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Connor Roberts: Wales defender in reflective mood ahead of 50th cap

Wales defender Connor Roberts reaches his 50-cap milestone having once doubted whether he was good enough to make his mark in the professional game.

Roberts, 27, came through the ranks at Swansea City and featured for the club during the final season of their seven-year Premier League stay.

He did not make his Swansea debut until he was 22 following loan spells at Yeovil, Bristol Rovers and Middlesbrough.

"There was many a time at Middlesbrough and Bristol where I laid in my bed on my own miles away from my family thinking 'maybe I ain't good enough to be a footballer'" he said.