Josh Edwards
Personal information
Full name Joshua Edwards
Date of birth (2000-05-27) 27 May 2000
Place of birth Scotland
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Dunfermline Athletic
Number 3
Youth career
Kilmarnock
Ayr United
0000–2017 Crosshouse Community
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Airdrieonians 34 (0)
2019– Dunfermline Athletic 150 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:34, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

Joshua Edwards (born 27 May 2000) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a defender for Dunfermline Athletic. Edwards began his career with Airdrieonians.

Career

Edwards started his career with Kilmarnock, Ayr United and Ayrshire boys’ club Crosshouse Community,[1] before joining Scottish League One side Airdrieonians in 2017.[1] He made his first-team debut in a league victory over Forfar Athletic in December 2017.[2][3]

After attracting interest from a number of clubs,[4] Edwards signed a two-year deal with Scottish Championship side Dunfermline Athletic for an undisclosed fee on 16 July 2019.[2] The following day, Edwards made his first appearance for Dunfermline, coming on as a second-half substitute in a Scottish League Cup match against Albion Rovers.[5]

Career statistics

As of 8 May 2023[6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Airdrieonians 2017–18[7] Scottish League One 120000000120
2018–19[8] 220104000270
Total 340104000390
Dunfermline Athletic 2019–20[9] Scottish Championship 15010201[lower-alpha 1]0190
2020–21[10] 25010602[lower-alpha 2]0340
2021–22[11] 372105000432
2022–23[12] Scottish League One 35231412[lower-alpha 1]0444
Dunfermline Total 112461171501406
Career total 146471211501796

Honours

Dunfermline Athletic

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 Temple, Alan (16 July 2019). "Josh Edwards opens up on testing journey from boys' club football to Dunfermline – as Stevie Crawford explains Callum Smith exit". Deadline News. Capital City Press. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Josh Edwards: Dunfermline pay undisclosed fee for Airdrieonians left-back". BBC Sport. BBC. 16 July 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  3. ↑ "Airdrieonians 2–1 Forfar Athletic". Airdrieonians FC. 2 December 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  4. ↑ Hart, Ross (16 July 2019). "Dunfermline sign Airdrie full-back Josh Edwards". Dunfermline Press. Newsquest. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  5. ↑ "Dunfermline 6–0 Albion Rovers". Dunfermline Athletic FC. 17 July 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  6. ↑ Josh Edwards at Soccerbase
  7. ↑ "Games played by Josh Edwards in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  8. ↑ "Games played by Josh Edwards in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  9. ↑ "Games played by Josh Edwards in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  10. ↑ "Games played by Josh Edwards in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  11. ↑ "Games played by Josh Edwards in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  12. ↑ "Games played by Josh Edwards in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  13. ↑ https://spfl.co.uk/news/dunfermline-athletic-win-cinch-league-1
  14. ↑ @PFAScotland (8 May 2023). "Your PFA Scotland League 1 Team of the Year - as voted for by the players" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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