Wayne Evans (Welsh footballer)
Welsh footballer (born 1971)
Wayne Duncan Evans (25 August 1971 – July 2023) was a Welsh professional footballer who played as a defender for Walsall and Rochdale in the Football League. He later went on to coach youth players, one club being Penn Fusion Soccer Academy in West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States. He stayed for one season, later moving to Nova Scotia, Canada to continue his coaching career.
At Rochdale, Evans was known to fans by the nickname "Evo"; others called him "Wanners". He later played for Kidderminster Harriers and Welshpool Town.
Evans worked as Youth Team manager at Shrewsbury Town alongside former Salop defenders Peter Wilding and David Hughes.
In 2011, he briefly came out of retirement and was named in Newtown squad for the New Year's Day match against Welsh Premier League champions The New Saints.
Evans died at his American home, on the first weekend of July 2023, at the age of 51.
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