Jon Richardson
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| Jon Richardson | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jonathan Richardson | |
| Date of birth | 29 August 1975 | |
| Place of birth | Nottingham, England | |
| Height | 5' 11" (180cm) | |
| Nickname | Rico | |
| Playing position | Defender | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Exeter City | |
| Number | 19 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Exeter City | ||
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1994–2000 2000–2002 2002–2006 2006–present |
Exeter City Oxford United Forest Green Exeter City |
273 (11) 63 (2) 126 (7) 14 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Jonathan Richardson (born August 29, 1975 in Nottingham) is a professional footballer, who plays for Exeter City, having signed for them on a 6 month deal on 23rd July 2006 for his second spell at the club. A central defender, he was originally a trainee at Exeter City, making his debut in 1994. He impressed straight away, and went on to make almost 250 league appearances for the Grecians over the next 6 years, many of which were as club captain.
In 2000, after a disappointing season, City manager Noel Blake decided to clear out much of the squad, and, to many people's surprise, Richardson was one of the players to go. He got a decent move, though, joining then Second Division side Oxford United for £5,000.
He was a first-team regular in his first season at Oxford, but despite personally putting in reasonable performances, Oxford were relegated, adrift at the bottom of the league with only 27 points. The following season, new manager Mark Wright attempted to rebuild the squad, and in doing so brought in a couple of centre-backs (Phil Bolland and Scott Guyett) from his former club, Southport. This limited Rico's appearances and he found himself on the bench for most games. Even when Ian Atkins replaced Wright after only 6 months, he couldn't find a place in the team, and was released the following summer.
At this point he joined Forest Green, where he remained until May 2006, when he was released on a free transfer before linking up with the Grecians once again. He captained the side on many occasions.
[edit] Career statistics
(correct as of June 25th, 2006)
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Exeter City | 1994-00 | 242 (5) | 7 | 15 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 268 (5) | 11 |
| All | 268 (5) | 11 | |||||||
| Oxford United | 2000-02 | 57 (2) | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | - | 61 (2) | 2 |
| All | 61 (2) | 2 | |||||||
| Forest Green | 2002-06 | 120 (3) | 6 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 123 (3) | 7 |
| All | 123 (3) | 7 | |||||||
| Exeter City | 2006–07 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| All | - | - | |||||||
| All | 452 (10) | 20 | |||||||
Source: Soccerbase
| Exeter City F.C. - Current Squad |
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1 Rice | 3 B. Jones | 4 Gill | 6 Todd | 7 Taylor | 8 Mackie | 9 Stansfield | 10 Challinor | 11 Phillips | 14 Cozic | 15 Edwards | 18 Tully | 19 Richardson | 20 Logan | 21 Moxey | 22 Elam | 27 P. Jones | 29 Carlisle | 33 Buckle | Manager: Tisdale |
