Personal information | |||
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Full name | Omar Tyrell Crawford Richards [1] | ||
Date of birth | 15 February 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Lewisham, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.74 m) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Left-back, wing-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Nottingham Forest | ||
Number | 27 | ||
Youth career | |||
2008–2013 | Fulham | ||
2013–2017 | Reading | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2021 | Reading | 92 | (2) |
2021–2022 | Bayern Munich | 12 | (0) |
2022– | Nottingham Forest | 0 | (0) |
2023–2024 | → Olympiacos (loan) | 10 | (0) |
2023 | → Olympiacos B (loan) | 1 | (0) |
International career | |||
2019 | England U21 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 May 2024 |
Omar Tyrell Crawford Richards (born 15 February 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left back or a wing back for Super League Greece club Olympiacos, on loan from Nottingham Forest.
Richards played for local teams before he joined Fulham at age 10. [3] Following his release from Fulham Under-16, he first played at Kinetic Academy, and then he signed his first professional contract with Reading under academy manager Eamonn Dolan in July 2016. [4] [5] [6] Reading's academy coach, David Dodds, converted him from a left-sided forward into a left-back. [7]
Richards made his debut for Reading under coach Jaap Stam on the opening day of the 2017–18 season, coming on as a 59th minute substitute for Jón Daði Böðvarsson following Tiago Ilori's red card. [8] On 30 November 2017, Reading announced that Richards had signed a new deal with club until 2021. [9] He scored his first professional goal in a 1–1 draw with Nottingham Forest on 20 February 2018. [10]
On 27 May 2021, Bayern Munich announced the signing of Richards to a four-year contract as a free agent once his Reading contract expired in June 2021. [11]
On 10 July 2022, recently promoted Premier League club Nottingham Forest announced the signing of Richards on a four-year contract for an €8.5 million transfer fee. [12] [13]
Born in England, Richards is of Jamaican descent and has expressed an interest in representing the Jamaica national team. [14] On 30 August 2019, Richards received his first international call-up with a place in the England U21 squad. [15] He eventually made his U21 debut on 11 October 2019 as a substitute during a 2–2 draw against Slovenia in Maribor. [16]
Richards was born in Lewisham; where he grew up with his mother, a single parent, and two brothers. [3]
Club | Season | League | National cup [lower-alpha 1] | League cup [lower-alpha 2] | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Reading U23 | 2016–17 [17] | — | — | — | — | 2 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
Reading | 2017–18 [18] | Championship | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 2 | ||
2018–19 [19] | Championship | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | |||
2019–20 [20] | Championship | 28 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 1 | |||
2020–21 [21] | Championship | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 42 | 0 | |||
Total | 92 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 104 | 3 | ||||
Bayern Munich | 2021–22 [22] | Bundesliga | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 [lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
Nottingham Forest | 2022–23 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
Olympiacos (loan) | 2023–24 | Super League Greece | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 [lower-alpha 5] | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | ||
Career total | 111 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 136 | 3 |
Bayern Munich
Olympiacos
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