Rhoys Wiggins

Rhoys Wiggins
Training with Charlton Athletic in 2014
Personal information
Full name Rhoys Barrie Wiggins[1]
Date of birth (1987-11-04) 4 November 1987[2]
Place of birth Uxbridge,[3] England
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2]
Playing position Left back
Youth career
Crystal Palace
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2009 Crystal Palace 1 (0)
2008–2009 → AFC Bournemouth (loan) 13 (0)
2009–2010 Norwich City 0 (0)
2010 → AFC Bournemouth (loan) 19 (0)
2010–2011 AFC Bournemouth 35 (2)
2011–2015 Charlton Athletic 124 (1)
2015–2016 Sheffield Wednesday 6 (0)
2016–2018 AFC Bournemouth 0 (0)
2016–2017 → Birmingham City (loan) 2 (0)
Total 200 (3)
National team
2004 Wales U17 1 (0)
2005–2006 Wales U19 6 (0)
2006–2008 Wales U21 10 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Rhoys Barrie Wiggins (born 4 November 1987) is a former footballer who played as a left back.

Wiggins began his career at Crystal Palace, from where he had his first spell on loan to AFC Bournemouth. After just one first-team appearance for Palace, he signed for Norwich City, but soon found himself again on loan at Bournemouth, for whom he signed a permanent contract in 2010. A season later, he joined Charlton Athletic, where he spent four years of regular first-team football. After a brief spell with Sheffield Wednesday, he returned to Bournemouth, by then in the Premier League, in January 2016, but did not play. He signed on loan at Birmingham City the following August, but was seriously injured in his second match and retired from football in May 2018.

Wiggins has represented Wales in international football from under-17 to under-21 level.

Playing career

Wiggins came through the academy at Crystal Palace, playing regularly for their reserve side. However, he ruptured knee ligaments during a friendly against feeder academy Crystal Palace Baltimore, part of the Eagles' tour of the USA. He was sidelined for the rest of that season,[2] and several recurrences of that injury kept him out of the following season as well. However Neil Warnock decided to offer him a new contract, seen by many as his final chance at Palace.

Impressive performances in Wales U21s' 2009 European Under-21 Championship qualification play-off defeat to England led to Wiggins being given his first start for the Eagles' first team shortly afterwards.

However, this one appearance for Palace was not added to, and he ended the season on loan at AFC Bournemouth.[4] With his contract at Palace expired, Wiggins was offered to choice between staying at Palace or moving on, and he opted to sign for Norwich City.[5] After failing to make an appearance for Norwich, on 22 January 2010 he re-signed for Bournemouth on a month's loan and on 24 February 2010 it was extended for a second month.

Wiggins signed a permanent contract with Bournemouth at the start of the 2010–11 season. He then registered the first goal of his career in a 3–0 home win against Dagenham and Redbridge. He quickly followed up this goal with a long range free kick in a 2–1 defeat away to Oldham Athletic a week later. This impressive form saw him receive a national team call-up from manager Brian Flynn. Wiggins wasn't included in the matchday squad.

On 30 June 2011 Wiggins signed a three-year contract at Charlton Athletic.[6] On 17 September, he scored his first goal for the club in the away win against Rochdale. He cemented the left-back berth ahead of Cedric Evina. In April 2012, Wiggins was selected in the League One PFA Team of the Year.[7]

On 30 January 2014, Wiggins signed a new four-and-a-half-year deal, securing his future to Charlton until 2018.[8]

On 5 August 2015, he completed a transfer to Sheffield Wednesday for an undisclosed fee.[9] He made his debut in Wednesday's 4–1 League Cup win over Mansfield Town at Hillsborough six days later, but went on to make just nine appearances for the club.[10]

Bournemouth signed Wiggins for a fourth time on 30 January 2016.[11]

He signed for Championship club Birmingham City on 31 August, on loan until January 2017.[12] He was carrying a hamstring injury when he arrived at the club,[13] and did not make his debut until 1 October, as a second-half substitute in a 1–0 win against Blackburn Rovers.[14] With regular left-back Jonathan Grounds suspended, Wiggins made his second appearance, and first start, in the Second City derby against Aston Villa on 30 October. After what manager Gary Rowett dubbed an "absolutely brilliant" performance, he was stretchered off in stoppage time with what appeared to be a serious knee injury.[15] Despite several operations, the injury forced his retirement from football some 18 months later.[16]

