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 24)
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)
2016Marine (loan) 1 (0)
2017Warrington Town (loan) 15 (2)
2017–2018Southport (loan) 9 (0)
2018Leek Town (loan) 9 (0)
2018–2021 Norwich City 0 (0)
2018–2019FC United of Manchester (loan) 7 (0)
2019Tampa Bay Rowdies (loan) 35 (1)
2020Yeovil Town (loan) 0 (0)
2020–2021Kidderminster Harriers (loan) 15 (0)
2021– Kidderminster Harriers 83 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:11,15 May 2023 (UTC)

Caleb Joel Richards (born 8 September 1998) is an English footballer who plays as a defender for 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 15 May 2023
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 [lower-alpha 1] 020
Total0000101020
Marine (loan) 2016–17 [25] Northern Premier League
Premier Division
10001 [lower-alpha 2] 020
Warrington Town (loan) 2017–18 [26] Northern Premier League
Premier Division
152301 [lower-alpha 3] 000
Southport (loan) 2017–18 [27] National League North 90000090
Leek Town (loan) 2017–18 [28] Northern Premier League
Division One South
90000090
Norwich City 2018–19 [29] Championship 00000000
2019–20 [30] Premier League 00000000
2020–21 [31] Championship00000000
Total00000000
FC United of Manchester (loan) 2018–19 [27] National League North70000070
Tampa Bay Rowdies (loan) 2019 [27] USL Championship 351201 [lower-alpha 4] 0381
Yeovil Town (loan) 2019–20 [27] National League 00001 [lower-alpha 3] 010
Kidderminster Harriers (loan) 2020–21 [27] National League North150101 [lower-alpha 3] 0170
Kidderminster Harriers 2021–22 National League North420101 [lower-alpha 3] 0430
2022–23 National League North411001 [lower-alpha 3] 0411
Total981200000991
Career total18948010602034



Honours

Kidderminster Harriers

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