Ryan Green

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Personal information
Ryan Green
Full name	Ryan Michael Green
Date of birth	October 20, 1980 (1980-10-20) (age 27)
Place of birth	Cardiff, Wales
Playing position	Right Back
Club information
Current club	Bristol Rovers
Number	2
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1997–2001 2001 2001–2002 2002 2002–2003 2003–2006 2006–	Wolverhampton Wanderers → Torquay United (loan) Millwall → Cardiff City (loan) Sheffield Wednesday Hereford United Bristol Rovers	08 (0) 10 (0) 13 (0) 00 (0) 04 (0) 91 (3) 45 (0)
National team
1998	Wales	02 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:19, 10 February 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Ryan Green (born 20 October 1980 in Cardiff) is a Welsh footballer currently playing as a defender for Bristol Rovers. He has represented Wales at Youth, Under-21 and Full international level, and was formerly the youngest player ever to play for Wales.

[edit] Career

Ryan Green began his career as a trainee with Wolverhampton Wanderers turning professional in October 1997. Before making a first team appearance for Wolves, he was picked by Bobby Gould for the full Wales international side against Malta and Tunisia, breaking Ryan Giggs' record as the youngest player ever to play for Wales. He made his Wolves first team debut on November 10, 1998, in a 2-1 victory against Sheffield United at Molineux but suffered an injury which kept him out for six months. He struggled to establish himself at Wolves and joined Torquay United on loan in March 2001, playing ten times as Torquay successfully fought off relegation to the Conference. However he scored an own goal in the final game of the season, a 3-2 win away to Barnet which nonetheless resulted in Torquay surviving at Barnet's expense.

He moved to Millwall on a free transfer in October 2001,^[1] and almost joined Bradford City in 2002, a move scuppered by the financial impact on Football League clubs of the ITV Digital collapse. Instead he joined Cardiff City on a monthly contract in November 2002, joining Sheffield Wednesday two weeks later. He was released by Wednesday at the end of the season, joining Hereford United in July 2003.

In three seasons with Hereford he made a total of 117 appearances, scoring 4 goals. His first senior goal came against Telford United when, in the third minute of injury time, he ran the length of the pitch to get into a position to score the winning goal. He scored his most notable goal in his final match for the Bulls, the 2006 Conference play-off final against Halifax Town. In the second period of extra time, he curled a shot into the top left corner of the goal, which secured Hereford's return to the Football League.

However he left shortly afterwards, on the 31 May 2006, signing a two-year contract with Bristol Rovers.^[2] Unfortunately he suffered a nasty foot injury in the 4-3 defeat to Grimsby Town which sidelined him for several weeks.