Matthew Richards

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Personal information
Matt Richards
Full name	Matthew Richards
Date of birth	December 26, 1984 (age 22)
Place of birth	Harlow, England
Height	5ft 8in / 1.73 m
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Ipswich Town
Youth clubs
2000 - 2002	Ipswich Town
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002 - present	Ipswich Town	99 (7)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of September 5, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Matthew Richards (born December 26, 1984 in Harlow, Essex) is an English footballer. A graduate of the Ipswich Town academy, Richards made his debut in the UEFA Cup against Avenir Beggen aged just 17. He made his first England cap in the England U21 victory over Ukraine U21 in August 2004. Originally regarded as a left-back, he is now much more comfortable as a midfielder, either playing on the left or in the centre.

Not a popular figure amongst a nosiy section of the home crowd, Richards has shown admirable courage to perform on a fairly consistent basis this season when called upon, netting his first of the season against Luton recently.

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Matthew Richards career stats at Soccerbase

Ipswich Town F.C. - Current Squad
1 Supple \| 2 Wilnis \| 3 Richards \| 4 de Vos \| 5 Bruce \| 6 Naylor \| 7 Garvan \| 8 Legwinski \| 11 Williams \| 12 Peters \| 14 Lee \| 15 Sito Castro \| 16 Casement \| 18 Haynes \| 19 Walters \| 20 Wright \| 21 O'Callaghan \| 23 Harding \| 24 Clarke \| 25 Rhodes \| 26 Barron \| 27 Jeffers \| 29 Magilton \| 30 Moore \| 31 Synnott \| 33 Roberts \| 34 Price \| 36 Trotter \| 37 Plummer \| Manager: Magilton