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.

Micah Richards
Richards during Manchester City's Premier League victory parade in 2012
Personal information
Full name Micah Lincoln Richards[1]
Date of birth (1988-06-24) 24 June 1988[1]
Place of birth Birmingham, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1]
Position(s) Right-back[2]
Youth career
Leeds City School Boys
0000–2000 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
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Manchester City 2005–06[4] Premier League 1303100——161
2006–07[5] Premier League 2815010——341
2007–08[6] Premier League 2502020——290
2008–09[7] Premier League 341100015[lower-alpha 1]0—501
2009–10[8] Premier League 2322040——292
2010–11[9] Premier League 18152008[lower-alpha 2]0—313
2011–12[10] Premier League 29110204[lower-alpha 3]01[lower-alpha 4]0371
2012–13[11] Premier League 7000001[lower-alpha 5]00080
2013–14[12] Premier League 2030203[lower-alpha 5]0—100
2014–15[13] Premier League 00———1[lower-alpha 4]010
Total 1796223110310202459
Fiorentina (loan) 2014–15[14] Serie A 10020—7[lower-alpha 2]0—190
Aston Villa 2015–16[15] Premier League 2413110——282
2016–17[16] Championship 200010——30
2017–18[17] Championship 000000—0000
2018–19[18] Championship 000000—0000
Total 2613120—00312
Career total 21572741303802029511
  1. Appearances in UEFA Cup
  2. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. One appearance in UEFA Champions League, three UEFA Europa League
  4. Appearance in FA Community Shield
  5. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League

International
Source:[19]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
England 200610
2007101
200800
200900
201010
201100
201210
Total131
England score listed first, score column indicates score after each Richards goal.[19]
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 8 September 2007Wembley Stadium, London, England6 Israel3–03–0UEFA Euro 2008 qualification[20]

Honours

Manchester City

England U21

Individual

  • Premier League Player of the Month: August 2007[21]
  • Young Sportsperson of the Year: 2007[24]

References
  1. Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. p. 351. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.
  2. "Micah Richards". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
  3. Richards, Micah (12 March 2008). "Micah Richards column". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
  4. "Games played by Micah Richards in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  5. "Games played by Micah Richards in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  6. "Games played by Micah Richards in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  7. "Games played by Micah Richards in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  8. "Games played by Micah Richards in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  9. "Games played by Micah Richards in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  10. "Games played by Micah Richards in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  11. "Games played by Micah Richards in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  12. "Games played by Micah Richards in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  13. "Games played by Micah Richards in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  14. "M. Richards: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  15. "Games played by Micah Richards in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  16. "Games played by Micah Richards in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  17. "Games played by Micah Richards in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  18. "Games played by Micah Richards in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  19. Richards, Micah at National-Football-Teams.com
  20. Sanghera, Mandeep (8 September 2007). "England 3–0 Israel". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  21. "Micah Richards: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  22. McNulty, Phil (14 May 2011). "Man City 1–0 Stoke City". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 25 May 2014.
  23. "Germany 4–0 England: Lineups". UEFA. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  24. "Micah Richards column". BBC Sport. 12 December 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
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