion 2019–20 League One 335414130447
2020–21 League One421101021462
Total756515151889
Busan IPark 2021 K League 2 16000160
2022 K League 234010350
Total500100000510
Amorebieta 2022–23 Primera Federación 1300000130
2023–24 Segunda División 2122000232
Total342200000362
Career total290151321927132920

Honours

Heart of Midlothian

Individual

See also

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