Zacharia Douglas Evans (born 3 May 1991) is a
Welsh
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footballer
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who plays as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
for
Newtown.
Playing career
On 13 August 2010,
Presteigne
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-born Evans joined
Hereford United
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of
League Two
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on a one-year deal. He made his debut in the
Football League Trophy
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second round 3–0 defeat by
Exeter City
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on 5 October 2010, replacing
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on 56 minutes
but was released in January 2011.
Evans joined
Welsh Premier League
The Cymru Premier, known as the JD Cymru Premier for sponsorship reasons, is the national football league of Wales. It has both professional and semi-professional status clubs and is at the top of the Welsh football league system. Prior to 20 ...
club
Newtown towards the end of the 2009–2010. He failed to score his first goal for Newtown. Saturday 17 December 2011 as a penalty against Airbus UK in a
Welsh Premier League
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match.
References
External links
Profileat the Official Cardiff City site
at the Official Hereford United site
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1991 births
Living people
People from Presteigne
Welsh footballers
Association football midfielders
Cardiff City F.C. players
Hereford United F.C. players
Newtown A.F.C. players
Cymru Premier players