Marc Edworthy

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Marc Edworthy
Marc Edworthy
Personal information
Full name Marc Edworthy
Date of birth December 24, 1972 (age 33)
Place of birth Barnstaple, England
Height 5ft 11in
Position Defender
Club information
Current club Derby County
Number 2
Professional clubs*
Years Club Apps (goals)
1991-1995
1995-1998
1998-2002
2002-2003
2003-2005
2005-
Plymouth Argyle
Crystal Palace
Coventry City
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Norwich City
Derby County
69 (1)
123 (0)
78 (1)
22 (0)
71 (0)
42 (0)

* Professional club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 29/10/2006.

Marc Edworthy (born 24 December 1972 in Barnstaple) is an English professional footballer currently playing for Derby County.

Edworthy, a defender, began his career with Plymouth Argyle in 1991-1992 season. He played four seasons with the Pilgrims experiencing the lows of relegation and the heights of promotion. He finally left on June 9, 1995 for £350,000 to join Crystal Palace who had just been relegated from the Premiership. In his second season with the Eagles they won promotion to the Premiership but got relegated finishing the season in 19th position.

On 26 August 1998 he was bought by Premiership side Coventry City for £1,200,000. With the Sky Blues he again suffered relegation, this time from the Premiership. He left at the end of the 2001-2002 season to join Wolverhampton Wanderers.

He started his Wolves career on 31 August 2002, helping them get promoted to the Premiership. He left though to join Norwich City in the summer of 2003 on a free transfer.

In his first season with Norwich City he helped the Canaries win promotion to the Premiership. But again, he suffered relegation from the Premiership when Norwich finished in 19th place. He left in the summer of 2005 to join his current club Derby County, after a contract dispute with Norwich manager Nigel Worthington led to him becoming a free agent when his two-year deal expired.


Derby County F.C. - Current Squad

2 Edworthy | 3 Camara | 4 Bolder | 5 Leacock | 6 M. Johnson | 7 Jones | 8 Bisgaard | 9 Howard | 10 Stead | 11 Peschisolido | 12 Thirlwell | 13 Grant | 14 Jackson | 15 Smith | 16 Lupoli | 17 Boertien | 18 S. Johnson | 21 Malcolm | 22 Oakley | 23 Moore | 28 Barnes | 32 Cumberworth | 33 Streete | 34 Bossekota | 35 Cann | 43 Bywater | -- Addison | -- Ashton | -- Hanson | -- Wells | Manager: Davies


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Preceded by
David Hopkin
Crystal Palace F.C. Player of The Year
1998
Succeeded by
Hayden Mullins
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