Karl Connolly

Karl Connolly
Personal information
Full name	Karl Andrew Connolly
Date of birth	9 February 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth	Prescot, England
Position(s)	Winger/Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
1991–2000	Wrexham
2000–2003	Queens Park Rangers
2003–2004	Swansea City
2004–2008	Prescot Cables
2008	NEWI Cefn Druids
2008–2009	Prescot Cables
2009–2011	Warrington Town
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Karl Andrew Connolly (born 9 February 1970) is an English former footballer who played for Wrexham, Queens Park Rangers, and Swansea City.

Football career

Connolly started his football career at Napoli, in the Liverpool Sunday League, where he was spotted by a Wrexham scout, and was signed by the then Wrexham manager Brian Flynn, initially to play in a left-wing position. However, following the departure of Gary Bennett to Tranmere Rovers in 1995, Connolly was played as the main striker. Connolly went on to score 88 goals in 358 league games.

Connolly played in many of Wrexham's finest FA Cup games, including the 2–1 win against Arsenal, the 2–1 win against Ipswich Town, the magnificent cup run of 1996–97, and the 2–1 victory over Middlesbrough in 1999.

After leaving Wrexham

Karl joined Queens Park Rangers on a Bosman free transfer in the summer of 2000, where he played 72 League games scoring 12 goals, mostly from a left-wing position. He left QPR to join Swansea City in the summer of 2003. He went on to score twice for the club, with strikes coming against Bristol City in the League Cup^[1] and Yeovil Town in the league.^[2] A spell at Prescot Cables followed, and then he returned to the Wrexham area, to play for NEWI Cefn Druids in January 2008. He re-signed for Prescot in the summer of 2008. Joined Warrington Town in August 2009 and retired from the game in 2011 at the age of 41.

Honours

Wrexham

Welsh Cup winner: 1995

Individual

PFA Team of the Year: 1995–96 Second Division^[3]

References

^ "Bristol City 4-1 Swansea aet". BBC. 13 August 2003. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
^ "Swansea 3-2 Yeovil". BBC. 28 December 2003. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
^ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (1996). The 1996–97 Official PFA Footballers Factfile. Harpenden: Queen Anne Press. p. 285. ISBN 978-1-85291-571-1.

[1] "Bristol City 4-1 Swansea aet". BBC. 13 August 2003. Retrieved 5 March 2014.

[2] "Swansea 3-2 Yeovil". BBC. 28 December 2003. Retrieved 5 March 2014.

[3] Hugman, Barry J., ed. (1996). The 1996–97 Official PFA Footballers Factfile. Harpenden: Queen Anne Press. p. 285. ISBN 978-1-85291-571-1.

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