Matthew Heywood

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Matthew Heywood
Personal information
Full name	Matthew Heywood
Date of birth	August 26, 1979 (age 27)
Place of birth	Chatham, England
Height	6'4 (191cm)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Brentford
Number	5
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1997–2001 2001–2005 2005–2006 2006-Present	Burnley Swindon Bristol City Brentford	13 (0) 183 (8) 24 (2) 24 (1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 Feb 07. * Appearances (Goals)

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 Taylor | 9 Owusu | 10 Kuffour | 12 Shipperley | 14 Carder-Andrews | 15 Richards | 16 Keith | 18 Tillen | 19 Willock | 22 Mousinho | 24 Osborne | 25 Ide | 26 Brown | 28 Abbey | 29 Montague | 30 Dark | 32 Leary | Manager: Fitzgerald