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Gareth Edds
Personal information
Full name	Gareth James Edds
Date of birth	3 February 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth	Sydney, Australia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Northern Fury
Number	8
Youth career
1996–1997	AIS
Senior career*
Years	Team
1997–2002	Nottingham Forest
2002–2003	Swindon Town
2003–2004	Bradford City
2004–2008	Milton Keynes Dons
2008–2010	Tranmere Rovers
2010–2011	North Queensland Fury
2013–	Northern Fury
International career‡
	Australia U20
	Australia U23
Managerial career
2012–	Northern Fury
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 November 2013; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:11, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

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Gareth James Edds (born 3 February 1981) is an Australian football (soccer) player who plays as a defender or midfielder.

Club career

Edds started his career in 1999 with English team Nottingham Forest after going through the AIS system in Australia before leaving for Swindon Town in the summer of 2002. However, he only played one season for Swindon before moving to Bradford City, where he again stayed for just one season. He moved to the newly named Milton Keynes Dons, where he played from 2004 to 2008, making more than 100 appearances. In his time at MK Dons he scored vital goals, including his last gasp goal at the end of the 2004–05 season, which kept the Dons in League One. In May 2008, following MK Dons' promotion to League One, he was one of six players to be released by the club.^[2] Following his release, he was signed by League One side Tranmere Rovers in June 2008 on a two-year contract.^[3]

On 11 May 2010 it was announced that Edds would not be offered a new contract and on 24 June 2010 it was announced that Edds had signed a deal with A League side North Queensland Fury^[4]

Managerial career

On 12 November 2012 he accepted the role of head coach of Northern Fury.^[5] According to his now defunct MK Dons profile, Gareth is an avid fan of Westlife and Take That and enjoys sailing in his spare time.

Honours

Football League Trophy: 2008

References

^ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2009). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10. Mainstream Publishing. p. 133. ISBN 978-1-84596-474-0.
^ "Edds heads exit list at MK Dons". BBC Sport. 17 May 2008. Retrieved 18 May 2008.
^ "Edds signs contract with Tranmere". BBC Sport. 10 June 2008. Retrieved 10 June 2008.
^ Fury sign up a rover
^ http://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/article/2012/11/10/369793_sport.html

External links

Gareth Edds at Soccerbase
Oz Football profile

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[Hugman2009-10_133-1] Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2009). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10. Mainstream Publishing. p. 133. ISBN 978-1-84596-474-0.

[2] "Edds heads exit list at MK Dons". BBC Sport. 17 May 2008. Retrieved 18 May 2008.

[3] "Edds signs contract with Tranmere". BBC Sport. 10 June 2008. Retrieved 10 June 2008.

[4] Fury sign up a rover

[5] ttp://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/article/2012/11/10/369793_sport.html

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-'''Gareth James Edds''' (born 3 February 1981) is an Australian [[Football (soccer)|footballer]] who plays as a [[defender (association football)|defender]] or [[midfielder]].
+'''Gareth James Edds''' (born 3 February 1981) is an Australian [[Association football|football (soccer)]] player who plays as a [[defender (association football)|defender]] or [[midfielder]].
 ==Club career==