Micah Richards

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Micah Richards
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Richards at the 2012 championship celebration
Personnel
Surname Micah Lincoln Richards
birthday June 24, 1988
place of birth Birmingham ,  England
size 180 cm
position Defender
Juniors
Years station
2000-2001 Oldham Athletic
2001-2005 Manchester City
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2005-2015 Manchester City 180 (6)
2014-2015 →  Fiorentina  (loan) 10 (0)
2015-2019 Aston Villa 26 (1)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
2003-2004 England U-16 2 (0)
2005-2006 England U-19 3 (0)
2006-2011 England U-21 15 (3)
2006–2012 England 13 (1)
2012 Team GB 5 (0)
1 Only league games are given.

Micah Lincoln Richards (born June 24, 1988 in Birmingham ) is a former English football player who played ten years as a professional for Manchester City and last played in defense at Aston Villa until 2019 . He could be used in central defense, as a right full-back or in defensive midfield.

Career

society

As a child, Richards played for the Leeds City Boys. Scouts noticed his talent early on. At the age of twelve he finally moved to Oldham Athletic . Just a year later, in 2001, he was transferred to Manchester City . Oldham secured 20% of the defender's resale. For the Citizens, Richards went through the junior teams until 2005, before he was accepted into the professional squad in summer 2005. He finally made his debut against Arsenal on October 22 when he was substituted on. For the first time over 90 minutes on the field he was on February 12, 2006 against Charlton Athletic . From then on he earned himself a regular place and at the end of the season was voted “Best young player of the club of the 2005/06 season”. After other clubs showed interest in the youngster, he signed a new four-year contract with Manchester on July 25, 2006. Good performances were followed by better and better performances. In August 2007, Richards was named “Player of the Month” in the Premier League . During the absence of Richard Dunne , he took him on September 16, 2007 for the first time as captain of his team. This made him the youngest captain of the club, replacing Steve Redmond . In February 2008, his contract was prematurely extended to summer 2013. Shortly afterwards, the defender was injured and was no longer fit for the rest of the season. In qualifying for the UEFA Cup on July 17, 2008, he made his comeback over 90 minutes. During the game against West Ham United in August of that year, Richards collided with his club-mate Tal Ben Haim and was then unconscious for eight minutes. Contrary to all impressions, the collision was not dangerous.

On September 1, 2014, Richards moved to the Italian Serie A at Fiorentina on loan until the end of the 2014/15 season .

After the 2014/15 season, he left Manchester City on a free transfer and joined Aston Villa , where he signed a four-year deal. There, however, his severe knee problems were his undoing. In October 2016 he played his last professional game before announcing the end of his active career a good three years later in the summer of 2019.

National team

He made his debut for the English national team on November 15, 2006 against the Netherlands . At this point, Richards had only played 28 competitive games for his club team. Gary Neville's injury slipped the talented defender into the team's starting line-up. As a result, he replaced Rio Ferdinand as the youngest used defender in the national team. His first goal was on September 8, 2007 in the Euro 2008 qualifier against Israel .

Others

  • On the homepage of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Richards has his own column in which he reports on his life as a footballer.
  • Richards hit the headlines when he and his teammate Anton Ferdinand accused the German Aaron Hunt of racist insults in the U-21 international match against Germany .
  • In July 2009 it became known that Richards was infected with the H1N1 virus , the so-called swine flu, while visiting the island of Cyprus .

successes

Web links

Commons : Micah Richards  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Player unconscious for eight minutes on August 26, 2008 on rp-online.de
  2. ↑ Micah joins Fiorentina on season-long loan from September 1, 2014 on mcfc.co.uk
  3. ↑ Breaking transfer news: Villa sign defender Micah Richards ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. dated June 17, 2015 at avfc.co.uk, accessed on August 14, 2015 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.avfc.co.uk
  4. ↑ Micah Richards: Ex-England defender retires from football (BBC Sport)
  5. ↑ European Championship qualification from September 8, 2008 on sueddeutsche.de ( Memento from September 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ^ Column by Micah Richards on news.bbc.co.uk/sport
  7. ↑ Aaron Hunt: DFB appeals against suspension on faz.de.
  8. ↑ Swine flu virus at Richards on welt.de
personal data
SURNAME Richards, Micah
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Richards, Micah Lincoln
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Birmingham