Kieran Edward Richardson was born on 21 October 1984 and is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger, left-back, or central midfielder.
33 Facts About Kieran Richardson
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Kieran Richardson was capped eight times for England, scoring twice.
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Kieran Richardson was born in Greenwich, London and was schooled at the private and non-selective Riverston School in Lee, London.
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Kieran Richardson began playing football at Parkwood Primary School and his talent was very apparent at this young age, he was made captain of his school team and was invited to train with Arsenal.
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Kieran Richardson then moved to West Ham United where he would begin training professionally.
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Kieran Richardson was given squad number 42 for the first team, but he failed to make his debut with them.
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Kieran Richardson made his first appearance for Manchester United on 23 October 2002 when coming on as a late substitute in a match against Olympiacos in the UEFA Champions League.
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Kieran Richardson then scored his first goal for United in the League Cup on 5 November 2002 against Leicester City.
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Kieran Richardson played a role in Manchester United's youth team's win of the 2003 FA Youth Cup.
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Kieran Richardson had already made nine appearances and scored one goal during the first half of the season.
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Kieran Richardson was linked with a loan move to Norwich City, but Ferguson said there was no chance as other players had gone on loan.
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Under Robson, Kieran Richardson made an instant impact on West Brom's quest to escape relegation.
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Kieran Richardson was a regular in West Brom's first eleven, playing in central midfield.
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Kieran Richardson scored three goals from 12 appearances as West Bromwich successfully avoided relegation, despite starting the final day of the season on the bottom of the table.
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Kieran Richardson made his break in Manchester United's first eleven in September 2005, when he appeared as an emergency left back, in place of the injured Gabriel Heinze.
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Kieran Richardson soon returned to midfield however, where he made several good performances.
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In October 2005, Kieran Richardson celebrated his 21st birthday by signing a new four-year contract with United.
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Kieran Richardson went on to appear 36 times and score six goals that season.
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However, Kieran Richardson felt Alex Ferguson's wrath as the youngster shouldered some of the blame for United's below-par performance against Crewe Alexandra in the League Cup.
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Kieran Richardson signed a four-year contract with Sunderland, under the management of his former United captain Roy Keane.
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Kieran Richardson scored his first goal for Sunderland on 29 December 2007 against Bolton Wanderers.
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Kieran Richardson attracted interest from Bolton Wanderers in the 2009 January transfer window, but manager Ricky Sbragia insisted that he was not for sale.
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Kieran Richardson was on target again in a defeat at Wolves under caretaker manager Eric Black, following Steve Bruce's departure.
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On 11 July 2014, Kieran Richardson signed for Aston Villa on a two-year contract and was reunited with his former manager at Sunderland, Roy Keane, who was Villa's assistant manager at the time.
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On 12 October 2016, Kieran Richardson joined Championship club Cardiff City on a contract until January 2017.
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On 29 December 2016, Kieran Richardson was released from his contract.
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Kieran Richardson started the match against the United States and scored twice on his England debut, including one directly from a free kick.
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Kieran Richardson earned praise from England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson, who described Richardson's debut as "fantastic".
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Kieran Richardson appeared as a substitute on England's second match in the United States against Colombia.
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The decisive goal came in the 85th minute of the second leg, when Kieran Richardson brought down Lassana Diarra in the box and the resulting penalty was converted.
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Kieran Richardson then made two further substitute appearances during England's World Cup qualifiers against Wales in Cardiff and Austria at Old Trafford.
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Kieran Richardson went on to make further appearances for the England U21 squad, for whom he was eligible to play until the end of the 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, where he made three appearances.
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Kieran Richardson is married to Natalie with whom he has two daughters, and who was the catalyst for him becoming a born again Christian.