Andrew Crofts (mai wasan ƙwallon ƙafa)

**Andrew Lawrence Crofts** (an haife shi a ranar 29 ga watan Mayu shekara ta 1984) tsohon dan wasan kwallon kafa ne wanda ya buga wasanni 29 a Wales a matakin kasa da kasa. Crofts a halin yanzu mataimakin kocin kulob din Brighton & Hove Albion ne kuma mataimakin mai horar da tawagar Wales.

Ya fara aikinsa tare da Gillingham, wanda ya fara buga wasan kwallon kafa a lokacin da yake da shekaru 16, kuma ya buga wasanni sama da 190 a kulob din Kent. Ya sami rance a Peterborough United da Wrexham a lokacin kakar 2008-09 kuma ya shiga Brighton & Hove Albion a 2009. Bayan nasarar da ya samu a Brighton ya koma Norwich City a shekarar 2010, kafin ya koma kulob din South Coast a shekarar 2012.

## Rayuwa ta farko
An haifi Crofts a Chatham, Kent, kuma ya fara buga wasan ƙwallon ƙafa yana da shekaru shida ga kulob din da ke kusa da Rainham. Tsakanin shekaru 10 zuwa 15 ya halarci horo na mako-mako da kulob din Premier League Chelsea ya shirya. Ya kuma gwada a lokuta biyu don ƙungiyar 'yan makaranta ta Ƙungiyar Ƙwallon ƙafa ta Ingila, amma bai yi nasara ba.

## Ayyukan kulob din

### Gillingham
A watan Satumbar 2000, Crofts ya shiga Gillingham a matsayin mai horo kuma ya kasance na yau da kullun a cikin Matasa da kungiyoyin ajiya na kulob din a lokacin kakar 2000-01. A ƙarshen kakar, jim kadan kafin ranar haihuwarsa ta 17, ya kasance abin mamaki a cikin tawagar farko don wasan a gida zuwa Watford,  kuma ya fara buga gasar kwallon kafa a matsayin mai maye gurbin marigayi, ya maye gurbin Marlon King. A kakar wasa mai zuwa, ya sha wahala a lokacin wasan da aka yi wa tawagar ajiya kuma ya rasa watanni da yawa na kakar. Kodayake ya koma aiki a farkon shekara ta 2002, bayyanarsa ta gaba ga tawagar farko ba ta zo ba sai Oktoba, lokacin da ya zo a matsayin mai maye gurbin a wasan Kofin League da Stockport County. Wannan shi ne kawai babban bayyanarsa na kakar 2002-03. Daga karshe ya sami matsayi na farko na yau da kullun zuwa ƙarshen kakar wasa mai zuwa, yana nunawa a kai a kai a watan Maris da Afrilu na shekara ta 2004. 

### Brighton & Hove Albion
A ranar 29 ga watan Yunin shekara ta 2009, Crofts ya amince da shiga kungiyar League One ta Brighton & Hove Albion kan kwangilar shekaru biyu. Ya fara bugawa Brighton wasa a lokacin da aka ci Walsall 1-0 a gida a ranar 8 ga watan Agustan shekara ta 2009  kuma ya zira kwallaye na farko a Brighton a lokacin wasan 2-2 a Yeovil Town a ranar 10 ga watan Oktoba shekara ta 2009. Sabon kocin Gus Poyet ya ba Crofts matsayin kyaftin din kafin nasarar 3-1 a Southampton. Daga baya aka tabbatar da Crofts a matsayin kyaftin din dindindin a farkon watan Janairun 2010.

### Birnin Norwich
A ranar 21 ga Mayu 2010, Norwich City ta ba da sanarwar sayen Crofts daga Brighton, don kuɗin da ba a bayyana ba, wanda aka yi imanin yana cikin yankin £ 300,000. Ya zama sa hannu na farko na kulob din na taga na canja wurin bazara, ya sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar shekaru uku a Carrow Road. A ranar 6 ga watan Agustan shekara ta 2010, ya zira kwallaye a karon farko da ya yi da Watford. Daga baya ya sami ci gaba zuwa Premier League tare da "Canaries" a kakar wasa ta farko a kulob din. Da farko ya ci gaba da zama a matsayin mai farawa na yau da kullun ga Norwich a saman matakin, amma a rabi na biyu na kakar 2011-12 ya ragu a hankali a kulob din.

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