Matthew Heywood

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Matthew Heywood
Personal information
Full name	Matthew Stephen Heywood
Date of birth	August 26, 1979 (1979-08-26) (age 28)
Place of birth	Chatham, England
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Brentford
Number	15
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1997–2001 2001–2005 2005–2006 2006–present	Burnley Swindon Bristol City Brentford	013 (0) 183 (8) 024 (2) 060 (2)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08 Mar 08. * Appearances (Goals)

Matthew Stephen Heywood (born August 26, 1979, Chatham) is a professional footballer and currently captain of Brentford.

Heywood is a central defender who began his career at Burnley as a trainee before moving on to Swindon Town in 2001. He made a total of 208 appearances in all competitions for Swindon before signing for Bristol City in the summer of 2005.

He started the 2005/6 season as one of Bristol City's first choice centre-backs, but fell out of favour following many injuries. He joined Brentford on 27 July 2006 in a one-month loan deal. The transfer was made permanent on August 18, 2006, and he became club captain in January 2008, following the departure of John Mackie.

[edit] External links

• Matthew Heywood career stats at Soccerbase

v • d • e Brentford F.C. – current squad 1 Simon Brown • 2 O'Connor • 7 Smith • 8 Pead • 10 Connell • 11 Poole • 12 Mousinho • 14 Elder • 15 Heywood • 18 Charles • 19 Dickson • 22 Osborne • 23 Montague • 28 Seb Brown • 31 Oyebanjo •  Ademola •  Wood •  Bean • Manager: Scott