International career

While at Crystal Palace Wiggins regularly turned out for the Wales under-21 team. His appearances led to a call-up to the senior squad for a friendly against Trinidad and Tobago in May 2006,[17] however he remained on the bench.[18] In October 2014, eight years on from his last call up, he was called up for the Euro 2016 qualifying matches against Bosnia and Herzegovina and Cyprus.[19]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Crystal Palace 2008–09[4] Championship 100000—10
AFC Bournemouth (loan) 2008–09[4] League Two 130———130
Norwich City 2009–10[20] League One 0010002[lower-alpha 1]030
AFC Bournemouth (loan) 2009–10[20] League Two 190———190
AFC Bournemouth 2010–11[21] League One 35220102[lower-alpha 2]0402
Total 542201020592
Charlton Athletic 2011–12[22] League One 451200000471
2012–13[23] Championship 2000000—200
2013–14[24] Championship 3802000—400
2014–15[25] Championship 2100000—210
Total 12414000001281
Sheffield Wednesday 2015–16[10] Championship 600030—90
AFC Bournemouth 2015–16[10] Premier League 0000——00
2016–17[26] Premier League 000000—00
Total 000000—00
Birmingham City (loan) 2016–17[26] Championship 20———20
Career total 20037040402153
  1. ↑ Appearances in Football League Trophy
  2. ↑ Appearances in Football League play-offs

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Rhoys Wiggins". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "Profile: Rhoys Wiggins". Crystal Palace F.C. Archived from the original on 6 July 2009.
  3. ↑ Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (2012). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2012–2013 (43rd ed.). London: Headline. p. 451. ISBN 978-0-7553-6356-8.
  4. 1 2 3 "Games played by Rhoys Wiggins in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "Double swoop for City". Norwich City F.C. 24 July 2009. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  6. ↑ "Double deal sealed". Charlton Athletic F.C. 30 June 2011. Archived from the original on 5 August 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  7. 1 2 "Arsenal striker Robin van Persie named PFA Player of the Year". BBC Sport. 22 April 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  8. ↑ "Rhoys Wiggins: Charlton Athletic defender signs new deal". BBC Sport. 30 January 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  9. ↑ "Rhoys Wiggins checks in at Hillsborough". Sheffield Wednesday F.C. 5 August 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  10. 1 2 3 "Games played by Rhoys Wiggins in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  11. ↑ "Rhoys Wiggins joins Bournemouth from Sheffield Wednesday". BBC Sport. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  12. ↑ "Birmingham City: Bournemouth's Rhoys Wiggins & Burnley's Lukas Jutkiewicz join". BBC Sport. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  13. ↑ Dick, Brian (9 September 2016). "Birmingham City loan man Rhoys Wiggins needs time to reduce injury risk". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  14. ↑ Dick, Brian (1 October 2016). "Birmingham City analysis: Rise of Ryan; Cotterill cross roads; Still learning; Bragging rights". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  15. ↑ Dick, Brian (30 October 2016). "Birmingham City: Gary Rowett on the extent of "brilliant" Rhoys Wiggins' injury". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  16. ↑ "Rhoys Wiggins: Bournemouth defender retires 18 months after knee injury". BBC Sport. 25 May 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  17. ↑ "Wales U21 5–1 Estonia U21". BBC Sport. 24 May 2006. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  18. ↑ "Wales 2–1 Trinidad & Tobago". BBC Sport. 27 May 2006. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  19. ↑ "Euro 2016: Wales' Joe Allen & Aaron Ramsey miss qualifiers". BBC Sport. 1 October 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  20. 1 2 "Games played by Rhoys Wiggins in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  21. ↑ "Games played by Rhoys Wiggins in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  22. ↑ "Games played by Rhoys Wiggins in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  23. ↑ "Games played by Rhoys Wiggins in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  24. ↑ "Games played by Rhoys Wiggins in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  25. ↑ "Games played by Rhoys Wiggins in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  26. 1 2 "Games played by Rhoys Wiggins in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
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