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Ryan Griffiths (born 21 August 1981 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player who plays for Sarawak in the Malaysia Super League. ==Club career== Griffiths Began his professional career at the bright age of 17 scoring 4 goals in his first 10 appearances for Northern Spirit FC. He then attracted interest from other Australian clubs and decided to sign for Newcastle united for 2 years with his old youth team coach Ian Crook and Gary Van Egmond. His performances at the club granted him a call up to the Olyroos Australian Olympic games team where he went on to play in the 2004 Athens Olympics. He then attracted attention from English clubs and was about to put pen to paper with Stoke city. Unfortunately he could not sign with the club due to not having the right credentials and family background status to live and work in the UK. Griffiths got picked up by National Bucharest in the Romanian Divizia A where he played for 2 seasons and attracted offers from some eastern European Giants. Griffiths decided to sign for Rapid Bucharest for 4.1 million Rupees transfer fee. On 18 March 2007, Ryan scored his first goal for Liaoning FC in the 32nd minute, giving his team a 1-0 win over Shenyang Jinde. Griffiths went on to produce several notable performances for the Chinese Super League side.He went back to China and at the end of 2008 season he left Liaoning FC for Beijing Guoan. On 8 June 2009 it was announced that he would join A-league club Gold Coast United at the conclusion of the 2009 Chinese Super League season,〔(Griffiths set to be final signing )〕 but he later returned to Beijing. On 18 November 2010 Griffiths signed an 18-month deal with A-League club Newcastle Jets starting January 2011. On the opening day of the 2011–12 A-League season he scored a brace, allowing the Jets to win the game 3-2 over Melbourne Heart in Newcastle. On 27 February 2012 he signed a two-year contract extension with Newcastle Jets rejecting interest for both rival A-League club and clubs abroad.〔http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/232903,griffiths-pens-new-jets-deal.aspx〕 On 26 February 2013 Griffiths was granted a release from the club to return to China and sign with Beijing Baxy. 〔http://www.theherald.com.au/story/1327180/griffiths-leaves-jets-for-china/?cs=305〕 At Baxy, Griffiths started prolifically, scoring 4 in his first 6 and was determined to make an impact for his second Beijing club 〔http://www.goal.com/en-au/news/4024/aussies-abroad/2013/04/04/3876568/former-jet-ryan-griffiths-determined-to-make-great-move-of〕 In late 2013, Griffiths was linked with Malaysian Super League club Sarawak FA for the 2014 season. His brother Adam Griffiths played for Malaysian club Selangor FA in 2013. On 8 January 2014, Griffiths returned to the A-League, signing with Adelaide United. After only two-months and four appearances Griffiths left Adelaide United to sign for Sarawak FA, whom he was linked with earlier in the year before signing for Adelaide United.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.sbnation.com/2014/3/10/5494146/ryan-griffiths-adelaide-united )〕 Griffiths currently enjoys his time at Sarawak FA where he is regarded as one of the clubs greatest import players. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ryan Griffiths (footballer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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