27 Facts About Rhys Weston

Rhys Weston represented the Welsh national team seven times during his career.

Rhys Weston spent six years with Cardiff, making 214 appearances in league and cup, helping them to two promotions as the club rose from the fourth to the second tier of English football.

Rhys Weston returned to England with AFC Wimbledon in July 2013, and from there was loaned out to Sutton United in January 2014.

Rhys Weston was released by Wimbledon on his return and subsequently retired from professional football.

Weston was born in Kingston Hospital in Kingston upon Thames, London, to David and Wendy Weston and has two sisters, Katie and Carli.

Rhys Weston moved away from home at the age of fourteen to attend school in Lilleshall at the Football Association's centre of excellence.

Rhys Weston played for Arsenal as a youth player, joining the club at the age of eleven after being spotted representing Surrey at county level, before he made his senior debut in the League Cup against Middlesbrough on 30 November 1999, Arsene Wenger bringing him on at half-time to replace Oleh Luzhnyi.

Rhys Weston was taken off to give Lee Canoville his debut after 74 minutes.

Rhys Weston's season was hampered by a knee injury in October 2003, which required surgery.

Rhys Weston was released at the end of the month after his contract was cancelled by mutual consent and joined Norwegian side Viking in the Tippeligaen on a short-term deal.

Rhys Weston signed with League One side Port Vale in February 2007 after a period on trial, signing a contract that paid a fourth of the wages he was being paid at Cardiff.

Rhys Weston played fifteen games under Martin Foyle before being released at the end of the season.

Foyle had told him he wanted a more attacking full-back, though would go on to tell a BBC interviewer that Rhys Weston's "attitude was wrong".

Rhys Weston played 31 games that season and scored the third goal of his career on Boxing Day, a 64th-minute winner against Stockport County at the Bescot Stadium.

In July 2010, Rhys Weston signed a one-year contract with Dundee, following a trial with Motherwell.

Rhys Weston had been searching for a transfer to a Scottish club for two years in order to be closer to his wife and son.

Rhys Weston signed with Runar Kristinsson's Knattspyrnufelag Reykjavikur on a two-year deal in May 2012.

The club had been relegated to the second tier or Malaysian football the previous season and Rhys Weston was one of several players brought in by new manager David McCreery.

Rhys Weston was appointed captain of the side, making six league appearances.

On 6 January 2014, Rhys Weston joined Conference South side Sutton United on a one-month loan.

Rhys Weston played six games at Gander Green Lane, playing in an unfamiliar role as a defensive midfielder.

Rhys Weston did not feature for Wimbledon in the second half of the season and was not offered a new contract in the summer.

Rhys Weston then went into an under-21 side that fared poorly in the qualifying round of the 2002 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

The Welsh team drew one and lost nine, Rhys Weston played in four of these games.

Rhys Weston earned three caps in the UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying group stage.

Toshack called him into the squad for friendly with Cyprus in November 2005, though Rhys Weston did not make it onto the pitch.

In September 2019, Rhys Weston joined the Venue Optimisation team at Brentford.