Matthew Rose (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Matthew David Rose | ||
| Date of birth | 24 September 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Dartford, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Arsenal | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1997 | Arsenal | 5 | (0) |
| 1997–2007 | Queens Park Rangers | 294 | (8) |
| 2007–2008 | Yeovil Town | 41 | (1) |
| Total | 340 | (9) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Matthew Rose, (born 24 September 1975 in Dartford, Kent ), is an English former professional footballer. Rose, who played as a Defender, featured for clubs Arsenal, QPR and Yeovil Town throughout his career.[1][2]
Playing career
Arsenal
Rose started up as an academy player at Arsenal where under the helm of youth team manager Pat Rice he captained the gooners to FA Youth Cup victory in 1994. On 5 March 1996 he made his first-team debut against Manchester City. Rose made five appearances, with three coming as sub, for the Gunners before moving to QPR for £500,000 in May 1997. [3][4]
Queen's Park Rangers
Rose thus became an integral and influential player for QPR.[5] He regularly featured for the club wherein their memorable 2003-2004 season where the R's pipped Bristol City to place as runners up in the Football League Second Division. With this being so QPR thus secured promotion to the First Division which came in a win away to Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough. [2]
One of the most noteworthy goals that he scored for the Hoops came in September 2004 where they sealed a last minute 3-2 win at Brighton with his left-footed curling shot into the top corner.[6] In January 2007, being unable to be guaranteed first team football by new manager John Gregory, Rose eventually left the club. Altogether Rose made over 250 appearances for Queens Park Rangers both at and away from Loftus Road in all competitions.[5]
Yeovil Town
On 23 February, Rose signed for League One side Yeovil Town.[1] He scored his eventual first and only goal for Yeovil against Bristol Rovers in October 2007.[7] At the end of the 2007-2008 season Rose rejected a new contract offer from Yeovil Town and thus retired from the game.[4]
Coaching career
Rose as of its establishment in 2011, alongside Lakis Papaioannou heads Arsenal's elite Grecian academy of which is based in Athens.[8]
Honours
- Arsenal
- FA Youth Cup - Winner 1993/1994.[3][4]
- Queens Park Rangers
- 2003 -2004 Football Second Division -Runner Up[2]
References
- ^ a b "Yeovil complete signing of Rose". BBC Sport. 23 February 2007. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
- ^ a b c "QPR clinch promotion". BBC.co.uk.
- ^ a b "FA Youth Cup Winners 1994". Flickr.com.
- ^ a b c "Matthew Rose". Arsenal.com.
- ^ a b "Matthew Rose". 11v11.com.
- ^ "QPR's'best goals of the 04-05 season (Matthew Rose Jamie Cureton)". Youtube.com.
- ^ "Bristol Rovers 1-1 Yeovil". BBC. 20 October 2007. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
- ^ "Arsenal beginning to reap rewards of youth academy in Greece". Gooner Talk.com.
External links
- Matthew Rose at Soccerbase
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