Caleb Richards

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Caleb Richards
Personal information
Full name Caleb Joel Richards [1]
Date of birth (1998-09-08) 8 September 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Salford, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) [2]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Kidderminster Harriers
Number 3
Youth career
0000–2016 Blackpool
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2018 Blackpool 0 (0)
2016 → Marine (loan) 1 (0)
2017 → Warrington Town (loan) 15 (2)
2017–2018 → Southport (loan) 9 (0)
2018 → Leek Town (loan) 9 (0)
2018–2021 Norwich City 0 (0)
2018–2019 → FC United of Manchester (loan) 7 (0)
2019 → Tampa Bay Rowdies (loan) 35 (1)
2020 → Yeovil Town (loan) 0 (0)
2020–2021 → Kidderminster Harriers (loan) 15 (0)
2021– Kidderminster Harriers 140 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:11,2 April 2024 (UTC)

Caleb Joel Richards (born 8 September 1998) is an English footballer who plays as a defender for National League North club Kidderminster Harriers.

Contents

Club career

Blackpool

After being club youth team captain he signed professional terms in May 2017. [3]

He made his first-team debut for Blackpool in the EFL Cup in a second round match against Wigan Athletic. [4] After his appearance in an EFL Trophy match against Middlesbrough's Under 21 team where Blackpool won 4–1, he was shortlisted for the competition's player of the round. [5]

He was released by the club at the end of the 2017–18 season. [6]

Loans

Whilst at Blackpool he had four loan spells at other clubs. He joined Marine [7] on loan in November 2016. At the beginning of the 2017–18 season he joined Warrington Town on loan [8] with the loan being extended in October. [9]

He then spent time on loan at Southport, joining them in December 2017. [10] In March 2018 he joined Leek Town [11] with the spell being extended until the end of the season. [12]

Norwich City

After being released by Blackpool he joined Norwich City [13] as a member of the club's Under 23 development team in the summer of 2018. He started ten matches for the development team before going out on loan at the end of November.

Loans

On 30 November he joined FC United of Manchester on loan. [14] He made his debut for the club on 1 December in match against York City. [15]

On 4 February 2019, Richards joined the Tampa Bay Rowdies on loan. [16] [17]

On 31 January 2020, Richards joined National League side Yeovil Town on loan until the end of the 2019–20 season. [18]

He joined Kidderminster Harriers on loan in September 2020. [19] [20]

Kidderminster Harriers

On 18 March 2021, Richards completed a permanent move to Kidderminster Harriers following the end of his loan spell with the club. [21] Caleb soon became a fan favourite with the Harriers, having played every minute of every match, bar one for Harriers in the first two seasons. This included a consecutive 90 minutes played on 69 occasions for the young full-back. His performances were duly noted at Aggbourough – he ended 2021/22 as the Young Player of the Season and Players' Player of the Season. On 23 May 2023, he signed a new 2 year deal following the clubs promotion to the National League. [22]

Career statistics

As of match played 2 April 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Blackpool 2016–17 [23] League Two 0000000000
2017–18 [24] League One 0000101 [a] 020
Total0000101020
Marine (loan) 2016–17 [25] Northern Premier League
Premier Division		1000—1 [b] 020
Warrington Town (loan) 2017–18 [26] Northern Premier League
Premier Division		15230—1 [c] 000
Southport (loan) 2017–18 [27] National League North 9000—0090
Leek Town (loan) 2017–18 [28] Northern Premier League
Division One South		9000—0090
Norwich City 2018–19 [29] Championship 000000—00
2019–20 [30] Premier League 000000—00
2020–21 [31] Championship000000—00
Total000000—00
FC United of Manchester (loan) 2018–19 [27] National League North7000—0070
Tampa Bay Rowdies (loan) 2019 [27] USL Championship 35120—1 [d] 0381
Yeovil Town (loan) 2019–20 [27] National League 0000—1 [c] 010
Kidderminster Harriers (loan) 2020–21 [27] National League North15010—00170
Kidderminster Harriers 2021–22 National League North42010—00430
2022–23 National League North41100—00411
2023–24 National League42110—00431
Total14023000001421
Career total23159010602465

Honours

Kidderminster Harriers

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