Matthew Thomas Martin Connolly (born 24 September 1987) is an English professional footballer who last played as a defender for EFL Championship club Cardiff City. Having started his career at Arsenal he went moved to Queens Park Rangers, going on to win the Football League Championship in 2011. It would be the first of three titles in four years, as he won the same division again on loan at Reading in 2012 and Cardiff in 2013, whom he had joined permanently one year previously.