Roger Freestone

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Personal information
Roger Freestone
Full name	Roger Freestone
Date of birth	August 19, 1968 (1968-08-19) (age 39)
Place of birth	Caerleon, Wales
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Retired
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1986-1987 1987-1991 1989 1990 1991-2004 2004	Newport County Chelsea → Swansea City (loan) → Hereford United (loan) Swansea City Newport County	013 (0) 042 (0) 014 (0) 008 (0) 549 (3) 014 (0)
National team
	Wales U21 Wales	1 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Roger Freestone (born 19 August 1968 in Caerleon, near Newport, Wales) is a former Wales international Goalkeeper.

1 Club career
2 Later career
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Club career

He began his career at Newport County as a trainee before moving to Chelsea in 1987 for £95,000 . During his time there he was loaned out to Swansea City and Hereford United. He eventually joined Swansea on a permanent deal in 1991, for a fee of £45,000, where he went on to spend over a decade, and the majority of his career, at the Welsh club. During his time at the club he was a big fan favourite and in 2001 a rumoured move to rivals Cardiff City was met with anger from Swansea fans as they did not want to lose him.^[1] He left the club after thirteen years and went on to sign for Newport County in 2004 but his contract was cancelled several months later by mutual consent due to recurring injury problems^[2] and he eventually retired. He also had a short-lived stint as manager at Swansea along with Nick Cusack.^[3]

He played for Wales at Schoolboy, under-21 and B level before winning his first, and only, cap against Brazil in 2000.^[4]

[edit] Later career

He currently manages youth side, Risca & Gelli United in the Islwyn Youth League

[edit] References

^ "Hollins hits out" BBC Sport Retrieved on 3 November 2007
^ "Keeper Freestone leaves Newport" BBC Sport Retrieved on 3 November 2007
^ "Mark Aizlewood:"No cause for celebration" BBC Sport Retrieved on 3 November 2007
^ "Wales vs Brazil match report" Dragonsoccer Retrieved on 3 November 2007

[edit] External links

Roger Freestone career stats at Soccerbase

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