Jonti Richter

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Jonti Richter
Personal information
Full name	Jonathan Richter
Date of birth	April 12, 1983 (1983-04-12) (age 25)
Place of birth	Johannesburg, South Africa
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Tamworth
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002–2004 2005–2006 2006–2007 2007 2007–	Northern Spirit Queensland Roar New Zealand Knights Manly United Tamworth	44 (7) 17 (1) 18 (0) 0? (?) 03 (0)
National team2
2003	Australia U20
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:54, November 24, 2007 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 20:30, October 30, 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Jonathan "Jonti" Richter (born April 12, 1983 in Johannesburg, South Africa), is an Australian professional footballer, currently playing for Conference North side Tamworth, where he plays as a midfielder.

Contents 1 Playing career 1.1 Northern Spirit 1.2 Queensland Roar 1.3 New Zealand Knights 1.4 Manly United 1.5 Tamworth 2 International career 2.1 Australia U20 3 References

[edit] Playing career

[edit] Northern Spirit

Jonti started his career with Australian club Northern Spirit of the old National Soccer League in 2002.

Richter spent two seasons with Northern Spirit, in which he made 44 appearances, finding the net on seven occasions.

Jonti became a free agent when the club enduring major financial problems, and the club folded at the end of the 2003/2004 National Soccer League season.

[edit] Queensland Roar

Richter was picked up by newly formed A-League club Queensland Roar in time for the start of the new 2005 in A-League.

Jonti spent the whole season with Queensland Roar, making 17 appearances and scoring one goal.

[edit] New Zealand Knights

Jonti's next venture was with A-League club New Zealand Knights, who he joined for the 2006 season.

Richter made 18 appearances, but failed to score, and found himself without a club when New Zealand Knights became defunct.

He and several other players are locked in a legal battle with the now defunct New Zealand Knights owners, Soccer New Zealand, and the Football Federation of Australia over lost wages. The latter two took over the running of the club for the remainder of the 2006-2007 A-league season.

[edit] Manly United

Jonti failed to find a new club in the A-League and joined New South Wales Premier League side Manly United.

Richter failed to settle with Manly United and at the end of the season, he returned to his hometown of Brisbane in October 2007.

[edit] Tamworth

Jonti joined Conference North side Tamworth on October 30, 2007, along with former Tamworth old boy Graeme Law, who joined on a months loan from Conference National side Farsley Celtic.

Richter knew Tamworth manager Gary Mills who tried to sign the young winger while he was on trial with Mills' former club Notts County, and hopes with the guidance of his new boss, Jonti can make a name for himself in the English game.^[1]

[edit] International career

[edit] Australia U20

Richter has represented Australia U20's in the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship.

[edit] References

v • d • e Tamworth F.C. – current squad GK Clarke • DF Briscoe • DF Langdon • DF Law • DF Lyttle • DF McAughtrie • DF Smith • DF Woollaston • MF Ebdon • MF Foster • MF Henchcliffe • MF Jones • MF Nurse • MF Pritchard • MF Richter • MF Sheldon • MF Sheridan • FW Edwards • FW Keen • FW Williams • FW Wright • Manager: Mills