Curtis Edwards

Curtis Garry Edwards (born 12 Jan 1994) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL League Two club Notts County.

[9] Despite signing an 18 months contract with Darlington, Edwards joined Thornaby in late–December, where his father, Paul, was the club's assistant manager.

[22] Throughout his early career at England, Edwards acknowledged that he didn't really give it his all at Darlington and Spennymoor and became distracted by going to night clubs and parties.

[5][23][24][25] In July 2015, Edwards moved abroad for the first time in his career when he joined Ytterhogdal, a club based in central Sweden playing in fifth tier Division 3.

[29] Upon returning to the club, he continued to produce his goalscoring form, scoring six times in ten appearances, including a hat–trick against Team TG FF on 22 June 2016.

[32][33] Edwards made his Östersunds FK debut on 6 August 2016, where he started the whole game and set up one of the goals, in a 4–0 win over GIF Sundsvall.

[34] After making his debut, he said: "I did not expect this, I have and continues to amaze myself, I refused to identify me in that, it was not the life I wanted so I started playing again".

[38] At the end of the 2016 season, as the club finished eighth place, Edwards made thirteen appearances and scoring three times in all competitions.

[41] Since the start of the season, he continued to retained his first team place, playing at the right midfield position and making an impression in a number of matches for the side.

[44] Edwards was part of the squad when he helped the side defeat the teams of Galatasaray,[45] Fola Esch,[46] and PAOK (in which he scored the opening goal of the game) to secure the club's historic entry into the Europa League group stage.

[47] Elsewhere, during the club's attempt to reach the UEFA Europa League Group Stage, he was sent–off for a second bookable offence, in a 3–0 loss against AIK on 20 August 2017.

[48] In the UEFA Europa League Group Stage, Edwards started for the side, where he played as a right–back position, in a 2–0 win over Zorya Luhansk on Matchday 1.

In the 2018 season, Edwards started the whole game in the round of 32 both legs of the UEFA Europa League against Arsenal, as they lost 4–2 on aggregate and eliminated from the competition.

[70] On 1 February 2024, Edwards returned to England to join National League club, Woking on a deal until the end of the 2023–24 campaign.

[72] Edwards has a brother, Kieran, who is a former England youth international footballer, and were teammates during Curtis' time at Thornaby.