Richard Offiong
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| Richard Offiong | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Richard Offiong | |
| Date of birth | December 17, 1983 (age 23) | |
| Place of birth | South Shields, England | |
| Height | 5' 11" | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Hamilton Academical | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Newcastle United | ||
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2002-04 2002-03 2003 2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006- |
Newcastle United → Darlington (loan) → Motherwell (loan) → York City (loan) ? Doncaster Hamilton |
0 (0) 7 (2) 9 (0) 4 (0) - 5 (0) 18 (9)[1] |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Richard Offiong (born 17 December 1983 in South Shields, England) is an English footballer, currently playing for Hamilton Academical. His normal position is striker.
Offiong started his career with Newcastle United as a youth but never made a 1st team appearance for the club. During his subsequent spell at Newcastle he was loaned out 3 times. During his time at Newcastle Offiong was capped by England at u20 level. His first loan out was at Darlington for a 2 month spell between November 2002 and January 2003 in which he scored 2 in his 7 league appearances for the club.
He was then sent out on loan straight away to Motherwell for 4 months till May, where all of his 9 appearances for the club came from the subs bench and did not find the net once. The season after nearing the end of his Newcastle contract in March 2004 had a short 1 month loan spell at York City before he left Newcastle at end of the season. During 2004 to 2005 Offiong has some brief spells abroad in the likes of Turkey, Korea club(Chunnam Dragons F.C) and Belgium.[2]
Offiong joined Doncaster Rovers on a free but was limited to only 5 appearances at the club and subsequently left at the end of the season.
He joined Hamilton Academical and has had a successful start to the season. Richard is now one of the fans favourites, he is strong, pacey and a great shot, the future looks bright for the young star.
[edit] References
- ^ Richard Offiong. soccerbase. Retrieved on January 3, 2007.
- ^ Brief spells abroad. Hamilton Accies website. Retrieved on January 2, 2007. - Scroll down to Offiong in the link
