Gareth Griffiths (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gareth John Griffiths | ||
| Date of birth | 10 April 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | Winsford, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Rhyl | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–1998 | Port Vale | 94 | (4) |
| 1997 | → Shrewsbury Town (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 1998–2001 | Wigan Athletic | 53 | (2) |
| 2001–2006 | Rochdale | 184 | (14) |
| 2006–2007 | Northwich Victoria | 27 | (1) |
| Total | 364 | (21) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Gareth John Griffiths (born 10 April 1970) is an English former footballer. A defender, he played 337 league games in a 13-year career in the Football League.
Starting his career with Welsh club Rhyl, he made the move to the English professional game in 1993 with Port Vale. After around 100 games in five years for the club he transferred to Wigan Athletic in 1998. In another three years he moved on to Rochdale. A constant first team player at 'Dale, he made 184 league appearances in five years with the club. In 2006, he joined non-league Northwich Victoria, where he spent one season before retiring.
Griffiths started his career with Rhyl, before being bought by John Rudge, manager of Second Division club Port Vale, for £1,000 in February 1993. He made his debut in a 1–1 draw with on 12 February 1994, though played little part in the 1993–94 promotion campaign, though found himself regularly appearing in the First Division from August 1994. In November 1994 he developed a groin injury which required him to go in for a double hernia operation in January 1995, but by the end of the season had regained his first team place. A regular member of the "Valiants" first team in 1995–96, he played in the 1996 Anglo-Italian Cup Final, as Vale lost 5–2 to Genoa. He made 31 appearances in 1996–97, as the club made its joint-second highest ever league finish. He spent November 1997 on loan at Shrewsbury Town, and made six Third Division appearances for Jake King's "Shrews", before returning to Vale Park. He played three games for Vale in 1997–98, and was given a free transfer in the summer.
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