Liam Ridgewell
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| Liam Ridgewell | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Liam Matthew Ridgewell | |
| Date of birth | 21 July 1984 | |
| Place of birth | London, England | |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | |
| Playing position | Defender | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Birmingham City | |
| Number | 6 | |
| Youth career | ||
| 1999–2001 2001 |
West Ham United Aston Villa |
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| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2001–2007 2002 2007– |
Aston Villa → Bournemouth (loan) Birmingham City |
79 (7) 5 (0) 71 (2) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2002 2004–2005 |
England U19 England U21 |
1 (1) 8 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Liam Matthew Ridgewell (born 21 July 1984) is an English footballer who plays as a defender for Birmingham City. He is primarilly a centre half but can also play at left back
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[edit] Career
Ridgewell was born in London. He began his career with West Ham United, but moved to Aston Villa in February 2001. He was part of the team who won the FA Youth Cup final in May 2002 against Everton.
[edit] Aston Villa
The day after scoring for England Under-19s in a 2-2 draw against Yugoslavia Under-19s in October 2002,[citation needed] he was loaned out to Bournemouth, for whom he played five games between 13 October-13 November 2002.
His debut for Aston Villa's first team came on 4 January 2003, in a 4–1 defeat to Blackburn Rovers in the FA Cup, when he came on as a substitute to replace Rob Edwards after 69 minutes.
He was a regular in England's U21 side.[citation needed]
Ridgewell scored his first goal of the 2006–07 season against his former club West Ham United on 10 September 2006.
[edit] Birmingham City
Ridgewell completed a move to Birmingham City for a fee of £2 million on 3 August 2007, thus becoming the first player to transfer between the bitter rivals since Des Bremner in 1984.[1]
In the absence through injury of regular captain Damien Johnson, Ridgewell was given the captain's armband. He described his appointment as "a real honour".[2] Though concerns were expressed over how some fans might react to a player signing from Aston Villa, Ridgewell's performances won over the doubters.[3] He scored his first goal for the club in their 3–2 win against Wigan Athletic at St Andrew's,[4] but then scored an own goal in the Birmingham derby on 11 November 2007, also at St Andrew's.[5]
On 13th April 2009, Liam suffered a broken leg after a challenge by Plymouth Argyle midfielder Jamie Mackie.
[edit] References
- ^ Jawad, Hyder (3 August 2007). "Ridgewell arrival put in shade as Ghaly deal collapses". Birmingham Post. http://www.birminghampost.net/midlands-birmingham-sport/west-midlands-sports/birmingham-city-fc/2007/08/03/ridgewell-arrival-put-in-shade-as-ghaly-deal-collapses-65233-19568656/. Retrieved on 2008-12-29.
- ^ Tattum, Colin (13 August 2007). "Ridgewell: My pride over captaincy". Birmingham Mail. http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/mail/sport/tm_method=full%26objectid=19619461%26siteid=50002-name_page.html. Retrieved on 2007-10-01.
- ^ "Ridgewell a big hit with Blues fans". Birmingham Post. 26 September 2007. http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/birminghampost/sport/tm_method=full%26objectid=19852180%26siteid=50002-name_page.html. Retrieved on 2007-10-01.
- ^ "Birmingham 3 Wigan 2". Sporting Life. 27 September 2007. http://www.sportinglife.com/football/premiership/birmingham/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/07/10/27/SOCCER_Birmingham.html&TEAMHD=birmingham&DIV=prem&TEAM=BIRMINGHAM--CITY&RH=Birmingham--City&PREV_SEASON=. Retrieved on 2007-11-04.
- ^ "Birmingham 1-2 Aston Villa". BBC Sport. 11 November 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7076646.stm. Retrieved on 2007-11-12.
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11694_5184413,00.html
[edit] External links
- Liam Ridgewell career stats at Soccerbase
- Profile on Birmingham City F.C. website
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