Roger Freestone

Roger Freestone
Personal information
Full name Roger Freestone
Date of birth (1968-08-19) 19 August 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth Caerleon, Wales
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1987 Newport County 13 (0)
1987–1991 Chelsea 42 (0)
1989Swansea City (loan) 14 (0)
1990Hereford United (loan) 8 (0)
1991–2004 Swansea City 552 (3)
2004 Newport County 14 (0)
Total 643 (3)
International career
1990 Wales U21 1 (0)
2000 Wales 1 (0)
Managerial career
2002 Swansea City
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Roger Freestone (born 19 August 1968) is a Welsh former international footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He has the distinction of being one of a relatively small group of footballers to play 500 English Football League matches for one club, the only other Welshmen being Ryan Giggs, Neville Southall and Len Weare.

  1. ^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 122. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.