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Matthew Connolly
Personal information
Full name: Matthew Thomas Martin Connolly
Date of birth: 24 September 1987 (1987-09-24) (age 37)
Place of birth:    Barnet, Flag of England England
Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position: Defender
Club information
Current club Flag of Wales Cardiff City
Youth clubs
1997–2006 Flag of England Arsenal
Senior clubs
Years Club App (Gls)
2006–2008
2006–2007
2007–2008
2008–2012
2012
2012–
2015
Flag of England Arsenal
Flag of EnglandBournemouth (loan)
Flag of EnglandColchester United (loan)
Flag of England Queens Park Rangers
Flag of EnglandReading (loan)
Flag of Wales Cardiff City
Flag of EnglandWatford (loan)
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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.

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Cardiff City F.C. squad - 2024–25

Etheridge · Peltier · Bennett · Morrison · Ecuele Manga · Richards · Arter · Ralls · 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:  Flag of England Omer Riza
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