Carlos Edwards

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Carlos Edwards
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Personal information
Full name Akenhaton Carlos Edwards[1]
Date of birth (1978-10-24) 24 October 1978 (age 45)
Place of birth Diego Martin, Trinidad and Tobago
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Position(s) Winger/Right back
Team information
Current team
 Millwall
Number 4
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1998 Patna United
1998 Queen's Park CC
1999–2000 Defence Force
2000–2005 Wrexham 165 (23)
2005–2007 Luton Town 68 (8)
2007–2009 Sunderland 50 (5)
2008 → Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) 6 (0)
2009–2014 Ipswich Town 166 (9)
2014 → Millwall (loan) 8 (1)
2014–2015 Millwall 8 (0)
2015– Millwall 13 (0)
International career‡
1999– Trinidad and Tobago 86 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 04:02, 6 January 2016 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:38, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

Akenhaton Carlos Edwards CM (born 24 October 1978), known as Carlos Edwards, is a Trinidadian professional footballer who plays for Millwall as a right-back. He started his footballing career in Trinidad and Tobago before moving to Wrexham in 2000 for whom he made over 150 appearances. He has had spells with Luton Town and Sunderland, and a brief loan period with Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Edwards has made over 80 appearances for the Trinidad and Tobago national football team, scoring four goals.

Club career

Edwards, a right-winger also adept at right-back, started his professional career at Defence Force in his native Trinidad and Tobago, where he had attended the same school (St Anthony's College in Westmoorings) as future team-mate Kenwyne Jones.[2]

Wrexham

Edwards was later signed by Wrexham for £250,000 in 2000, along with Dennis Lawrence and Hector Sam, after a trial.

Edwards helped the club win promotion to the Second Division in 2002–03, scoring 10 goals and winning Wrexham's Player of the Year award and being selected for the PFA Third Division Team of the Year along the way.[3] He then added a further five goals the following season as the club finished mid-table, with Edwards again voted into the PFA Team of the Year.

However, Edwards suffered a knee injury while on international duty in 2004 that put him on the sidelines for most of the 2004–05 season. The campaign ended in relegation for the club but he won his first silverware in English football in the form of the 2005 Football League Trophy.

Luton Town

With his Wrexham contract having expired, Edwards joined Championship side Luton Town in 2005 in a three-year deal on a Bosman transfer.[4] At Luton, he became popular with the fans with his flair and ability, winning the Young Members Player of the Season award in his first season with the club.[3]

Sunderland

Edwards' form attracted a £1.5 million bid from Sunderland whom he joined on 2 January 2007, signing a three-and-a-half-year contract.[5] Edwards began his Sunderland career brightly and scored five times in the remainder of the campaign. It was his 80th-minute winner against Burnley that confirmed Sunderland's promotion to the Premier League, after Derby County failed to beat Crystal Palace the following day.

Edwards' first season in the top flight was ruined by injury problems though. He suffered a hamstring injury in only the second game and after returning, had a leg fracture that again put him on the sidelines. He managed to return for the final months of the campaign that saw Sunderland retain their Premier League status.

After a spree of summer signings left Edwards largely out of contention at his parent club, he joined Championship side Wolverhampton Wanderers on 2 October 2008 on a three-month loan.[6] However, he was recalled early by the Black Cats on 20 November after six appearances for Wolves.

Ipswich Town

On 1 September 2009, Edwards and Grant Leadbitter signed for Ipswich Town for a combined fee of £4 million.[7] He scored his first goal for Ipswich in a 1–0 win at Sheffield Wednesday on 20 February 2010.[8] Edwards played purely as a right winger under Roy Keane but switched to right-back when Paul Jewell became manager. Edwards became Ipswich captain in March 2012 and was voted the Players' Player of the Year for the 2011–12 season.

On 27 March 2014, Edwards joined fellow Championship side Millwall on loan until 3 May 2014.[9]

Millwall

On 21 May 2014, Edwards joined Millwall on a free transfer from Ipswich until June 2015.[10]

On 22 September 2014, Edwards suffered a serious knee injury during Millwall's 0-0 draw against Nottingham Forest ruling him out for the rest of the 2014-2015 campaign.[11]

On 24 August 2015, Edwards re-joined Millwall on a short-term deal until January 2016, following his earlier release from the club.[12]

International career

Edwards made his international debut for the Trinidad and Tobago national team on 5 June 1999 against Grenada in the 1999 Caribbean Cup, despite never having appeared at any youth level for his country before.[13]

After winning that tournament, Edwards went on to become an established international and was part of the team that reached the World Cup Finals for the first time in the country's history and was duly selected for the squad for the 2006 World Cup in Germany. He played every minute of their participation during the competition, against Sweden, England and Paraguay, respectively.

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 26 March 2005 Estadio Mateo Flores  Guatemala 1 – 2 1–5 2006 World Cup qualification
2 3 September 2008 Hasely Crawford Stadium  Guyana 1 – 0 3–0 International Friendly
3 12 February 2009 Estadio Cuscatlán  El Salvador 1 – 0 2–2 2010 World Cup qualification
4 6 June 2009 Dwight Yorke Stadium  Costa Rica 1 – 0 2–3 2010 World Cup qualification

Career statistics

As of match played 2 May 2015.
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Wrexham 2000–01[14] Second Division 36 4 1 0 2 0 0 0 39 4
2001–02[15] Second Division 26 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 27 5
2002–03[16] Third Division 44 8 1 0 2 1 2[lower-alpha 1] 1 49 10
2003–04[17] Second Division 42 5 1 0 1 0 1[lower-alpha 1] 0 45 5
2004–05[18] League One 18 1 0 0 0 0 3[lower-alpha 1] 0 21 1
Total 166 23 3 0 6 1 6 1 181 25
Luton Town 2005–06[19] Championship 42 2 1 0 2 0 — 45 2
2006–07[20] Championship 26 6 0 0 3 0 — 29 6
Total 68 8 1 0 5 0 — 74 8
Sunderland 2006–07[20] Championship 15 5 1 0 0 0 — 16 5
2007–08[21] Premier League 13 0 0 0 0 0 — 13 0
2008–09[22] Premier League 22 0 3 0 1 0 — 26 0
2009–10[23] Premier League 0 0 0 0 1 0 — 1 0
Total 50 5 4 0 2 0 — 56 5
Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) 2008–09[22] Championship 6 0 0 0 0 0 — 6 0
Total 6 0 0 0 0 0 — 6 0
Ipswich Town 2009–10[23] Championship 28 2 2 0 0 0 — 30 2
2010–11[24] Championship 45 3 1 0 5 1 — 51 4
2011–12[25] Championship 45 0 1 0 0 0 — 46 0
2012–13[26] Championship 43 3 1 0 2 0 — 46 3
2013–14[27] Championship 9 1 0 0 1 0 — 10 1
Total 170 8 5 0 8 1 — 183 9
Millwall 2013–14[27] Championship 8 1 0 0 0 0 — 8 1
2014–15[28] Championship 8 0 0 0 0 0 — 8 0
Total 16 1 0 0 0 0 — 16 1
Career total 476 46 13 0 21 2 6 1 516 49
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy

Honours

Wrexham
Sunderland

References

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