nationalcaps birth_date currentclub years youthyears caps goals nationalyears image name caption fullname birth_place nationalteam height clubnumber nationalgoals youthclubs clubs position article_title
31 3 october 1986 crystal palace 0900 -- 2005 2012 -- 2013 2013 -- 0900 -- 2005 216 29 36 4 1 1 2012 -- adrian mariappa 2 -lrb- cropped -rrb- . jpg adrian mariappa mariappa playing for watford in 2011 adrian joseph mariappa harrow , england jamaica 5 11 3 0 watford watford reading crystal palace defender adrian mariappa

adrian mariappa

adrian joseph mariappa -lrb- born 3 october 1986 -rrb- is an english-born jamaican professional footballer who plays as a defender for crystal palace .
he progressed through watford 's youth academy , and started playing for the first team in the 2005 -- 06 season .
although primarily a centre back , he spent some of his early professional career at right back due to competition for places in the middle .
he made 247 first team appearances for watford , including 19 in the premier league .
this included a run of 113 consecutive league appearances , the fourth longest streak in watford 's history .
mariappa captained watford at under-18 , reserve and first-team levels , and was the club 's vice captain in his final few years at vicarage road .
mariappa accepted his first call up to jamaica 's international team in may 2012 .
he won his first cap against guyana later that month , and transferred to premier league side reading in july 2012 .
he made 29 league appearances for the club before joining premier league side crystal palace in september 2013 , following reading 's relegation to the championship .
