Andrew Lawrence Crofts (born 29 May 1984) is a former professional footballer who made 29 appearances for Wales at international level.

A tough-tackling midfielder, Crofts represented Wales, where one of his grandparents was born, at under-19 and under-21 level and won his first senior cap in 2005.

Crofts was born in Chatham, Kent, and began playing competitive football at the age of six for a club in nearby Rainham.

At the end of the season, shortly before his 17th birthday, he was a surprise inclusion in the first team squad for a match at home to Watford,[2] and made his Football League debut as a late substitute, replacing Marlon King.

[5] Although he returned to action in early 2002, his next appearance for the first team did not come until October, when he came on as a substitute in a League Cup match against Stockport County.

[8] Crofts was a first team regular in the 2004–05 season, making 27 Football League appearances, and scoring his first senior goal for the club in a defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion on 26 December.

[17] At the end of the season, he won four awards at the club's Player of the Year event and was dubbed Mr Gillingham by then-manager Ronnie Jepson.

He initially kept his place as a regular starter for Norwich in the top tier, but in the second half of the 2011–12 season he gradually fell out of favour at the club.

[48] One of his grandparents was born in Wales so he was eligible to play in the Welsh national team, and after representing the country at under-19 and under-21 levels he won his first senior cap, in 2005.

[3][49] He made his debut team appearance in the Milk Cup tournament in Northern Ireland, but was forced to return home after suffering an ankle injury in the first match.

[3] He made his debut in the Welsh national team against Azerbaijan on 12 October 2005, coming on as a substitute for Carl Fletcher.

[53] At the end of the 2005–06 season, as part of manager John Toshack's policy of introducing young players to the team, Crofts gained two further caps, both as a substitute, against Paraguay and Trinidad & Tobago,[54][55] and also played in an unofficial international match against a Basque Country XI.

[60] Crofts earned his first competitive victory as a manager on 2 November, in a 2–1 away win at Northampton Town in the EFL Trophy.

[64] In August 2024 Crofts was appointed as assistant coach to Wales national team manager Craig Bellamy.

[65] Crofts is a fan of Chelsea and at one time shared a flat with the club's future captain John Terry.