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Kieran Richardson
| Kieran Richardson | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Kieran Edward Richardson | |
| Date of birth | 21 October 1984 | |
| Place of birth | London, England | |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Sunderland | |
| Number | 10 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| ?–2001 2001–2002 | West Ham United Manchester United | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2002–2007 2005 2007– | Manchester United → West Bromwich Albion (loan) Sunderland | 41 (2) 12 (3) 49 (7) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2005–2007 2005– | England U21 England | 11 (1) 8 (2) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals | ||
Kieran Edward Richardson (born 21 October 1984 in Greenwich, London) is an English footballer currently playing for Sunderland. He is a left-sided midfielder who is also comfortable playing in central midfield.
On July 16, 2007, Sunderland paid Manchester United an undisclosed fee, reported to be in the region of £5.5m. Richardson signed a four-year deal with the Black Cats, and linked up with former United captain Roy Keane. After an indifferent start, it was discovered that he had a stress fracture of the spine. This led to his being out of action for almost 4 months.
In his first season for Sunderland he scored three times with two of them being against Portsmouth F.C. However in the 2008/2009 season he wrote his way into Mackem folkore by scoring a sensational freekick against rivals Newcastle United, giving sunderland their first home win over their rivals in 28 years.
External links 
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- www.safc.com profile
- Kieran Richardson career stats at Soccerbase
| Sunderland A.F.C. – current squad |
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| 1 Gordon • 2 Bardsley • 3 Richardson • 4 Turner • 5 Mensah • 6 Cattermole • 7 Zenden • 8 Malbranque • 9 Campbell • 10 Henderson • 11 Muntari • 12 Angeleri • 15 Onuoha • 16 Riveros • 17 Welbeck • 18 Meyler • 19 Bramble • 22 Mignolet • 24 Carson • 25 Colback • 26 Cook • 27 Al-Muhammadi • 28 Sessègnon • 29 Ferdinand • 33 Gyan • 34 Adams • — M'voto • Manager: Bruce |
