Christian Edwards

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Christian Edwards
Personal information
Date of birth	23 November 1975
Place of birth	Caerphilly, Wales
Height	6 ft 2 in
Nickname	Swanny
Position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Forest Green Rovers
Number	24
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1994 - 1998 1998 - 2003 1998 - 1999 2000 2001 - 2002 2002 2003 2003-2006 2005 2006 - present	Swansea City Nottingham Forest Bristol City (loan) Oxford United (loan) Crystal Palace (loan) Tranmere Rovers (loan) Oxford United (loan) Bristol Rovers Swansea City (loan) Forest Green Rovers	112 (4) 54 (3) 3 (0) 5 (1) 9 (0) 12 (0) 6 (0) 99 (3) 2 (0) ? (?)
National team
	Wales	1 (0)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:20 (UTC), 16 November 2006.

Christian 'Swanny' Edwards (born 23 November 1975 in Caerphilly, Wales) is a Welsh professional football player. He plays in the centre of defence and has also played on the right. He is currently playing for Forest Green Rovers.

Contents 1 International Career 2 Swansea City (1994-1998) 3 Nottingham Forest (1998-2003) 4 Bristol Rovers (2003-2006)

[edit] International Career

Edwards has one full Welsh cap, two 'B' caps and seven under-21 caps to his name.

[edit] Swansea City (1994-1998)

He began his professional career at Swansea City (where he got his nickname 'Swanny') he made 112 appearances for the Swans before he moved to Nottingham Forest.

[edit] Nottingham Forest (1998-2003)

He cost Forest £275,000 when he arrived there in March 1998 but it was not long until he was on the move again this time on loan to Bristol City where he made 3 appearances. In 2000/2001 he went out on loan twice, first to Oxford United and then to Crystal Palace where he played 9 games for the Londoners. A year later (2002) he went out on loan again this time to Tranmere Rovers where he played 12 games before joining Bristol Rovers. He made 54 appearances for Forest.

[edit] Bristol Rovers (2003-2006)

His first season as a Rovers player saw him partnering captain Adam Barrett in the centre of the defence. In March, Edwards was placed on to the transfer list following a dip in form. It got worst for him, when he fractured his arm on the last day of the 2004/05 season and took all summer to recover. In the summer of 2006 first team coach Paul Trollope announced that Edwards' contract would not be renewed, he was released soon afterwards. In July 2006 Edwards announced he would retire from professional football. He changed his mind and signed for Forest Green Rovers.