Michael Evans
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| Michael Evans | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 01 January 1973 | |
| Place of birth |  Plymouth, England |
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| Nickname | Trigger | |
| Position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Torquay United |
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| Number | 8 | |
| Professional clubs* | ||
| Years | Club | Apps (goals) |
| 1991 - 1997 1992 1997 - 1998 1998 - 2000 2000 - 2001 2001 - 2006 2006 - Present |
Plymouth Argyle Blackburn Rovers (On loan) Southampton West Bromwich Albion Bristol Rovers Plymouth Argyle Torquay United |
162 (39) 0 (0) 22 (4) 63(6) 21 (4) 176 (31) 13 (1) |
| National team** | ||
| 1997 |  Ireland |
1 (0) |
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* Professional club appearances and goals |
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Michael (Mickey) Evans (born 1 January 1973) is a footballer. Nicknamed "Trigger" after a character from Only Fools and Horses, Evans is a striker who plays for Devon club Torquay United, but has also had spells with Southampton, West Brom, Bristol Rovers and spent a large part of his footballing career at Plymouth Argyle.
Evans was a member of Neil Warnock's Plymouth side which won promotion from the Third Division via the play-offs in 1996. Following that success he was signed by Southampton for £650,000 and during a brief spell at the club scored some vital goals which helped ensure their top-flight status. Finding himself out of favour at The Dell when Graeme Souness took over as manager, Evans departed to largely unsuccessful spells at West Brom and Bristol Rovers before returning to Plymouth as one of the first signings of Paul Sturrock.
Although not a prolific goalscorer, Evans played an important role in the Pilgrims' recent success; in particular his hold-up play and lay-offs created numerous goalscoring opportunities for his teammates. He scored the opening goal in Argyle's 4-1 Third Division Championship sealing victory at Darlington in the 2001-02 season.
He was named Argyle's "Player of the Year" during their title-winning Division Two campaign in 2003-04. He scored the opening goal in the 2-0 home victory over Q.P.R which was decisive in confirming Plymouth Argyle as that season's Division 2 champions.
The 33-year-old Plymothian announced his decision to leave Plymouth Argyle, saying "the time is right for me to move on", with effect from the Pilgrims' final Coca-Cola Championship game of the season on Sunday 30th April 2006.
Evans scored the winning goal with a "diving header" in his last appearance for Plymouth Argyle against Ipswich Town, to secure the club a 14th place finish in the Coca-Cola Championship (the highest finish for the club in two decades) and forever sealing his status as a Plymouth Argyle legend amongst the club's fans.
On 18th May 2006 Evans signed on a free transfer for local rivals Torquay United.
Despite being born and bred in Plymouth and living in Britain for most of his life, he has one cap for the Republic of Ireland.
| Torquay United F.C. - Current Squad |
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1 Abbey | 2 Andrews | 3 Reed | 4 Hockley | 5 Taylor | 6 Villis | 7 Ward | 8 Evans | 9 Thorpe | 10 Mansell | 11 Hill | 12 Hewlett | 14 Phillips | 15 Robertson | 16 Motteram | 17 Angus | 18 Woods | 19 McPhee | 20 Horsell | 21 Murray | 22 Leary | 23 Critchell | Manager: Atkins |
