Rob Evans (footballer)

Rob Evans (born 5 June 1995) is a Welsh semi-professional footballer who plays for Newtown in the Cymru North.

Rob Evans

Personal information
Date of birth	(1995-06-05) 5 June 1995 (age 30)[1]
Place of birth	Penycae, Wales
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Newtown
Number	8
Youth career
0000–2012	Wrexham
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2017	Wrexham	156	(7)
2017–2018	Billericay Town	44	(4)
2018–2019	Warrington Town	39	(1)
2019–2021	Curzon Ashton	43	(1)
2021–2022	Alfreton Town	37	(1)
2022–2023	AFC Telford United	48	(2)
2023–	Newtown	46	(1)
International career‡
2011	Wales U17	3	(0)
2013–2014	Wales U19	8	(0)
Managerial career
2018–	Glyndwr Wrexham Football Academy
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:53, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[2] ‡ National team caps and goals as of 2 June 2014

Club career

Wrexham

Evans was born in Penycae, Wrexham County Borough.^[3] He made his first-team debut for Wrexham in a Conference Premier match against Newport County in April 2012.^[4] Evans became Wrexham's youngest ever captain whilst leading Wrexham to a 2–1 FA Trophy victory over Gresley in 2013 at the age of 18.^[5] He scored his first competitive goal for Wrexham against Barnet in September 2014. Following an impressive and ever present 2015–16 season, Evans won the young player of the year award for the second successive year.

Evans was released by Wrexham at the end of 2016–17.^[6]

Billericay Town

On 28 May 2017, Evans signed for Isthmian League Premier Division club Billericay Town.^[7] He made 36 games and scored 1, before he left Billericay.^[8]

Warrington Town

After two months without a club, Rob signed for Northern Premier League side Warrington Town, along former Wrexham teammate David Raven.^[9] Despite the Welshman being offered a new deal to remain at Cantilever Park, he announced in May on Twitter that his time at the club had come to an end.

Curzon Ashton

Robbie signed for Conference North side Curzon Ashton in May 2019.

Alfreton Town

In June 2021, Evans joined Alfreton Town after two seasons with Curzon Ashton.^[10]

AFC Telford United

On 10 March 2022, Evans joined National League North side AFC Telford United on a deal until the end of the 2021–22 season.^[11]

Coaching career

On 26 July 2018 Wrexham A.F.C. announced the signing of Evans, as Coach at Glyndwr Wrexham Football Academy.^[12]

Career statistics

As of end of 2020–21 season

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Wrexham	2011–12[4]	Conference Premier	1	0	0	0	—		0	0	1	0
	2012–13[13]	Conference Premier	4	0	0	0	—		1[a]	0	5	0
	2013–14[13]	Conference Premier	16	0	1	0	—		2[a]	0	19	0
	2014–15[13]	Conference Premier	26	3	1	0	—		6[a]	0	33	3
	2015–16[13]	National League	44	3	1	0	—		1[a]	0	46	3
	2016–17[13]	National League	29	1	1	0	—		1[a]	0	31	1
	Total		120	7	4	0	0	0	11	0	135	7
Curzon Ashton	2019–20	National League North	25	0	0	0	—		1[a]	0	26	0
	2020–21	National League North	13	1	1	0	—		1[a]	0	15	1
	Total		38	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	41	1
Career total			158	8	5	0	0	0	13	0	176	8

1. Appearance(s) in FA Trophy