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Andros Darryl Townsend (born 16 July 1991) is a footballer who plays as a winger for Birmingham City on loan from Tottenham Hotspur. He has represented England at under-16, under-17 and under-19 level.
Townsend is a product of the Tottenham Hotspur academy, joined Spurs at the age of nine. In March 2009, he went on loan to Yeovil Town, and making his football league debut against Milton Keynes Dons alongside fellow Spurs academy player Jonathan Obika. He scored one goal in ten games to help save Yeovil from relegation. Then in August 2009, he went on a month's loan to Leyton Orient. On 22 August he scored a wonder goal, having run 70 yards past three Yeovil players and side-stepping another before blasting past the goalkeeper. At the end of August, Townsend's loan at Orient was extended until 31 December, and he then returned to White Hart Lane.
On 14 January 2010, Townsend was signed on loan by the Milton Keynes Dons until the end of the season. He was recalled by Tottenham after two months due to injuries.