Adrian Mariappa
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Mariappa playing for Watford in 2011
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Adrian Joseph Mariappa | ||
| Date of birth | 3 October 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Harrow, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Watford | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Watford | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2012 | Watford | 216 | (4) |
| 2012–2013 | Reading | 29 | (1) |
| 2013–2016 | Crystal Palace | 39 | (1) |
| 2016– | Watford | 1 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2012– | Jamaica | 38 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:44, 19 June 2016 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:34, 6 June 2016 (UTC) |
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Adrian Joseph Mariappa (born 3 October 1986) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League club Watford.
He progressed through Watford's youth academy, and started playing for the first team in the 2005–06 season. Although primarily a centre back, he spent some of his early professional career at right back due to competition for places in the middle. He made 247 first team appearances for Watford, including 19 in the Premier League. This included a run of 113 consecutive league appearances, the fourth longest streak in Watford's history. Mariappa captained Watford at under-18, reserve and first-team levels, and was the club's vice captain in his final few years at Vicarage Road. Mariappa accepted his first call up to Jamaica's international team in May 2012. He won his first cap against Guyana later that month, and transferred to Premier League side Reading in July 2012. He made 29 league appearances for the club before joining Premier League side Crystal Palace in September 2013, following Reading's relegation to the Championship.
Born in nearby Harrow, Mariappa started his career in Watford's youth system. He captained the club's under-18 side during their FA Youth Cup quarter final against Tottenham Hotspur, and later captained the reserve team.
Mariappa was selected as an unused substitute in Watford's last league game of the 2004–05 season. After signing his first professional contract with the club that summer, Mariappa made his first team debut in a League Cup match against Notts County on 23 August 2005, playing 90 minutes in a 3–1 Watford win. He made another cup start against Wigan Athletic in the 3rd round. During the 2005–06 season he also made three league appearances, including a clean sheet in his first league start, against Hull City on the final day of the regular season. Mariappa did not play any of Watford's play-off games, but was an unused substitute in the final, in which the team won promotion to the Premier League.
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