England and Wales Evans his career at
Brickfield Rangers in the very same youth side as long term school friend Andrew Ruscoe, where they both played at Chester City Youth and Hightown FC together before Gareth went on to represent Crewe Alexandra and then Wolverhampton Wanderers. Evans is a former
Newi Cefn Druids player, who made 31 appearances, 25 as substitute, for the club in the
Welsh Premier League during the 2003–04 season. He joined
Wrexham in 2004 and signed a professional contract in summer 2006, after initially being told that the club could not afford to give him one. He broke into the first-team in the 2006–07 season, making 14 league and cup appearances. Manager
Denis Smith praised Evans and fellow centre-back,
Mike Williams, after a 1–0 win over
Darlington in December 2006, saying, ''"It's possibly the youngest centre-back pairing the club's ever put out and I think they did tremendously well. I'm delighted with the way they played and I think the lads applied themselves well in difficult circumstances."'' Evans signed a new two-year contract in May 2007. Evans was loaned to
Northwich Victoria and
Tamworth during the 2007–08 season but also made another 14 league and cup appearances for Wrexham as the club unsuccessfully battled against relegation from the
Football League.
United States Evans left Wrexham in January 2009 to continue his footballing career in the United States, and joined
USL First Division club
Austin Aztex FC in February 2009. He was released by the Aztex at the end of the 2009 season. After a brief stint back home with
Conference North side
Vauxhall Motors in late 2009, Evans signed with
USL Second Division side
Real Maryland Monarchs in 2010. In October 2010, Evans joined
Chester until March 2011, when he returned to the United States to play for
Los Angeles Blues in the
USL Professional League. He made his debut for Chester on 9 October as a 76th-minute substitute against
Harrogate Railway Athletic. Upon returning to the United States in spring 2011, Evans trained with LA Blues, with whom he had signed a contract, but did not remain with the club. On 5 April 2011 he signed with
Wilmington Hammerheads of the
USL Pro. At season's end he joined
Carolina RailHawks FC for the remainder of the 2011
North American Soccer League season. Evans re-signed with Wilmington for 2012 on 5 December 2011. After two seasons with Wilmington, Evans joined
Oklahoma City Energy FC for its 2014 season. Evans retired from professional football following the 2016 season and entered a coaching role with Oklahoma City's youth partner, Oklahoma Energy FC. In June 2021, he returned to the pro club as an assistant coach. ==References==