Martin Rowlands

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Martin Rowlands
Martin Rowlands
Personal information
Full name Martin Rowlands
Date of birth February 8, 1979 (1979-02-08) (age 29)
Place of birth    Hammersmith, England
Height 5' 09"
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Queens Park Rangers
Number 14
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1997-1998
1998-2003
2003-		 Farnborough Town
Brentford
Queens Park Rangers		 005 0(7)
149 (20)
164 (31)   
National team2
2004 Republic of Ireland 003 0(0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 4 May 2008.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 24 January 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Martin Rowlands (born February 8, 1979 in Hammersmith, London) is an Irish professional footballer who plays for QPR. He formerly played for Brentford.

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[edit] Club career

Rowlands started his career at Farnborough Town in 1997 before moving to Brentford in August 1998 for a transfer fee of £45,000.[1] In five season with Brentford, he made 186 appearances in all competitions, scoring 23 goals.[1]

After suffering a broken leg, QPR manager Ian Holloway took a gamble on Rowlands and signed him on a free transfer in the summer of 2003. This gamble paid off, as Rowlands scored 12 goals from midfield, helping QPR to achieve promotion from the Second Division. That season, Rowlands also showed versatility, playing right back, right midfield, left midfield and centre midfield; excelling in all positions. He won both the supporters and players player of the year competitions.

Since then, Rowlands has suffered many injuries and has never truly recaptured his outstanding form of 2003/04. However, in 2006/07 he managed to score 10 goals from midfield.

In 2007/08 he was selected captain, and was regularly among Rangers` best performers. As of April 2008 Rowlands was the longest-serving member of the QPR squad having spent 5 years at the club.[2]

[edit] International career

Following good displays with QPR, Rowlands was called up to the Republic of Ireland squad in the summer of 2004, playing two games. His good club form in season 2007/2008 and his subsequent player of the year awards with QPR led to Rowlands being included in Giovanni Trappatoni's first Republic of Ireland

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Martin Rowlands. Soccerbase. Racing Post. Retrieved on 2008-03-29.
  2. ^ Higgs, James. "My Player of the Year" (blog), The Daily Telegraph, 2008-03-28. Retrieved on 2008-04-03. (British English) "Martin Rowlands joined us from Brentford five seasons ago, and he's now the longest serving member of the squad" 

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