Rhys Griffiths (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rhys Griffiths | ||
| Date of birth | 1 March 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Cardiff, Wales | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Pen-y-Bont | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2002 | Cwmbrân Town | 22 | (1) |
| 2002–2004 | Haverfordwest County | 57 | (19) |
| 2004 | Carmarthen Town | 9 | (2) |
| 2004–2006 | Port Talbot Town | 51 | (35) |
| 2006–2012 | Llanelli | 181 | (180) |
| 2012 | Port Talbot Town | 0 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Plymouth Argyle | 14 | (3) |
| 2013 | Newport County | 10 | (0) |
| 2013–2015 | Port Talbot Town | 48 | (26) |
| 2015–2016 | Aberystwyth Town | 21 | (7) |
| 2016– | Pen-y-Bont | 0 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2007–2008 | Wales semi-professional | 6 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2016– | Pen-y-Bont | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:18, 29 April 2016 (UTC). |
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Rhys Griffiths (born 1 March 1980) is a Welsh footballer and current manager of Pen-y-Bont.
An aggressive target man and goal-getter, Rhys dominated the Welsh Premier scoring charts for the best part of a decade. Although he boasts the best goal scoring ratio, Rhys is second in the all-time list of Welsh Premier League scorers with 269 goals in 342 appearances, 49 behind Marc Lloyd Williams. He finished as top scorer in seven consecutive seasons, and was included in the Welsh Premier League's team of the season six times. The only three-time winner of the league's Player of the Year award, Griffiths was capped six times by Wales at semi-professional level.
Griffiths combined his role as a part-time footballer with being a firefighter in the South Wales Fire and Rescue Service before signing his first professional contract with Plymouth Argyle in 2012. Prior to making his debut in the Football League, Griffiths played for Cwmbrân Town, Haverfordwest County, Carmarthen Town, Port Talbot Town and Llanelli.
Also reputed to be an amateur heavyweight boxer.
Griffiths played for the first time in the League of Wales in the 2001–02 season for Cwmbrân Town. At the beginning of the following season he moved to Haverfordwest County. In July 2004, Griffiths switched to Carmarthen Town before he signed with Port Talbot Town in December 2004. In the 2005–06 season he was the top scorer in the Welsh Premier League with 28 league goals for Port Talbot Town.
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