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| Full name | Scott Robert Griffiths[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 27 November 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Westminster, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Chesterfield (on loan from Peterborough United) |
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| Youth career | |||
| Southend United | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2002–2004 | Aveley | 37 | (8) |
| 2004–2010 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 203 | (4) |
| 2009–2010 | → Peterborough United (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2010– | Peterborough United | 11 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | → Chesterfield (loan) | 33 | (0) |
| 2011 | → Crawley Town (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2011– | → Chesterfield (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2006–2007 | England C | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:03, 8 September 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Scott Robert Griffiths (born 27 November 1985) is an English footballer who plays for Crawley Town on loan from Peterborough United as a defender.
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Griffiths started his football career playing for, and later captaining, a Basildon-based team called Beech United. He was signed for Southend United's youth team aged 13. Griffiths left three years later, and joined the football academy at Thurrock and Basildon College. Whilst playing for the academy team, they won their league and two cup competitions. He was also capped for Essex county football team, and missed out on a place in the England Under-19's team when he was injured before the final trial.
After college, aged 17, he signed for Aveley, before signing for Dagenham & Redbridge in 2004, signing a three-year contract.[2]
He made his debut as a substitute in the 90th minute against Forest Green Rovers, in the 4–1 away victory in the Conference National, on 17 August 2004.[3] He was played at left back, and went on to make 18 appearances in the 2004–05 season.
Griffiths made two of appearances in the England National Game XI team. He played against the Netherlands in the last of England's European Challenge Trophy group games on 29 November 2006,[4] which saw them finish top of their group with maximum points. He also played in the 3–1 away defeat to Northern Ireland on 14 February 2007.[5]
In the 2006–07 season, Dagenham & Redbridge gained promotion to Football League Two. Griffiths played in 45 of Dagenham's 46 Conference National games.
Griffiths signed on loan for Championship club Peterborough United on 23 October, with a view to a permanent move in January 2010.[6] He signed a permanent deal with Peterborough on 22 January.[7]
Griffiths joined Chesterfield on loan for the beginning of the 2010–11 season, initially on a short term loan. After returning to parent club Peterborough, Griffiths rejoined Chesterfield until the end of the season and played 33 games as the Spireites won the League Two title. He was back at Chesterfield on 25 November 2011, signing a loan deal until 2 January 2012.
Negotiations are currently taking place for loan deal to take Griffiths back to Chesterfield pending a deal.
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