Ched Evans

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

Ched Evans
Ched Evans in his Wales shirt prior to a fixture
Evans before a Wales under-21 game
Personal information
Full name Chedwyn Michael Evans[1]
Date of birth (1988-12-28) 28 December 1988[2]
Place of birth Rhyl, Wales[3]
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2]
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Preston North End
Number 9
Youth career
1999–2000 Rhyl
2000–2002 Chester City
2002–2007 Manchester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 Manchester City 16 (1)
2007–2008 → Norwich City (loan) 28 (10)
2009–2012 Sheffield United 103 (42)
2016–2017 Chesterfield 25 (5)
2017–2019 Sheffield United 9 (0)
2018–2019 → Fleetwood Town (loan) 39 (17)
2019–2021 Fleetwood Town 45 (14)
2021 → Preston North End (loan) 2 (0)
2021– Preston North End 85 (16)
National team‡
2006–2007 Wales U19 4 (1)
2007–2009 Wales U21 13 (13)
2008–2011 Wales 13 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:41, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15:43, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

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.[4]

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.[5] Evans was given a prison sentence of 5 years. In October 2014 Evans was released from prison after serving half his sentence.[4]

On 14 October 2016, Evans was found not guilty after a retrial.[6] Evans would sue the law firm he used in the first trial. He would receive a £800,000 settlement on 11 April 2019.[7]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 1 May 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Manchester City 2007–08[8] Premier League 000010——10
2008–09[9] Premier League 16100108[lower-alpha 1]0—251
Total 161002080—261
Norwich City (loan) 2007–08[8] Championship 28100000——2810
Sheffield United 2009–10[10] Championship 3343000——364
2010–11[11] Championship 3491000——359
2011–12[12] League One 36294500—2[lower-alpha 2]14235
Total 103428500—2111348
Chesterfield 2016–17[13] League One 2552110—1[lower-alpha 2]1297
Sheffield United 2017–18[14] Championship 902020——130
Fleetwood Town (loan) 2018–19[15] League One 39172100—004118
Fleetwood Town 2019–20[16] League One 2893100—4[lower-alpha 3]23512
2020–21[17] League One 1751032—20237
Total 84316232—629937
Preston North End (loan) 2020–21[17] Championship 200000——20
Preston North End 2020–21[17] Championship 2050000——205
Career total 28794188828094319106
  1. Appearances in UEFA Cup
  2. Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy
  3. Appearances in Football League Trophy and League One Play-offs

International
As of 5 May 2012[18]
National teamSeasonAppsGoals
Wales 200871
200940
201010
201110
Total131

Honours

Individual

  • PFA Team of the Year: 2011–12 League One[19]

References
  1. "Notification of shirt numbers: Fleetwood Town" (PDF). English Football League. p. 29. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  2. Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Mainstream Publishing. p. 143. ISBN 9781845966010.
  3. "2011/12 stats". United! The Original – Matchday Magazine. 19 November 2011. p. 63.
  4. "Girlfriend of footballer convicted of rape: I want to marry him when he leaves prison". 9 March 2014.
  5. "Sheffield United FC". Archived from the original on 2012-06-02.
  6. "Ched Evans: Footballer found not guilty of hotel rape". BBC News. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
  7. "Ched Evans settles out of court over lawyers' handling of rape case". The Guardian. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
  8. "Games played by Ched Evans in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  9. "Games played by Ched Evans in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  10. "Games played by Ched Evans in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  11. "Games played by Ched Evans in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  12. "Games played by Ched Evans in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  13. "Games played by Ched Evans in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  14. "Games played by Ched Evans in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  15. "Games played by Ched Evans in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  16. "Games played by Ched Evans in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  17. "Games played by Ched Evans in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  18. "Ched Evans". European Football. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
  19. "Arsenal striker Robin van Persie named PFA Player of the Year". BBC Sport. 22 April 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
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