Ched Evans

**Chedwyn Michael "Ched" Evans** (born 28 December 1988) is a Welsh footballer. He plays for EFL Championship's Preston North End.

He was born in St Asaph, Denbighshire. Evans was signed by Manchester City from Chester City's youth set up in 2002. In 2009 he was sold to Sheffield United for £3,000,000. Evans was sent to HM Prison Wymott from 2012 to 2014 for raping a woman. He was acquitted of the rape in 2016.

## Personal life

Evans met his girlfriend while he was with Manchester City. She has said that she planned on getting engaged to Evans now he is released from prison.

### Rape conviction and acquittal

Evans was tried at the Crown Court at Caernarfon with another footballer called Clayton McDonald on a charge of rape. On 20 April 2012 Evans was convicted of raping a 19-year-old woman. After the conviction, Evans was released by United at the end of the season. Evans was given a prison sentence of 5 years. In October 2014 Evans was released from prison after serving half his sentence.

On 14 October 2016, Evans was found not guilty after a retrial. Evans would sue the law firm he used in the first trial. He would receive a £800,000 settlement on 11 April 2019.

### Club

|rowspan=2|Club|rowspan=2|Season|colspan=3|League|colspan=2|FA Cup|colspan=2|League Cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan=2|Other|colspan=2|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=3|Manchester City|2007–08|Premier League|0|0|0|0|1|0|—|—|1|0|||
|2008–09|Premier League|16|1|0|0|1|0|8|0|—|25|1||||
|Norwich City (loan)|2007–08|Championship|28|10|0|0|0|0|—|—|28|10||||
|rowspan=4|Sheffield United|2009–10|Championship|33|4|3|0|0|0|—|—|36|4|||
|2010–11|Championship|34|9|1|0|0|0|—|—|35|9|||||
|2011–12|League One|36|29|4|5|0|0|—|2|1|42|35||||
|Chesterfield|2016–17|League One|25|5|2|1|1|0|—|1|1|29|7|||
|Sheffield United|2017–18|Championship|9|0|2|0|2|0|—|—|13|0||||
|Fleetwood Town (loan)|2018–19|League One|39|17|2|1|0|0|—|0|0|41|18|||
|rowspan=3|Fleetwood Town|2019–20|League One|28|9|3|1|0|0|—|4|2|35|12||
|2020–21|League One|17|5|1|0|3|2|—|2|0|23|7||||
|Preston North End (loan)|2020–21|Championship|2|0|0|0|0|0|—|—|2|0||||
|Preston North End|2020–21|Championship|20|5|0|0|0|0|—|—|20|5||||

### International

|National team|Season|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="4"|Wales|2008|7|1|
|2009|4|0|||
|2010|1|0|||
|2011|1|0|||

## Honours

**Individual**
- PFA Team of the Year: 2011–12 League One

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Ched Evans
- **image**: Ched Evans.jpg
- **alt**: Ched Evans in his Wales shirt prior to a fixture
- **caption**: Evans before a Wales under-21 game
- **fullname**: Chedwyn Michael Evans
- **birth place**: Rhyl, Wales
- **position**: Forward (association football), Striker
- **currentclub**: Preston North End F.C., Preston North End
- **clubnumber**: 9
- **youthyears1**: 1999–2000
- **youthyears2**: 2000–2002
- **youthyears3**: 2002–2007
- **youthclubs1**: Rhyl F.C., Rhyl
- **youthclubs2**: Chester City F.C., Chester City
- **youthclubs3**: Manchester City F.C. Reserves and Academy, Manchester City
- **years1**: 2007–2009
- **years2**: 2007–2008
- **years3**: 2009–2012
- **years4**: 2016–2017
- **years5**: 2017–2019
- **years6**: 2018–2019
- **years7**: 2019–2021
- **years8**: 2021
- **years9**: 2021–
- **clubs1**: Manchester City F.C., Manchester City
- **clubs2**: → Norwich City F.C., Norwich City (loan)
- **clubs3**: Sheffield United F.C., Sheffield United
- **clubs4**: Chesterfield F.C., Chesterfield
- **clubs5**: Sheffield United F.C., Sheffield United
- **clubs6**: → Fleetwood Town F.C., Fleetwood Town (loan)
- **clubs7**: Fleetwood Town F.C., Fleetwood Town
- **clubs8**: → Preston North End F.C., Preston North End (loan)
- **clubs9**: Preston North End F.C., Preston North End
- **caps1**: 16
- **goals1**: 1
- **caps2**: 28
- **goals2**: 10
- **caps3**: 103
- **goals3**: 42
- **caps4**: 25
- **goals4**: 5
- **caps5**: 9
- **goals5**: 0
- **caps6**: 39
- **goals6**: 17
- **caps7**: 45
- **goals7**: 14
- **caps8**: 2
- **goals8**: 0
- **caps9**: 85
- **goals9**: 16
- **nationalyears1**: 2006–2007
- **nationalyears2**: 2007–2009
- **nationalyears3**: 2008–2011
- **nationalteam1**: Wales national under-19 football team, Wales U19
- **nationalteam2**: Wales national under-21 football team, Wales U21
- **nationalteam3**: Wales national football team, Wales
- **nationalcaps1**: 4
- **nationalgoals1**: 1
- **nationalcaps2**: 13
- **nationalgoals2**: 13
- **nationalcaps3**: 13
- **nationalgoals3**: 1
- **club-update**: 20:41, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
- **nationalteam-update**: 15:43, 23 June 2012 (UTC)