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List Of Wales International Footballers Born Outside Wales
This is a list of footballers who played for Wales' national football team who were born outside of Wales. For the purposes of international football the football world governing body, FIFA, considers Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland to be distinct and individual countries. The following players were not born in Wales and have played at least one game for the senior Wales national football team. Players are listed by birthplace. __NOTOC__ Belgium * Pat Van Den Hauwe Canada * Leo Newton Cyprus * Jeremy Goss England * Harry Adams * Ethan Ampadu * Smart Arridge * William Bell * Ernie Bowdler * Jack Bowdler * Mark Bradley * Tom Bradshaw * Thomas Britten * David Brooks * Jason Brown * Thomas Bryan * Marcus Browning * Thomas Burnett * James Chester * Simon Church * Danny Collins * Jack Collison * John Cornforth * Andrew Crofts * Knyvett Crosse * Mark Crossley * Alan Davies * Albert Davies * Craig Davies * John Davies * Simon Davies * Thomas Davies * W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45 minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries, it is considered the world's most popular sport. The game of association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 with the International Football Association Board (IFAB) maintaining them since 1886. The game is played with a football that is in circumference. The two teams compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Adams (footballer)
Harry Adams (1855 – 13 July 1910) was an England-born Welsh footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Druids during their FA Cup run in 1882–83 and made four international appearances for Wales. Football career Adams was born in Crick, Northamptonshire in England of Welsh parents, but returned to Llangollen in Wales where he worked as a plumber. He started his football career with local side, Berwyn Rangers, in 1879 and was first selected to represent Wales in a friendly match against Ireland at the Racecourse Ground, Wrexham on 25 February 1882. The Welsh won the match 7–1, with John Price scoring four goals. Adams retained his place for the next match, against England, when the Welsh were again victorious by a margin of five goals to three. His success with the Welsh team drew him to the attention of Druids (based in Ruabon), then one of the top teams in Wales, whom he joined in 1882. Druids entered the English FA Cup for the third time defeating local rivals, Osw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Burnett (footballer)
Thomas Burnett (1852 in England – ?) was a Welsh international footballer. He was part of the Wales national football team, playing 1 match on 5 March 1877 against Scotland. See also * List of Wales international footballers (alphabetical) The Wales national football team has represented Wales in international association football since 1876, making it the third oldest international football team. They played their first official match on 25 March 1876, four years after England ... References 1852 births Welsh men's footballers Wales men's international footballers Place of birth missing Date of death missing Year of death missing Men's association football goalkeepers {{Wales-footy-goalkeeper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcus Browning
Marcus Trevor Browning (born 22 April 1971) is a football coach and former player who played as a midfielder. Born in England, he made five appearances for the Wales national team. Club career Browning was born in Bristol and began his career at Bristol Rovers as a striker but was converted to a defensive midfielder by his manager Malcolm Allison. He made over 200 appearances in all competitions for the club before joining Huddersfield Town for £500,000 in February 1997 on a three and a half year contract. Browning then spent three years at Gillingham, whom he joined for £200,000 in March 1999 following a brief loan spell with the club after falling out of favour at Huddersfield Town under manager Peter Jackson. During his time with the Kent side he featured in their most successful ever FA Cup run as they made the quarter-finals before losing to Chelsea 5–0, as well as their promotion via the play-offs to the second tier of English football for the first time in their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Bryan (Welsh Footballer)
Thomas Bryan (born 1866) was a Welsh international footballer of the 19th century. He played twice for Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ... in the 1885-86 British Home Championship, scoring one goal. References External links * 1866 births Wales men's international footballers Year of death missing Welsh men's footballers Men's association football forwards Oswestry Town F.C. players Place of birth missing {{Wales-footy-forward-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Brown (footballer)
Jason Roy Brown (born 18 May 1982) is a former professional association football, footballer who played as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. He began his career at Gillingham F.C., Gillingham where he made over 100 appearances, before joining up with Premier League side Blackburn Rovers F.C., Blackburn Rovers in 2006. Born in England, was capped three times for Wales national football team, Wales after making his debut in 2006. Early life Born in Bermondsey in Southwark, England, Brown attended Riverside Primary School and Deptford Green School as a youngster. Club career Charlton Athletic Brown began his career playing youth football as a Defender (association football), defender for Fisher Athletic F.C., Fisher Athletic before converting to a goalkeeper at the age of 14. He later played one season for Sydenham, winning a local league and cup double. During this season the side conceded just four goals during their campaign, with him featuring alongside Anwar U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Brooks (footballer)
