Martin Rowlands
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Martin Charles Rowlands | ||
| Date of birth | 8 February 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Hammersmith, London, England | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1995–1997 | Wycombe Wanderers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–1998 | Farnborough Town | 39 | (7) |
| 1998–2003 | Brentford | 152 | (20) |
| 2003–2012 | Queens Park Rangers | 198 | (33) |
| 2011 | → Millwall (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2011 | → Wycombe Wanderers (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2012 | Colchester United | 9 | (2) |
| 2012–2013 | Leyton Orient | 33 | (4) |
| 2013–2014 | Aldershot Town | 36 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1999–2000 | Republic of Ireland U21 | 8 | (1) |
| 2004–2009 | Republic of Ireland | 5 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:59, 16 March 2015 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 October 2009 |
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Martin Charles Rowlands (born 8 February 1979) is an English-born Irish footballer who last played for Aldershot Town.
After starring for Heston Gaels GAA club at underage level, Rowlands started his football career at Wycombe Wanderers, but did not earn a professional contract and joined Farnborough Town in 1997 before moving to Brentford in August 1998 for a transfer fee of £45,000. In five season with Brentford, he made 186 appearances in all competitions, scoring 23 goals.
After suffering a broken leg, QPR manager Ian Holloway took a gamble on Rowlands and signed him on a free transfer from local rivals Brentford in the summer of 2003. This gamble paid off, as Rowlands scored 12 goals from midfield, helping his new side to promotion from the Second Division. That season, Rowlands also showed versatility, playing right back, right midfield, left midfield and centre midfield; excelling in all positions. He won both the supporters and players' player of the year competitions.
Since then, Rowlands has suffered many injuries and has never truly recaptured his outstanding form of 2003/04. However, in 2006/07 he managed to score 10 goals from midfield.
In 2007/08 he was selected captain, and was regularly among Rangers` best performers. He played 43 league games, scoring 6 goals, including a memorable brace in Rangers' 4–2 victory at Watford. He won both the Supporters' Player of the Year and the Ray Jones Players' Player of the Year award. As of January 2012 Rowlands was the longest-serving member of the QPR squad having spent 9 years at the club.
On 25 February 2011 Rowlands signed for Millwall, on an emergency one-month loan, after only playing 23 minutes of competitive football for QPR in the 2010/11 season. On 31 January 2012 Rowlands' contract with Queens Park Rangers was terminated by mutual consent. On 2 February 2012 Rowlands signed a contract with Colchester United. After a solid 3 months with the U's, he was released from his contract after suffering with injuries. He racked up 9 appearances and scored 2 goals during his time in Essex.
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