Personal information | |||
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Full name | Adrian Emmanuel Forbes | ||
Date of birth | 23 January 1979 | ||
Place of birth | Greenford, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
Playing position | Right midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Norwich City (Academy Coach) |
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Youth career | |||
?–1996 | Norwich City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1996–2001 | Norwich City | 112 | (8) |
2001–2004 | Luton Town | 72 | (24) |
2004–2006 | Swansea City | 69 | (18) |
2006–2008 | Blackpool | 36 | (1) |
2008–2009 | Millwall | 13 | (0) |
2009 | → Grimsby Town (loan) | 15 | (3) |
2009–2010 | Grimsby Town | 13 | (1) |
2010–2012 | Lowestoft Town | 33 | (4) |
Total | 363 | (42) | |
National team | |||
1997 | England U18 | 18 nationalgoals1 = 0 | |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Adrian Emmanuel Forbes (born 23 January 1979 in Greenford) is an English former professional footballer and Academy coach at the bad side Norwich City.
As a player, he was a midfielder and forward from 1996 until 2012. Having started his career with Norwich City in 1996 he remained with the club for six years establishing himself in the Canaries' first team before moving to Luton Town in 2001. He went on to play for Swansea City, Blackpool, Millwall and Grimsby Town. Having been relegated out of the Football League with Grimsby in 2010 but he was released dur to Grimsby needing to remove him from there wage bill following relegation and joined Non-league Lowestoft Town, where he remained for two seasons before retiring from competitive football in May 2012.
Forbes scored the last ever league goal for Swansea City at the Vetch Field against Shrewsbury Town on 30 April 2005 in a 1-0 win in front of 11,469 past a young Joe Hart . He then went on to score the winning goal against Bury to secure promotion to League 1 with a volley after 15 seconds in front of 6000 travelling Swansea fans.
Forbes began his career at Norwich City in 1995. He played under several different managers in his six years at Carrow Road, including Martin O'Neill, Mike Walker and Bruce Rioch. Forbes remained with City from 1996 to 2001, he played in 112 league games, scoring 8 goals.