The 41-year-old has been playing for Woodbridge Town in the Thurlow Nunn League for the past couple of seasons and will remain on dual registration with the Notcutts Park outfit.

Edwards, who was with Ipswich between 2009 and 2014 will also be assisting with the coaching team at the Denny Bros Stadium.

He played almost 180 times for the Tractor Boys, many as club captain, after spells with Wrexham, Luton Town and Sunderland.

He played abroad for Trinidad & Tobago clubs Ma Pau Stars and Central Football Club - based in California - who play in the TT Pro League.

The 90-times Trinidad & Tobago capped Edwards` last English professional club was Millwall, where he was still playing in 2016 on a short-term deal.

Popular with Ipswich fans, Edwards played as a right winger under Roy Keane but switched to right-back when Paul Jewell became manager.

He became Ipswich captain in March 2012 and was voted the players’ player of the year for the 2011/12 season.

Edwards comes in as it was confirmed this week that Jake Chambers Shaw will be out for around two months after suffering ligament damage to his shoulder in the defeat at Tilbury last weekend.

Manager Ben Chenery told https://www.burytownfc.co.uk: "Carlos will be a big signing for us and will be involved tomorrow, which will be a big boost after we lost Jake last weekend for around two months.

"We have been really unlucky with injuries and we've now lost our two most influential midfielders, both of whom were signed on contracts in the summer because they were vital to our season.

"Carlos can help us fill that void and it will hopefully be a boost to the rest of the squad. He is as fit now as he was when he was a professional and he has been controlling games and scoring goals at Woodbridge so I'm sure he can recreate that one level higher".

Chris Ward