Terry Evans (footballer, born 1976)

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Terry Evans
Personal information
Full name Terence Evans [1]
Date of birth (1976-01-08) 8 January 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth Pontypridd, Wales
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [2]
Position(s) Full back
Youth career
1991–1993 Cardiff City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1993–1995 Cardiff City 14 (0)
1995–2001 Barry Town 177 (13)
2001–2003 Swansea City 43 (0)
2003–2004 Newport County 41 (0)
2005 Cardiff Grange Quins 14 (0)
2005–2006 Newport County 13 (0)
2006–2007 Carmarthen Town 30 (2)
2007–2011 Haverfordwest County 107 (1)
2013–2014 Cambrian & Clydach Vale
International career
1994–199? Wales U21 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Terence Evans (born 8 January 1976) is a Welsh former professional footballer who played as a defender.

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Career

Evans began his career as a youth team member at Cardiff City. [3] After completing a two-year YTS scheme, [4] he made his professional debut in a 2–1 defeat to Bristol Rovers in January 1994 and made a handful of appearances during the season, including earning under 21 caps for Wales. He switched to the Welsh Premier League to play for Barry Town and was part of the side that found some success in European football. [4]

In 2001, he returned to The Football League with Swansea City where, after beginning the season on the bench, he established himself in the first team, making 16 appearances in all competitions, before his season was ended in February 2002 when he suffered a double fracture in his jaw after being struck by a deliberate elbow thrown by David Partridge during a match against Leyton Orient on 9 February 2002. [5] [6] Evans was released by Swansea at the end of the 2002–03 season, [7] moving to non-league club Newport County. [8] After one season at Newport he was released by then manager Peter Nicolas in June 2005. He then had a brief spell playing for Cardiff Grange Quins, but re-joined Newport County in 2005.

He joined Welsh Premier League side Haverfordwest County in 2007, making over 100 appearances for the club before retiring on medical advice in 2011. [9] He later played for Cambrian & Clydach Vale. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Terry Evans". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "Eurosport.com Football – Terry Evans". web page. Eurosport. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
  3. ↑ Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 60. ISBN   1-85983-462-0.
  4. 1 2 "County focus on Terry Evans". newport-county.co.uk. Archived from the original on 9 October 2008. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
  5. ↑ "L Orient 2-2 Swansea". BBC Sport. 9 February 2002. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
  6. ↑ "Season over for Evans". BBC Sport. 11 February 2002. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
  7. ↑ "Flynn commits to Swansea". BBC Sport. 8 May 2003. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
  8. ↑ "Newport swoop for Evans". BBC Sport. 18 May 2003. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
  9. ↑ "Terry Evans". welsh-premier.com. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  10. ↑ "Cambrian & Clydach Vale Boys & Girls club player profiles 2013–14" (PDF). Cambrian & Clydach Vale B.& G.C. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
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