Cardiff City defender Matt Connolly has signed a new three-year contract with the Championship club.
Connolly has been key to Cardiff this season playing 29 times for the Bluebirds and securing nine clean sheets in an otherwise inconsistent season for the Welsh side.
The 28-year-old signed from QPR in 2012 for an undisclosed fee and has gone on to make 95 appearances for the Blues.
Connolly told the club’s official website: “I’m really pleased to have signed a new deal with the club and am confident that we can push on again.
“All of us, as players, believe that we have the ability to get back to the Premier League and that was definitely part of my thinking in signing this new deal. I’ve enjoyed promotions in recent years and that’s what my focus is again in 2016.
“The club has done a great job in keeping our core together which is very important for long-term success. As players we appreciate that.
“It’s important that the fans get behind us as always for the remainder of the season and hopefully we can realise our ambitions together,” the defender stated.
Cardiff chief executive Ken Choo said: “Securing the services of Matt on a long-term deal was of huge importance to us this season.
“His performances on the field have been of an exceptional standard, whilst his character is second to none.
“Despite last week being particularly testing, I think the win at Wolves on Saturday – and seeing Matt put pen to paper until 2019 – highlights that we are uniting as a Football Club and pressing forward so as to achieve our goals.”
