Andrew Crofts: Biography, Facts and Career

Andrew Lawrence Crofts (born 29 May 1984) is a professional football coach and former player who is assistant head coach of Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion and assistant coach of the Wales national team. He made 29 appearances for Wales at international level. A tough-tackling midfielder, Crofts 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 loan spells 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. 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 of the Brighton Under-23s 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 new head coach Roberto De Zerbi, Crofts stayed on the first team as assistant coach.

Quick facts about Andrew Crofts

• Full name: Andrew Crofts
• Born: 1984-05-29
• Nationality: United Kingdom
• Known as: Athlete
• Wikidata ID: Q504265

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