Iwan Roberts
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 55 |
| Date of birth | June 26,1968 |
| Zodiac sign | Cancer |
| Born | Bangor |
| United Kingdom | |
| Height | 190 (cm) |
| Spouse | Louisa Mann |
| Position | Forward |
| Striker | |
| Books | All I Want for Christmas: My Last Season in Football |
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| ID | 659815 |
Iwan Roberts Life story
Iwan Wyn Roberts is a Welsh former professional footballer who played as a forward from 1986 to 2005 for a number of clubs and the Wales national team. His footballing career started at Watford as a trainee before signing his first professional contract with the club in 1986.
Ex-footballer invited for early dementia testing
Iwan Roberts was a striker with Norwich City for seven years
A former Wales and Norwich City footballer has agreed, brain-tests for the rest of his life as part of a study about early signs of dementia.
Ivan Roberts, 51, played More Than 800 games, urging the other male and female ex-players to pledge.
Found that they had a higher risk of dying from dementia than the average person, which is coupled to re-Position The Ball repeatedly.
The University of East Anglia study use online tests missed the spot.
"I made with my head a lot," said the striker, who chalked up 239 goals during his 20-year career ended in 2005.
"I want to see if there is anything I should be concerned, in the foreseeable future. "
Painfully HeaderRoberts has a series of simple memory, attention, and spatial-awareness tests, and he will repeat every six months.
the researchers then compare its results with those of an active person are the same age.
"I'm a great believer in prevention is better than cure," Roberts said.
"know the sooner I do, the signs are there, the better. "
The balls were lighter now, Roberts said, But there were still risks for players, particularly children, who he thinks should be prohibited, the name of The Ball up to a certain age.
about the Little -known is, to show if ex-players start showing signs of dementia, and even less about the effects in women"to play When I started, the balls were hard to drive, it was painful sometimes, But I don't think it at the time," he said.
"The Pain , however, it was Worth It . "
Now, Ivan said he wanted to ask, other former Norwich City players to get involved in what can be published anonymously.
"The research that you can do here, will help everyone," he added.
UEA £1m, the funding of the research and plans to crowdfund a minimum of 10% wants to increase it.
lead researcher Dr Michael grey, from The School of health Sciences, said: "We know now that it is much higher risk of dementia in former professional football players and we think this is related to the repeat end Position of The Ball . "
"So there will be many players who are understandably very worried about their future. "
The Drake Foundation, which funds research into concussion and head injuries in sports, said: "We are very pleased to see that the question of the long-term impact of the head takes an impact in the sport becoming more and more dynamic. "
He added that the study would be "new findings contribute to a broader understanding of the connection between football and neurodegenerative diseases," and especially in women.
The FA said it welcomed everyone, the research in this area and was already looking forward to the results of the study.
"We have taken Steps . in order to verify possible changes in the category coaching and training at all levels of The Game , as well as the identification of new areas of research," it said.
The FA recently, three recommendations:
alzheimer' s,university of east anglia, norwich, dementia
Source of news: bbc.com
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