page_title: Rhys Weston
section_title: Walsall
hierarchical_section_title: Rhys Weston / Club career / Walsall
caption_attribution_description: Photo taken by myself of Rhys Weston after the game between Walsall Vs. Hartlepool United on May 3, 2008.
context_page_description: Rhys David Weston is a Welsh former professional footballer who played as a defender. He represented the Welsh national football team seven times during his career.
  An Arsenal Academy graduate, he made one league appearance in the 1999–2000 campaign, before signing with Cardiff City. He 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. Released by the club in 2006, he travelled to Norway to sign with Viking FK, though he only played one game. In 2007, he returned to England with spells at Walsall and Port Vale. He moved to Scottish club Dundee in 2010 and captained the side to a second-place finish in the First Division in 2011–12. In May 2012, he joined Icelandic club KR Reykjavík. Five months later he signed for Malaysian club Sabah FA. He returned to England with AFC Wimbledon in July 2013, and from there was loaned out to Sutton United in January 2014. He was released by Wimbledon on his return and subsequently retired from professional football.
context_section_description: After spending time on trial with a club in Romania, Weston was signed by Walsall, also of League One, on 16 July 2007. He made his debut for the club on 18 August in a 1–0 defeat at Leyton Orient. He played in fifty games in 2007–08 before penning a new two-year deal in March. On 20 September 2008, he was sent off for the first time in his career. The match was a bad tempered affair at Brighton's Withdean Stadium, Weston was dismissed after 15 minutes and was followed by teammate Netan Sansara on 33 minutes, despite this a 44th minute Dwayne Mattis header earned the "Saddlers" a 1–0 win. 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. He made thirty appearances in the 2009–10 season, before manager Chris Hutchings decided against offering him a fresh contract at the end of the season.
caption: Weston in 2008
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