Adam Griffiths

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Adam Griffiths

Full name	Adam Griffiths
Date of birth	August 21, 1979 (1979-08-21) (age 28)
Place of birth	Sydney, Australia
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Centre Back, Central Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Newcastle Jets
Number	2
Youth clubs
	Sutherland Sharks
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998 1999–2001 2000 2001 2002–2003 2004–2005 2005–2006 2006 2006–2007 2007–present	Sutherland Sharks Northern Spirit → Gippsland Falcons (loan) → Manly United (loan) Newcastle United Oostende Watford Bournemouth Brentford Newcastle Jets	06 (1) 21 (1) 07 (1) 21 (9) 31 (1) 27 (0) 00 (0) 07 (1) 37 (1) 19 (3)
National team²
2008–present	Australia	02 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 January 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 24 May 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Adam Griffiths (born 21 August 1979 in Sydney) is an Australian professional soccer player currently playing for Newcastle Jets. Griffiths generally plays as a central defender, but his versatility means that he can also play at right or left full–back, or in central midfield.

1 Club career
2 Honours
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Club career

Griffiths played for, a number of Australian clubs before moving to Europe with Belgian club Oostende and then England with Watford. He moved to another English club, League One side Brentford on 11 July 2006.

Griffiths was released by Brentford on May 16, 2007 and rejoined former club Newcastle Jets the next day.^[1] His twin brother Joel Griffiths also plays for Newcastle Jets.

He made his A-League debut in Round 1 of the 2007-08 A-League season against Perth Glory,^[2] and scored his first goal in the A-League in Round 5 against Melbourne Victory.