Derwain Jamal Easter (born 15 November 1987) is a

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former

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who was a Wales Under-21 international.

Career

Easter was born in

Cardiff Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of Wales. It forms a Principal areas of Wales, principal area, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Dinas a ...

and joined

Cardiff City Cardiff City Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Caerdydd) is a professional association football club based in Cardiff, Wales. It competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1899 as R ...

as a trainee, turning professional in August 2006. On 27 October 2006, he joined

Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers Football Club are a professional football club in Bristol, England. They compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. They play home matches at the Memorial Stadium in Horfield, they have been ...

on loan, where he played in three league games without scoring and one

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game, where he scored one goal against his brother Jermaine's team,

Wycombe Wanderers Wycombe Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. They play their ho ...

. On 4 January 2007, he joined

Torquay United Torquay United Football Club is a professional football club based in Torquay, Devon, England. The team currently compete in the , the fifth tier of English football. They have played their home matches at Plainmoor since 1921 and are nicknamed ...

on loan, signing at the same time as his Cardiff teammate

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. He made his Torquay debut two days later as a second-half substitute for Matt Hockley in the 2–0 defeat at home to

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in the

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Third Round. He was a regular in the Torquay side, but failed to impress the new managerial team of

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and

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, and returned to Cardiff at the end of his loan spell on 3 March 2007. He was released by Cardiff in May 2007. Easter returned to Torquay United on trial in July 2007, playing the second half of the pre-season friendly against

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. He signed for

Carmarthen Town Carmarthen Town Association Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Tref Caerfyrddin) is a Welsh semi-professional football club based in Carmarthen. The team play their home games at Richmond Park. The club colours, reflected in their crest and ki ...

in August 2007, making 29 appearances in his first season but decided to leave the club at the end of the year. After an unsuccessful trial at Salisbury City, he signed for Newport County on 2 August 2008 following County's friendly with a

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XI. Despite being involved in the first team during the opening month of the season, he was released by Newport on 31 August, returning to Carmarthen Town. In February 2009, Easter signed on loan at

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side Clevedon Town for the remainder of the season, scoring after two minutes on his debut in a 3–1 defeat to

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. At the end of the season he signed with the club on a permanent basis. However a number of injuries restricted his playing time at the club, leading manager Nicky Tucker to propose a cut in wages which was rejected by Easter, resulting in his release in January 2010. After his release in England, he returned to Wales and signed for the 2010–11 season with

Taff's Well Taff's Well () is a semi-rural village, community and electoral ward located at the south easterly tip of Rhondda Cynon Taf, to the north of Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. Known locally as the 'Gates to the Valleys', it is separated from Gw ...

of the Welsh First Division. In July 2011 signed for Bridgend Town and was the topscorer with Danny Thomas. In July 2017 he joined

Pontypridd Town () (colloquially: Ponty) is a town and a community in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Geography comprises the electoral wards of , Hawthorn, Pontypridd Town, 'Rhondda', Rhydyfelin Central/Ilan ( Rhydfelen), Trallwng ( Trallwn) and Treforest (). Th ...

, having also played for

Rhoose Rhoose ( , cy, Y Rhws from "the moor") is a village and community near the sea (the Bristol Channel) in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, near Barry. The wider community includes villages and settlements such as Font-y-Gary, Penmark, East Aber ...

References

External links

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Welsh Premier League Profile for Jamal Easter
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