Marc Richards

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Marc Richards
Personal information
Full name Marc Richards
Date of birth 8 July 1982 (1982-07-08) (age 25)
Place of birth    England
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Port Vale
Number 9
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2000-2003
2001
2001
2002
2002-2003
2003-2005
2005
2005-2007
2007-
Blackburn Rovers
Crewe Alexandra (loan)
Oldham Athletic (loan)
Halifax Town (loan)
Swansea City (loan)
Northampton Town
Rochdale (loan)
Barnsley
Port Vale
00 0(0)
04 0(0)
05 0(0)
05 0(0)
17 0(7)
53 (10)
05 0(2)
69 (18)
14 0(4)   
National team
England U-18
England U-20

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of December 5, 2007.
* Appearances (Goals)

Marc Richards (born 8 July 1982 in Wolverhampton) is an English professional footballer who plays as striker. He currently plays for Football League One side Port Vale.

Marc started his professional career at Blackburn Rovers, but was on the books of Vauxhall Conference side Hednesford Town before moving to Ewood Park. He made his Rovers debut in a Worthington Cup tie against West Ham United in October 2000.

He had loan spells with Crewe Alexandra , Oldham Athletic , Halifax Town and Swansea City before signing on a free transfer to Northampton Town in 2003.

In 2005 he had a loan spell with Rochdale before signing for Barnsley in 2005. He was described as "a young Neil Shipperley" by the then Barnsley manager Andy Ritchie, as a reason for not re-signing Shipperley from Sheffield United. He was released by Barnsley in May 2007, subsequently joining Port Vale on a two year deal.

He has been capped at England Under-18 and under-20 level.