David Robert Brooks (born 8 July 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club AFC Bournemouth and the Wales national team. He played for both Wales and England at youth level before making his senior debut for Wales in 2017. Club career Early career Brooks was born in Warrington, Cheshire. He was associated with the Manchester City academy from the age of seven, before he switched to the Sheffield United academy in 2014 and signed professional forms with the club in March 2015. He joined National League side Halifax Town on a one-month loan on 29 August 2015. Brooks had his loan extended into a second month and scored one goal, against Aldershot Town, in his five appearances. Sheffield United He made his first-team debut for ''the Blades'' on 30 August 2016, coming on as a 63rd-minute substitute for Matt Done in a 0–0 draw with Leicester City U23 in an EFL Trophy group stage match at Bramall Lane. He made his first start for the club in the next fix ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Britten
Thomas Johnson Britten (6 March 1858 – 24 October 1910) was an international footballer. Though born and raised in rural Herefordshire in England, his birth was registered in the nearest town Presteigne across the Welsh border and he was deemed eligible to play for the Wales national football team,The English players in 1870s Scottish football Andy Mitchell, Scottish Sport History, 12 April 2021 which he did twice in 1878 and 1880. He made his debut on 23 March 1878 against and played his second and last match on 27 March 1880 against the same opposition. Britten had oth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Bradshaw (footballer, Born 1992)
Thomas William Bradshaw (born 27 July 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Championship club Millwall. He has previously played for Aberystwyth Town, Shrewsbury Town, Walsall and Barnsley. Born in England, he represented Wales at under−19 and under−21 level before making his senior Wales debut in March 2016. Club career Shrewsbury Town Bradshaw started his career at Aberystwyth Town and was signed by Shrewsbury Town in May 2009 (Aberystwyth later received a retrospective fee of £30,000 under the FIFA training compensation scheme). He made his debut in a League Two match against Crewe Alexandra at Gresty Road on 10 April 2010, replacing Jamie Cureton for the final 15 minutes and scoring two goals in a 3–0 win. At the end of the 2009–10 season he signed a two-year professional contract. Despite scoring six goals in the 2010–11 season, Bradshaw found first team opportunities more limited in 2011–12, making only 8 appearances and scoring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Bradley (footballer Born 1988)
Mark Simon Bradley (born 14 January 1988) is a former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Walsall and Rotherham United. He made one appearance for the Wales national team in 2010. After retiring from professional football, Bradley moved to coaching and is currently employed as the strength and conditioning coach at his former club, Walsall. Club career Walsall Born in Wordsley, England, Bradley began his football career at Walsall and he progressed through the club's youth system. Bradley made his debut for Walsall, starting a match and played 57 minutes before being substituted, on the final day of the 2004–05 season in the match at home to Stockport County, losing 3–0. He spent two seasons, rotating between the first team and the reserve team to help with his development. The next two seasons saw Bradley signed a one–year contract extension with the club on two occasions. Following this, he was promoted to Walsall's first team ahead of the 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Bowdler
John Charles Henry Bowdler also known as Jack Bowdler and sometimes as Charlie (1870 – 18 July 1927) was a Welsh footballer. He was part of the Wales national football team between 1890 and 1894, playing 5 matches and scoring 3 goals. He played his first match on 8 February 1890 against Ireland and his last match on 12 March 1894 against England. He played at club level for Shrewsbury Town, of which he was a founder player, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Blackburn Rovers prior to beginning his practice as a solicitor. Personal and professional life Bowdler was born in 1870, son of John Charles Bowdler, a Shrewsbury solicitor. Harry Ernest Bowdler, also known as Ernie, another Wales football international, was his brother. He was educated at Shrewsbury School, which he attended from 1884 to 1888. He was admitted a solicitor in 1895, after serving articles under John Hawley Edwards, a former England and Wales international footballer, and another solicitor in Shrewsbury. He pract ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernie Bowdler
Harry Ernest Bowdler also known as Ernie Bowdler (1872 – 24 May 1921) was a Welsh footballer. He was part of the Wales national football team, playing 1 match on 18 March 1893 against Scotland. Personal and professional life Bowdler was born in 1872, son of John Charles Bowdler, a Shrewsbury solicitor, and educated at Shrewsbury School, attending from 1887 to 1893. John Charles Henry Bowdler (aka Jack), also a Wales international, was his brother. He became a solicitor, working with his brother Jack's offices at Swan Hill, Shrewsbury. He was Assistant Overseer of the parishes of St Chad and St Alkmund in Shrewsbury as well as the neighbouring rural parishes of Uffington, Withington and Battlefield. He died after an appendicitis operation in a Shrewsbury nursing home on 24 May 1921 aged 48 and was buried in Shrewsbury General Cemetery in Longden Road on 27 May. His home at time of his death was at Villa Nova, Sutton Road. He was survived by a wife and one daughter. Playing car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
