Matthew Rose (footballer)

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Matthew Rose

Personal information
Full name	Matthew David Rose
Date of birth	24 September 1975 (1975-09-24) (age 36)
Place of birth	Dartford, England
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position	Defender (Retired)
Youth career
	Arsenal
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1994–1997	Arsenal	5	(0)
1997–2007	Queens Park Rangers	243	(8)
2007–2008	Yeovil Town	39	(1)
Total		287	(9)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Matthew Rose, (born 24 September 1975 in Dartford, Kent ), is a former English professional footballer who currently is working as a Financial Advisor.^[1]

Rose started at Arsenal as a trainee, captaining his side to an FA Youth Cup victory in 1994; he made his first-team debut against Manchester City on March 5, 1996. He made five appearances (three as sub) for the Gunners before moving to QPR for £500,000 in May 1997. He became a regular at QPR and made over 250 appearances for them in all competitions. He was released from his contract by John Gregory in January 2007 and left the club. On 23 February, Matthew signed for League One side Yeovil Town.^[2] He scored his first and what turned out to be only goal for Yeovil against Bristol Rovers in October 2007.^[3] At the end of the 2007-2008 season Matthew rejected a new contract offer from Yeovil Town.^[4]

References

1. ^ "Rose makes a career switch". Ciderspace. http://www.ciderspace.co.uk/ASP/news/news.asp?NewsItemId=9677. 
2. ^ "Yeovil complete signing of Rose". BBC Sport. 2007-02-23. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/y/yeovil/6390333.stm. Retrieved 2010-05-12. 
3. ^ "Bristol Rovers 1-1 Yeovil". BBC. 20 October 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/7043073.stm. Retrieved 20 December 2009. 
4. ^ "Stewart talks still ongiong". Ciderspace. http://www.ciderspace.co.uk/ASP/news/news.asp?NewsItemId=6968. 

External links

• Matthew Rose career stats at Soccerbase

Persondata
Name	Rose, Matthew
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Date of birth	24 September 1975
Place of birth	Dartford, England
Date of death
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