Matt Richards (footballer, born 1984)

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Matt Richards
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Personal information
Full name Matthew Lee Richards[1]
Date of birth (1984-12-26) 26 December 1984 (age 39)[1]
Place of birth Harlow, England
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Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Dagenham & Redbridge
Number 14
Youth career
2000–2002 Ipswich Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2009 Ipswich Town 148 (8)
2007 → Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) 14 (0)
2008 → Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) 14 (0)
2008–2009 → Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) 23 (1)
2009–2011 Walsall 86 (12)
2011–2013 Shrewsbury Town 85 (12)
2013–2015 Cheltenham Town 91 (8)
2015– Dagenham & Redbridge 3 (0)
International career‡
2004–2005 England U16 5 (0)
2005–2006 England U17 5 (0)
2006 England U18 1 (0)
2004 England U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:09, 7 September 2015 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:02, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

Matthew Lee "Matt" Richards (born 26 December 1984) is an English footballer who plays for Dagenham & Redbridge.

Career

Ipswich Town

Matt is a graduate of the Ipswich Town academy, and made his debut in the UEFA Cup against Avenir Beggen aged just 17. He received his only England under-21 cap for appearing in the England U21 victory over Ukraine U21 in August 2004. He played a prominent role in Joe Royle's Play-off semi-finalist making teams in 2003/04 and 2004/05. When Club Captain Jim Magilton was made manager in 2006–07 Richards found himself out of favour.Originally regarded as a left-back, he is now much more comfortable as a midfielder, either playing on the left or in the centre.

Brighton & Hove Albion

On 18 September 2007, Richards joined League One side Brighton & Hove Albion on a provisional one-month loan deal, although the Seagulls had allegedly been tracking the player all through the summer of 2007.

Richards' loan deal at Brighton was extended by a further two months, running up until 18 December 2007[2] .[3] He played 14 League games in total during his three-month loan at the Withdean and ex-Brighton manager Dean Wilkins expressed his interest on loaning the player until the end of the 2007/08 season. On 17 January 2008, it was revealed that Richards had agreed to join Brighton on loan for the remainder of the 2007–08 season.[4]

Richards once again rejoined Brighton on loan until the end of December 2008 on 21 July 2008.[5]

Return to Ipswich and release

Richards made his Ipswich return in 2009 under new manager Roy Keane starting against Cardiff in a 3–0 win at Ninian Park.[6] This would turn out to be his last game for the club as he was released on 14 May 2009.[7]

Walsall

Richards had a trial spell with Burton Albion[8] scoring in a friendly against Ilkeston Town, however following a successful trial at League One side Walsall, Richards penned a two-year contract with the Saddlers.[9] Richards stated his desire to sign on at Walsall on Twitter, however, this was not possible.

Shrewsbury Town

Richards impressed during a trial period with Shrewsbury Town and underwent a medical at the Greenhous Meadow on 27 July 2011, with the deal expected to be completed in the following days. He signed a two-year deal with the Shropshire outfit on 28 July 2011, and scored his first goal in Shrewsbury colours on 8 October in a 3–2 home win over Barnet.[10] The season finished with Shrewsbury earning promotion to League One with Richards playing in excess of 30 games and earning players, and fans player of the year awards.[11]

Richards was released by Shrewsbury at the end of the 2012–13 season and joined Cheltenham Town on 5 July 2013.[12]

Cheltenham Town

Richard joined League Two side Cheltenham Town on 5 July 2013.[12] He scored his first goal for Cheltenham in a 3–1 defeat to Plymouth Argyle on 17 August 2013.[13]

Dagenham & Redbridge

In August 2015, he signed for League Two side Dagenham & Redbridge on a one-year deal after impressing whilst on trial during pre-season.[14]

Career statistics

As of match played 5 September 2015.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Ipswich Town 2002–03[15] First Division 13 0 1 0 1 0 2[lower-alpha 1] 0 — 17 0
2003–04[16] First Division 44 1 2 0 2 0 — 2[lower-alpha 2] 0 50 1
2004–05[17] Championship 24 1 1 0 1 0 — 2[lower-alpha 3] 0 28 1
2005–06[18] Championship 38 4 1 0 1 0 — — 40 4
2006–07[19] Championship 28 2 3 1 1 0 — — 32 3
2008–09[20] Championship 1 0 — — — — 1 0
Total 148 8 8 1 6 0 2 0 4 0 168 9
Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) 2007–08[21] League One 28 0 3 0 — — 2[lower-alpha 4] 0 33 0
2008–09[20] League One 23 1 2 0 3 1 — 4[lower-alpha 4] 0 32 2
Total 51 1 5 0 3 1 — 6 0 65 2
Walsall 2009–10[22] League One 40 4 2 0 1 0 — 1[lower-alpha 4] 0 44 4
2010–11[23] League One 46 8 3 1 1 0 — 1[lower-alpha 4] 0 51 9
Total 86 12 5 1 2 0 — 2 0 95 13
Shrewsbury Town 2011–12[24] League Two 42 5 3 0 2 0 — 1[lower-alpha 4] 0 48 5
2012–13[25] League One 43 7 0 0 1 0 — 1[lower-alpha 4] 0 45 7
Total 85 12 3 0 3 0 — 2 0 93 12
Cheltenham Town 2013–14[26] League Two 46 6 1 0 2 2 — 0 0 49 8
2014–15[27] League Two 45 2 2 1 1 0 — 2[lower-alpha 4] 0 50 3
Total 91 8 3 1 3 2 — 2 0 99 11
Dagenham & Redbridge 2015–16[28] League Two 3 0 0 0 0 0 — 1[lower-alpha 4] 0 4 0
Career total 464 41 24 3 17 3 2 0 17 0 524 47
  1. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Cup
  2. ↑ Appearances in First Division play-offs
  3. ↑ Appearances in Championship play-offs
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 Appearances in Football League Trophy

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Richards to Extend Brighton loan, BBC Football, 18 October 2007. Retrieved 21 July 2008
  3. ↑ Richards Extends Loan at Brighton, BBC Football, 17 November 2007. Retrieved 21 July 2008
  4. ↑ Brighton bag Ipswich's Richards, BBC Football, 17 January 2008. Retrieved 21 July 2008
  5. ↑ Matt Returns to Brighton, itfc.co.uk, 21 July 2008. Retrieved 21 July 2008
  6. ↑ http://www.clubfanzine.com/ipswich_town/v2.showNews.php?id=19375
  7. ↑ http://www.clubfanzine.com/ipswich_town/v2.showNews.php?id=19623
  8. ↑ Burton Albion 2 Ilkeston Town 3 Clough The Magic Dragon, 14 July 2009. Retrieved 13 May 2010
  9. ↑ Walsall Sign Defender Richards, BBC Football, 4 August 2009. Retrieved 4 August 2009
  10. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. ↑ http://www.shropshirestar.com/sport/shrewsbury-town-fc/2012/05/01/matt-richards-big-winner-at-fans%E2%80%99-awards-night/
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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