&sq=&lang=&file=File:Me_and_Andrew_Crofts2.jpg) Crofts with Gillingham in 2008 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Andrew Lawrence Crofts[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 29 May 1984[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Chatham, Kent, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Brighton & Hove Albion (first team coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1994–2000 | Chelsea | ||
| 2000–2001 | Gillingham | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2009 | Gillingham | 174 | (17) |
| 2008–2009 | → Peterborough United (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2009 | → Wrexham (loan) | 16 | (1) |
| 2009–2010 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 44 | (5) |
| 2010–2012 | Norwich City | 68 | (8) |
| 2012–2016 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 71 | (5) |
| 2016 | → Gillingham (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Charlton Athletic | 46 | (1) |
| 2017 | Scunthorpe United | 4 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Newport County | 9 | (0) |
| 2019 | Yeovil Town | 0 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 447 | (37) | |
| International career | |||
| 2002–2004 | Wales U19[3] | 8 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Wales U21[3] | 10 | (1) |
| 2005–2017 | Wales | 29 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2021–2022 | Brighton & Hove Albion U21s | ||
| 2022 | Brighton & Hove Albion (caretaker) | ||
| 2024– | Wales (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Andrew Lawrence Crofts (born 29 May 1984) is a former professional footballer who made 29 appearances for Wales at international level. Crofts is currently a first team coach for Brighton & Hove Albion and assistant coach to the Wales national team.
He started his career with Gillingham, for whom he made his Football League debut at the age of 16, and made over 190 appearances for the Kent-based club. He had loans at Peterborough United and Wrexham during the 2008–09 season and joined Brighton & Hove Albion in 2009. After a successful season at Brighton he transferred to Norwich City in 2010, before moving back to the South Coast club in 2012.
A tough-tackling midfielder, Crofts represented Wales, where one of his grandparents was born, at under-19 and under-21 level and won his first senior cap in 2005. In 2008, he won his 12th cap, breaking the record for the most international caps received by a Gillingham player.
He became the head coach for Brighton U23s in June 2021 after spending a year as a player-coach of the academy. In September 2022, Crofts was made the interim head coach of the first team after the departure of Graham Potter. After the appointment of the new head coach Roberto De Zerbi, Crofts stayed on the first team as a coach.
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