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Mumbai City FC Sign Aussie Defender Rostyn Griffiths Ahead Of New Indian Super League Season

Rostyn Griffiths started his career with then-English Premier League side Blackburn Rovers before moving to Australia to ply his trade.

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Rostyn Griffiths was with Mumbai City's sister club, Melbourne City.
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Indian Super League franchise Mumbai City FC on Sunday announced the signing of central defender Rostyn Griffiths. (More Football News)

The 34-year-old joins the Islanders from fellow City Football Group side and A-League outfit Melbourne City FC after putting pen to paper on a one-year contract which runs until the end of the 2022/23 season.

He won the A-League Premiers and Championship double in the 2020/21 season and also featured in the club's debut continental campaign at the 2022 AFC Champions League, before getting his hands on a second consecutive Premiers title in 2021/22 with the Melbourne-based club. 

Griffiths started his career with then-Premier League side Blackburn Rovers before moving to Australia to ply his trade. He made his A-league debut with Adelaide United and went on to represent North Queensland Fury and Central Coast Mariners, where he had a very successful spell, winning the Premiers in the 2011/12 season. 

Griffiths then featured for China's Guangzhou City and the Dutch club Roda JC before returning to A-league with Perth Glory.

Prior to joining Melbourne City, he turned out for Uzbek side Pakhtakor Tashkent in the 2017/18 Uzbekistan Super League. 

He has a total of 321 appearances and 23 goals to his name in his club career so far.  

"Personally, this is a new challenge in my life and I’m ready for it. The club's vision and ambition is a huge factor in helping my decision to come here along with what Des Buckingham intends to build here at Mumbai City," Griffiths was quoted as saying in a media release. 

The club's head coach Des Buckingham described the 34-year-old as a top player.