Matthew Philip Edwards (born 1 August 1991) is an English born, Scottish

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

, who is currently unattached. He has played for

Leeds United Leeds United Football Club is a professional football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire in England. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of England's football league system, and plays its home matches at Elland Road ...

and

Rochdale Rochdale ( ) is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, at the foothills of the South Pennines in the dale on the River Roch, northwest of Oldham and northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough ...

as a

goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting ...

Career

Leeds United

Born in

Liverpool Liverpool is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the List of English districts by population, 10th largest English district by population and its E ...

, England, Edwards started his career at Manchester United but never received a professional contract. He then continued his career playing in the youth teams at

. He signed his first professional contract for Leeds in 2008 aged 17. In January 2009 he joined

Salford City Salford City may refer to: *The City of Salford *Salford City F.C., an association football club from the city *Salford Red Devils The Salford Red Devils are a professional rugby league club in Salford, Greater Manchester, England, who play i ...

on a month's loan deal, before he was released by Leeds in summer that year.

Rochdale

After his release by Leeds, he joined up with Keith Hill at

as cover for

Kenny Arthur Kenneth James Arthur (born 7 December 1978) is a Scottish former professional footballer and is currently goalkeeping coach of Partick Thistle. He played from 1996 to 2015 and represented Partick Thistle, Accrington Stanley, Rochdale, Grimsby T ...

. He made his Rochdale debut on the 27 November 2010 in a 1–1 draw at home to

Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic Association Football Club is a professional football club in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. The history of Oldham Athletic be ...

, coming on as a substitute for injured

Josh Lillis Joshua Mark Lillis (born 24 June 1987) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Barrow. He began his career at Scunthorpe United in the League One and Championship. He spent time on loan at Notts County, and Grimsby ...

. In December 2010 he signed a contract extension with Rochdale. In May 2011, Matty put pen-to-paper on yet another six-month deal at Spotland, which was later extended to the end of last season. Edwards made seven appearances for the first team in the 2011–12 season, before signing yet another short-term contract with the club. After the end of the 2012–13 season his contract was not renewed by Keith Hill.

International career

Edwards was selected for the

Scotland national under-21 football team The Scotland national under-21 football team, controlled by the Scottish Football Association, is Scotland's national under 21 football team and is considered to be a feeder team for the Scotland national football team. As a European under-21 t ...

in April 2012 and he appeared as a substitute in the second half in a 4–1 defeat against

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

. He is eligible to represent Scotland because his maternal grandmother was born in Airdrie.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Edwards, Matthew 1991 births Living people English people of Scottish descent English footballers People from Birkenhead Association football goalkeepers Leeds United F.C. players Salford City F.C. players Rochdale A.F.C. players English Football League players Scotland under-21 international footballers