Marc Richards
English footballer (born 1982) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Marc John Richards (born 8 July 1982) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker and is now, upon retiring, a first-team coach at Northampton Town.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Marc John Richards[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1982-07-08) 8 July 1982 (age 41)[2] | ||
Place of birth | Wolverhampton, England[3] | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
1998–2000 | Hednesford Town | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2000–2003 | Blackburn Rovers | 0 | (0) |
2001 | → Crewe Alexandra (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2001 | → Oldham Athletic (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2002 | → Halifax Town (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2002–2003 | → Swansea City (loan) | 17 | (7) |
2003–2005 | Northampton Town | 53 | (10) |
2005 | → Rochdale (loan) | 5 | (2) |
2005–2007 | Barnsley | 69 | (18) |
2007–2012 | Port Vale | 181 | (67) |
2012–2014 | Chesterfield | 72 | (20) |
2014–2018 | Northampton Town | 123 | (44) |
2018–2019 | Swindon Town | 50 | (15) |
2019–2020 | Cambridge United | 18 | (2) |
2020 | Yeovil Town | 7 | (2) |
2020 | St Ives Town | 6 | (4) |
Total | 615 | (191) | |
International career | |||
2000–2001 | England U18 | 3 | (0) |
2002 | England U20 | 1 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
A youth team player at Hednesford Town, he turned professional at Blackburn Rovers in 2000. He spent the 2001–02 season on loan at Crewe Alexandra, Oldham Athletic, and Halifax Town. He then spent much of the 2002–03 season on loan at Swansea City, before he was allowed to join Northampton Town in summer 2003. He scored eleven goals for the club in 2003–04, though was sent out on loan to Rochdale in the latter half of the 2004–05 campaign after he found himself struggling with injury. He joined Barnsley in August 2005, and went on to score twelve goals in 2005–06, helping the club win promotion to the Championship via the play-offs. Released at the end of the 2006–07 season, he signed with Port Vale in June 2007. After five goals in 2007–08, he became the club's top-scorer for four seasons running with 11 goals in 2008–09, 22 goals in 2009–10, 20 goals in 2010–11, and 17 goals in 2011–12. He signed with Chesterfield in May 2012, and played for the club in the 2014 final of the Football League Trophy, before helping them to win the League Two title in 2013–14. He returned to Northampton Town in May 2014, and finished as the club's top-scorer for two consecutive seasons, helping Northampton to win the League Two title in 2015–16. He signed with Swindon Town in January 2018 and after one-and-a-half seasons with Swindon moved on to Cambridge United in August 2019. He joined non-League side Yeovil Town in January 2020 and moved on to St Ives Town seven months later.
Overall, he has scored more than 200 goals in around 700 professional appearances. He has also represented England at under-18 and under-20 levels.