Eliot Richards

Eliot Richards
Personal information
Full name Eliot Allen Richards[1]
Date of birth (1991-09-10) 10 September 1991
Place of birth New Tredegar, Wales
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Cheltenham Town
Number 13
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2009–2014 Bristol Rovers 112 (27)
2014 → Exeter City (loan) 17 (5)
2014–2015 Tranmere Rovers 13 (1)
2015– Cheltenham Town 9 (1)
2016 → Bath City (loan) 5 (1)
National team
2010 Wales U19 1 (0)
2012 Wales U21 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:19, 2 May 2015 (UTC).

† Appearances (goals)

Eliot Allen Richards (born 10 September 1991) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays for Cheltenham Town as a forward.

Club career

Bristol Rovers

A product the of Rovers youth system, Richards joined the professional ranks at the club in the summer of 2009.[2]

He was the first of the group to break into the first team when he made his debut on 20 February 2010, when he came on as a 73rd-minute substitute for Andy Williams in a Football League One match against Gillingham.[3]

He scored his first goal of the 2011–12 season against Leyton Orient at Portman Road on 13 August 2011, which Rovers lost 3–2. On 4 December 2011, he scored 2 goals in Rovers 6–1 FA Cup rout against Totton. On 14 April, Richards scored his first hat-trick against Burton Albion in a match Bristol Rovers won 7–1.

On 29 September 2012, Elliot Richards scored his first goal of the season in a away match at local rivals Exeter City, the goal proved to be the match winner for Bristol Rovers in a 2–1 Victory.[4]

He received his first red card for Bristol Rovers in a 2–1 defeat away against at Rochdale.[5]

On 6 May 2014, after Bristol Rovers were relegated to the Football Conference, he, along with 12 other players at Bristol Rovers were released from the club.

Exeter City (loan)

On 7 February 2014, Richards joined Exeter City on loan for the remainder of the 2013–14 season.[6]

Tranmere Rovers

On 28 May 2014, Richards became new Tranmere Rovers manager Rob Edwards first signing, signing a two-year deal with the club. Richards scored his first Tranmere goal on 23 August against Cheltenham Town. Richards left Tranmere on 2 February 2015 by mutual consent.[7]

Cheltenham Town

Richards signed an 18-month deal with Cheltenham Town on 2 February 2015. He rejoined Rob Edwards, who after being sacked by Tranmere had recently been appointed as Cheltenham assistant manager.[8]

On 28 March 2015, it was announced that Richards had been diagnosed with testicular cancer.[9] On 4 September he has been given the all-clear in his battle with cancer and aimed to return to the pitch at Christmas.[10]

In January 2016, Eliot joined National League South side Bath City on loan for a month.

International career

Richards was called up to the Wales national under-19 football team in April 2010, for their squad to face Northern Ireland on 5 May.[11]

Richards was called up to the Wales Under 21 squad for the first time in August 2012 for their match against Armenia.

Career statistics

As of match played 3 May 2015
Club statistics
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bristol Rovers 2009–10[12] League One 50———50
2010–11[13] 13110—3[lower-alpha 1]0171
2011–12[14] League Two 32732111[lower-alpha 1]03710
2012–13[15] 40610—1[lower-alpha 1]0426
2013–14[16] 2225211—285
Total 11216104225012922
Exeter City (loan) 2013–14[16] League Two 175———175
Tranmere Rovers 2014–15[17] League Two 13110101[lower-alpha 1]0161
Cheltenham Town 2014–15[17] League Two 91———91
2015–16[18] National League 0000000000
Career total 15123114326017129
  1. 1 2 3 4 Appearances in Football League Trophy

References

  1. ↑ "The Football League Limited: Club list of registered players as at 16th May 2015" (PDF). The Football League. 16 May 2015. p. 70. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "Squad numbers announced". Bristol Rovers Football Club. 10 July 2009. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
  3. ↑ "Gillingham v Bristol Rovers". BBC Sport. 20 February 2010. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
  4. ↑ "Exeter 1–2 Bristol Rovers" BBC Sport. 29 September 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
  5. ↑ "Rochdale 2–1 Bristol Rovers" BBC Sport. 17 November 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  6. ↑ "Gow and Richards in loan swap". Exeter City FC. 7 February 2014.
  7. ↑ "Football - Hume in, Richards out at Rovers". Yahoo! Sport. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  8. ↑ Young, James (5 February 2015). "Cheltenham Town: Eliot Richards aims to help the youngsters along in relegation scrap". Western Daily Press. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  9. ↑ "Eliot Richards: Cheltenham Town player has testicular cancer". BBC Sport. 28 March 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  10. ↑ "Eliot Richards: Cheltenham Town forward returns after cancer". BBC Sport. 4 September 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  11. ↑ "News – Wales Under 19 Squad v N.Ireland". The Football Association of Wales. 23 April 2010. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
  12. ↑ "Games played by Elliot Richards in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  13. ↑ "Games played by Elliot Richards in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  14. ↑ "Games played by Elliot Richards in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  15. ↑ "Games played by Elliot Richards in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  16. 1 2 "Games played by Elliot Richards in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  17. 1 2 "Games played by Elliot Richards in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  18. ↑ "Games played by Elliot Richards in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 December 2015.

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