Micah Richards
Micah Richards (born 24 June 1988) is an English former professional footballer. He was born in Birmingham, West Midlands and grew up in Leeds.
Richards during Manchester City's Premier League victory parade in 2012 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Micah Lincoln Richards[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 24 June 1988||
Place of birth | Birmingham, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1] | ||
Playing position | Right-back[2] | ||
Youth career | |||
Leeds City School Boys | |||
–2000 | Leeds United[3] | ||
2000–2001 | Oldham Athletic | ||
2001–2005 | Manchester City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005–2015 | Manchester City | 179 | (6) |
2014–2015 | → Fiorentina (loan) | 10 | (0) |
2015–2019 | Aston Villa | 26 | (1) |
Total | 215 | (7) | |
National team | |||
2003–2004 | England U16 | 2 | (0) |
2005–2006 | England U19 | 3 | (0) |
2006–2011 | England U21 | 15 | (3) |
2006–2012 | England | 13 | (1) |
2012 | Great Britain Olympic | 5 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Career statistics
Club
Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Manchester City | 2005–06[4] | Premier League | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 1 | ||
2006–07[5] | Premier League | 28 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 1 | |||
2007–08[6] | Premier League | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 0 | |||
2008–09[7] | Premier League | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15[a] | 0 | — | 50 | 1 | ||
2009–10[8] | Premier League | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 2 | |||
2010–11[9] | Premier League | 18 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8[b] | 0 | — | 31 | 3 | ||
2011–12[10] | Premier League | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4[c] | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 37 | 1 | |
2012–13[11] | Premier League | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[e] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
2013–14[12] | Premier League | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3[e] | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | ||
2014–15[13] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 1[d] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Total | 179 | 6 | 22 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 245 | 9 | ||
Fiorentina (loan) | 2014–15[14] | Serie A | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 7[b] | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | ||
Aston Villa | 2015–16[15] | Premier League | 24 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 2 | ||
2016–17[16] | Championship | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
2017–18[17] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2018–19[18] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 26 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2 | |||
Career total | 215 | 7 | 27 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 295 | 11 |
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Cup
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ↑ One appearance in UEFA Champions League, three UEFA Europa League
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Appearance in FA Community Shield
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
International
- Source:[19]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
England | 2006 | 1 | 0 |
2007 | 10 | 1 | |
2008 | 0 | 0 | |
2009 | 0 | 0 | |
2010 | 1 | 0 | |
2011 | 0 | 0 | |
2012 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 13 | 1 |
- England score listed first, score column indicates score after each Richards goal.[19]
No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 8 September 2007 | Wembley Stadium, London, England | 6 | Israel | 3–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualification | [20] |
Honours
Manchester City
England U21
- UEFA European Under-21 Championship runner-up: 2009[23]
Individual
- Premier League Player of the Month: August 2007[21]
- Young Sportsperson of the Year: 2007[24]
Micah Richards Media
Richards playing for Manchester City in 2010.
Richards passes the ball as Luis Henríquez looks on; Manchester City were playing against Lech Poznań in November 2010.
Richards (second left) on an open-top bus victory parade after Manchester City won the Premier League, 2012.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. p. 351. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.
- ↑ "Micah Richards". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
- ↑ Richards, Micah (12 March 2008). Micah Richards column. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/7288220.stm. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
- ↑ "Games played by Micah Richards in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- ↑ "Games played by Micah Richards in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- ↑ "Games played by Micah Richards in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- ↑ "Games played by Micah Richards in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- ↑ "Games played by Micah Richards in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- ↑ "Games played by Micah Richards in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- ↑ "Games played by Micah Richards in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- ↑ "Games played by Micah Richards in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- ↑ "Games played by Micah Richards in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- ↑ "Games played by Micah Richards in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- ↑ "M. Richards: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- ↑ "Games played by Micah Richards in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- ↑ "Games played by Micah Richards in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- ↑ "Games played by Micah Richards in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- ↑ "Games played by Micah Richards in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Richards, Micah at National-Football-Teams.com
- ↑ Sanghera, Mandeep (8 September 2007). England 3–0 Israel. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/6983518.stm. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 "Micah Richards: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
- ↑ McNulty, Phil (14 May 2011). Man City 1–0 Stoke City. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/13346941.
- ↑ "Germany 4–0 England: Lineups". UEFA. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
- ↑ Micah Richards column. BBC Sport. 12 December 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/7139196.stm. Retrieved 12 January 2020.