General |
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Personal information | ||
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Full name: | Matthew Thomas Martin Connolly | |
Date of birth: | 24 September 1987 | |
Place of birth: | Barnet, ![]() | |
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | |
Playing position: | Defender | |
Club information | ||
Current club | ![]() | |
Youth clubs | ||
1997–2006 | ![]() | |
Senior clubs | ||
Years | Club | App (Gls) |
2006–2008 2006–2007 2007–2008 2008–2012 2012 2012– 2015 |
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5 (1) 16 (2) 116 (2) 6 (0) 137 (7) 6 (1) | 0 (0)
Matthew Thomas Martin Connolly (born 24 September 1987) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for EFL Championship club Cardiff City.
Having started his career at Arsenal he went moved to Queens Park Rangers, going on to win the Football League Championship in 2011. It would be the first of three titles in four years, as he won the same division again on loan at Reading in 2012 and Cardiff in 2013, whom he had joined permanently one year previously.
External links[]
- Matthew Connolly profile at Queens Park Rangers F.C.
Matthew Connolly profile at Soccerbase
- Matthew Connolly on Twitter
Cardiff City F.C. squad - 2024–25 |
1 Etheridge · 2 Peltier · 3 Bennett · 4 Morrison · 5 Ecuele Manga · 6 Richards · 7 Arter · 8 Ralls · 9 Ward · 10 Zohore · 11 J. Murphy · 12 Smithies · 13 Paterson · 14 Reid · 15 Bacuna · 16 Connolly · 17 Gunnarsson · 18 Cunningham · 19 Mendez-Laing · 20 Damour · 21 Camarasa · 22 Bamba · 23 K. Harris · 28 B. Murphy · 29 Niasse · 32 Healey · 33 Hoilett · 36 Coxe · 39 Humphries · — O'Keefe · Manager:![]() |
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