Liam Ridgewell

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Liam Ridgewell
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Date of birth	July 21, 1984
Place of birth	London, England
Position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Aston Villa
Number	19
Youth clubs
1999-2001 2001	West Ham United Aston Villa
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
2001- 2002 2001-	Aston Villa Bournemouth (loan) Aston Villa	61 (6) 5 (0) 61 (6)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of August 28, 2006.

Liam Ridgewell (born July 21, 1984 in London) is an English footballer and defender for Aston Villa.

Ridgewell was part of the Aston Villa team who won the FA Youth Cup final in May 2002 against Everton, but did so having transferred from West Ham United in February 2001.

The day after scoring for England Under-19s in a 2-2 draw against Yugoslavia Under-19s in October 2002, he was loaned out to Bournemouth, for whom he played five games between October 13-November 13, 2002.

His debut for Aston Villa came in a 4-1 defeat on January 4, 2003 against Blackburn Rovers in the FA Cup, when he was substituted for Rob Edwards after 69 minutes.

He is a regular in England's U21 side.

Ridgewell scored his first goal of the 2006/07 season against his former club West Ham United on the 10 September 2006.

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