Samuel Derek Ricketts was born on 11 October 1981 and is a professional football coach and former player.
17 Facts About Sam Ricketts
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Sam Ricketts played over 100 games for Swansea City before playing Premier League football for both Hull City and Bolton Wanderers.
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Sam Ricketts left Bolton in 2013 and captained Wolverhampton Wanderers to the League One title with a record points total.
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Sam Ricketts's father is the 1978 world showjumping champion Derek Ricketts, later performance manager of the UK showjumping team from 2002 to 2010, and his uncle is the former National Hunt champion jockey John Francome.
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Sam Ricketts was released from his professional contract to sign for Conference side Telford United in the summer of 2003.
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Sam Ricketts helped the team to promotion from League Two in his first season, during which he was selected in the division's PFA Team of the Year.
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Sam Ricketts made 29 league appearances for the Tigers in their inaugural top-flight campaign, as they narrowly avoided relegation on the final day of the season.
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On 25 July 2009, fellow Premier League club Bolton Wanderers confirmed Sam Ricketts had signed a three-year deal with them for an undisclosed fee.
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Sam Ricketts later expressed his disappointment at leaving Bolton Wanderers.
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Sam Ricketts was a regular member of the Wolves team that won the League One title that season with a record 103 points.
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Back in the Championship, Sam Ricketts seldom featured for Wolves, despite remaining club captain, and in January 2015 was made available for loan.
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Sam Ricketts signed for Coventry City on 6 July 2015 signing a one-year deal with the club.
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Sam Ricketts made his international debut for Wales on 9 February 2005 in a friendly against Hungary that was John Toshack's first game in charge after his return as manager.
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Rodgers then advised Sam Ricketts to begin coaching at academy level to gain experience, with the latter taking his advice and joined the academy coaching set-up at his former side Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2017.
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On 3 December 2018, Sam Ricketts was appointed manager of Shrewsbury on a 2.
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Sam Ricketts brought in eight players in the January 2019 transfer window including Tyrese Campbell, Ro-Shaun Williams and Scott Golbourne.
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The departure of Irish goalkeeper Joe Murphy meant Sam Ricketts only had 1 senior goalkeeper.