Adam Griffiths
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Adam David Griffiths | ||
| Date of birth | 21 August 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Sydney, Australia | ||
| Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder, Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
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Current team
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APIA Leichhardt Tigers | ||
| Number | 24 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1995–1996 | Sydney United | ||
| 1997 | Sutherland Sharks | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998 | Sutherland Sharks | 6 | (1) |
| 1999–2001 | Northern Spirit | 21 | (1) |
| 2000 | → Gippsland Falcons (loan) | 7 | (1) |
| 2001 | → Manly United (loan) | 21 | (9) |
| 2002–2003 | Newcastle United Jets | 31 | (1) |
| 2004–2005 | Oostende | 27 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Watford | 0 | (0) |
| 2006 | Bournemouth | 7 | (1) |
| 2006–2007 | Brentford | 37 | (1) |
| 2007–2009 | Newcastle Jets | 38 | (3) |
| 2009 | Gold Coast United | 1 | (0) |
| 2009 | Al-Shabab | 15 | (0) |
| 2010 | Adelaide United | 8 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Hangzhou Greentown | 33 | (3) |
| 2012–2013 | Sydney FC | 18 | (0) |
| 2013 | Selangor FA | 16 | (3) |
| 2014–2015 | Kedah FA | 16 | (4) |
| 2015– | APIA Leichhardt Tigers | 15 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2008 | Australia | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 September 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 May 2014 |
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Adam Griffiths (born 21 August 1979 in Sydney) is an Australian football (soccer) player who plays for APIA Leichhardt Tigers.
Club career
Griffiths played for a number of Australian clubs before moving to Europe with Belgian club Oostende, and later England with Watford. He moved to another English club, League One side Brentford on 11 July 2006.[1]
Griffiths was released by Brentford on 16 May 2007 and rejoined former club Newcastle Jets the next day.[2] His twin brother Joel Griffiths also played for the Newcastle Jets.[3]
He made his A-League debut in Round 1 of the 2007–08 A-League season against Perth Glory,[4] and scored his first goal in the A-League in Round 5 against Melbourne Victory.
As of Thursday 20 November 2008, Griffiths signed for new expansion club Gold Coast United, on a three-year contract starting in the 2009/2010 season.[5]
After playing only one game for Gold Coast, Griffiths moved to Saudi Arabian club Al Shabab, in a deal worth $1.2 million a season plus a $650,000 transfer fee.[6] It is now reported that Griffiths will be leaving Al Shabab and returning to Gold Coast under the terms of his deal.
On 3 February 2010, Griffiths signed with Adelaide United for the club's Asian Champions League campaign.[7]
Later in 2010, Griffiths moved to China to join Hangzhou Greentown who he helped clinch qualification for the 2011 AFC Champions League after a fourth-place finish in the 2010 CSL season.
On 4 June 2012, Griffiths signed a 1-year deal with Sydney FC.[8]
However, as a result of Sydney FC failing to qualify for the A-League finals, Griffiths, along with teammates Paul Reid, Krunoslav Lovrek, Trent McClenahan, Nathan Sherlock and Jarrod Kyle were released by Sydney FC at the conclusion of the 2012–13 A-League season.[9]
Subsequently, Adam joined Malaysian side Selangor FA in April 2013 until the end of the 2013 Malaysian football season.[10]
He signed for the APIA Leichhardt for the 2015 season.
Personal life
Adam's twin brother, Joel and younger brother, Ryan, are also professional footballers.[11] Adam is also an artist and up-and-coming film director and writer.[12] He is married to the actress Lily Brown.
References
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External links
- Articles with dead external links from October 2015
- EngvarB from July 2013
- Use dmy dates from July 2013
- Pages with broken file links
- Pages using infobox football biography with height issues
- 1979 births
- Living people
- Soccer players from Sydney
- Australian people of Welsh descent
- Australian soccer players
- Australian expatriate soccer players
- Australia international soccer players
- Association football defenders
- Association football midfielders
- Association football utility players
- A-League players
- National Soccer League (Australia) players
- A.F.C. Bournemouth players
- Brentford F.C. players
- Adelaide United FC players
- Gold Coast United FC players
- Newcastle Jets FC players
- Watford F.C. players
- Sutherland Sharks FC players
- Northern Spirit FC players
- Al Shabab FC (Riyadh) players
- Hangzhou Greentown players
- Expatriate footballers in China
- Expatriate footballers in Malaysia
- Expatriate footballers in Saudi Arabia
- Sydney FC players
- Selangor FA players
- Manly United FC players
- Chinese Super League players
