Raphael Meade

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Raphael Meade
Personal information
Full name	Raphael Joseph Meade
Date of birth	November 22, 1962 (1962-11-22) (age 45)
Place of birth	Islington, England
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position	Striker (Retired)
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1977–85 1985–88 1987–88 1988–89 1989 1989–91 1990 1991 1991-92 1992–94 1994–95 1995–96	Arsenal Sporting → Real Betis (loan) Dundee United Luton Town Odense BK → Ipswich Town (loan) → Plymouth Argyle (loan) Brighton Ernest Borel Brighton Crawley Town	41 (14) 41 (25) 03 0(0) 11 0(4) 04 0(0) 01 0(0) 05 0(0) 40 0(9) 03 0(0) 03 0(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Raphael Joseph Meade (born November 22, 1962 in Islington) is an English former footballer who played as a striker.

Meade started his career at Arsenal as a schoolboy in 1977, and turning professional in 1980. He was the leading scorer for Arsenal's reserve side in the London Combination for both the 1980-81 and 1981-82, and made his first-team debut against Manchester City on October 17, 1981. He went on to total 16 league appearances that season (eight as substitute), scoring four goals.

However, a cartilage injury ruled him out of most of the 1982-83 season, but on his return he scored twice against Brighton & Hove Albion in February 1983. He followed that up with a hat-trick against Watford and then a brace against Tottenham Hotspur in December that year. However, the signings of Paul Mariner and Charlie Nicholas meant Meade had been pushed down the pecking order at Arsenal, and he made only eight appearances in 1984-85. In total he made 51 appearances and scored 16 goals for Arsenal.

He was sold to Sporting Clube de Portugal in the summer of 1985, where he was a major part of epic Sporting 7-1 trashing of Benfica, in 14th December 1986, scoring 1 goal. He went on to have stints at Real Betis (on loan), Dundee United, Luton Town, Odense BK, Ipswich Town (on loan), Plymouth Argyle (on loan), Brighton, Hong Kong, Brighton and finally Crawley Town.

[edit] References

• Harris, Jeff & Hogg, Tony (ed.) (1995). Arsenal Who's Who. Independent UK Sports. ISBN 1-899429-03-4. 

Persondata
NAME	Meade, Raphael Joseph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	22 November 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH	Islington, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH