Matthew Heywood

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Matthew Heywood
Personal information
Full name Matthew Heywood
Date of birth August 26, 1979
Place of birth Chatham, England
Height 6'4 (191cm)
Position Defender
Club information
Current club Brentford
Number 5
Professional clubs*
Years Club Apps (goals)
19972001
20012005
2005
2006
Burnley
Swindon
Bristol City
Brentford
13 (0)
183 (8)
24 (2)
0 (0)

* Professional club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 30 Jul 06.
** National team caps and goals correct
as of 30 Jul 06.


Matthew Heywood (born August 26, 1979) is a professional footballer currently playing for Brentford.

Heywood is a central defender who began his career at Burnley as a trainee before moving on to Swindon Town in 2001. He made a total of 208 appearances in all competitions for Swindon before signing for Bristol City in the summer of 2005.

He started the 2005/6 season as one of Bristol City's first choice centre-backs, but fell out of favour following many injuries. He joined Brentford on 27 July 2006 in a one-month loan deal. The transfer was made permanent on August 18, 2006.


Brentford F.C. - Current Squad

1 Nelson | 2 O'Connor | 3 Frampton | 4 Pinault | 5 Heywood | 6 Griffiths | 7 Brooker | 8 Skúlason | 9 Owusu | 10 Kuffour | 11 Tomlin | 12 Fitzgerald | 12 Carder-Andrews | 15 Moore | 16 Onibuje | 17 Rhodes | 18 Tillen | 19 Willock | 20 Peters | 21 Masters | 22 Mousinho | 23 Charles | 24 Osborne | 25 Ide | 26 Brown | 28 Wijnhard | 29 Cox | Caretaker Manager: Fitzgerald