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Andy Todd

He is an English football player. He plays as a central defender or defensive midfielder.

Andrew John James "Andy" Todd (born September 21, 1974 in Derby, England) is an English football player who currently plays for Derby County. He is a central defender who can also play as a defensive midfielder, and he is the son of former Derby County and England defender Colin Todd who was manager of Middlesbrough when Andy made his debut.
Todd's strengths are his ability to read the game, strength in the tackle and good passing ability out of defence. Although relatively small for a centre-back, Todd is also very strong in the air. He is well known for getting stuck in and putting in aggressive challenges, which has won over many fans.
Initially a trainee at Middlesbrough, Todd made his debut in 1992. He was loaned to Swindon Town shortly before leaving Boro in August 1995 to join Bolton Wanderers for a transfer fee of £250,000. He scored two goals in total for Bolton over a four-year period, winning the 1996-97 Division One championship in the process. Todd left Bolton under a cloud, after allegedly breaking assistant manager Phil Brown's jaw and cheekbone in an incident at a team bonding session.
He then moved to Charlton Athletic, another Division One club, and won Division One for a second time. However, a training fracas with a then unnamed player (who was later revealed to be Dean Kiely), meant that he was on a knife-edge at the club. Initially welcomed back, he was loaned to Grimsby Town in February 2002, who at the time were struggling in Division One. Todd scored three goals in twelve league games for the Mariners, helping the club keep their place in the division.
In May 2002, Todd left for Blackburn, attracted by the lure of a big club, but found first team opportunities hard to come by. Soon after breaking into the team in January 2003, he was sent off against Birmingham for kicking Christophe Dugarry in an off the ball incident. His first Rovers goal was in a 3-2 victory over Leeds United towards the end of that season.
Todd was put on the transfer list in 2003/04 and was loaned to Rovers' arch rivals Burnley. Good performances for Burnley prompted a recall and Todd was thrust straight back into Rovers' first eleven with the team struggling near the bottom of the league. Todd's "wearing his heart on his sleeve" attitude was just what Rovers needed and his strong and assured performances in defence helped Rovers move up the league. Todd won Rovers' player of the year award.
In 2004/05, Todd was handed the Rovers' captaincy by Mark Hughes following the departure of Barry Ferguson to Rangers, a recognition of his continued solid performances. He once again won the player of the year and then led Rovers to European qualification the following season. He has however found first team opportunities hard to come by during the latter stages of the 2006-2007 season, after talks with Todd, Mark Hughes has also let it be known that he is available for transfer. Derby County, Sunderland, Birmingham City, Wigan Athletic and Portsmouth are known to be showing interest in the veteren defender, with Derby currently heading the race for his signature.
Reports in the Lancashire Telegraph on 7th July 2007 claimed that Todd had agreed to join Derby, for an undisclosed fee believed to be around the £750000 mark.
Todd has often found himself at the centre of controversy. In addition to the aforementioned incidents, he was accused of elbowing Robin van Persie in the 2005 FA Cup Semi Final against Arsenal . However, the FA subsequently cleared him of any wrongdoing, as it could not be proven as a deliberate act.
Todd's name came up in the 2006 allegations of corruption in English football. Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp was secretly filmed discussing the possibility of buying Todd with agent Peter Harrison, which is illegal under FA rules. However, the programme merely showed Harrison approaching Redknapp and asking direct questions which Redknapp answered. Redknapp simply stated, "Yeah, I'd have him, I like Toddy, he's a tough bastard."

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21 September 1974
Source: Wikipedia