Edwards playing for the Young Socceroos in 2013
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ryan Marc Edwards | ||
Date of birth | 17 November 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Singapore | ||
Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Playing position | Central midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Partick Thistle | ||
Number | 19 | ||
Youth career | |||
2007–2011 | AIS | ||
2011–2012 | Reading | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2015 | Reading | 7 | (0) |
2013–2014 | → Perth Glory (loan) | 15 | (0) |
2015– | Partick Thistle | 55 | (3) |
National team‡ | |||
2010–2013 | Australia U20 | 18 | (2) |
2014– | Australia U-23 | 18 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:45, 22 May 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 April 2016 |
Ryan Marc Edwards (born 17 November 1993) is an Australian professional football player who currently plays as a midfielder for Scottish Premiership side Partick Thistle.
Born in Singapore, Edwards played youth football at the Australian Institute of Sport and for Reading before making his professional debut for Perth Glory on loan in 2013. In 2015, Edwards left Reading to join Partick Thistle.
He has represented Australia at under-20 and under-23 level. In March 2017 Edwards was called up to the senior Australian national team.
Edwards was born in Singapore. His father, Alistair, is a former Australian international and his mother is a Singaporean national, and his older brother Cameron is also a professional footballer.
On 29 April 2011, it was announced he had signed with Championship side Reading along with his older brother Cameron.
In April 2015, Edwards announced he'd been informed by Reading that they would not be renewing his contract, which expired that summer, with his release from Reading confirmed on 21 May.
On 16 July 2013, Edwards left Reading on a season long loan to Perth Glory, then managed by his father Alistair and featuring his brother Cameron. Edwards made his debut for Perth Glory on 13 October 2013 in their first game of the 2013–14 season, a 3–1 away defeat to Adelaide United.