Chris Rigg

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Chris Rigg
Personal information
Full name Christopher Rigg [1]
Date of birth (2007-06-18) 18 June 2007 (age 16)
Place of birth Hebburn, England
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Sunderland
Number 31
Youth career
Sunderland
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2023– Sunderland 19 (2)
International career‡
2022 England U15 4 (2)
2022–2023 England U16 9 (1)
2022– England U17 11 (2)
2023– England U18 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:20, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:38, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

Christopher Rigg (born 18 June 2007) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Sunderland.

Contents

Club career

Early life

Rigg was born in Hebburn. [2] He joined Sunderland while still in primary school. [2]

Sunderland

With Sunderland facing numerous injuries in their squad, Rigg was named on the bench for the EFL Championship game against Blackpool on 1 January 2023. [3] Less than a week later, he was again named on the bench, alongside fellow young player Tom Watson, for an FA Cup third round game against Shrewsbury Town, with manager Tony Mowbray saying Rigg was "really impressive", having watched him train with the first team. [4]

He made his professional debut in the game against Shrewsbury Town on 7 January 2023, coming on as a substitute for Édouard Michut in a 2–1 win. [5] In doing so, he became the second youngest player in Sunderland history, behind Derek Forster. [4] Following his debut, he was promoted to the Sunderland first team, having to train with the squad only one or two days a week, as he was still in school at the time. [6] Rigg's second appearance came in the following round of the FA Cup against Fulham, replacing Patrick Roberts in the 86th minute. In injury time, with the score at 1–1, he received a cut back from Abdoullah Ba before firing a shot into the roof of the Fulham net, only to have the goal disallowed due to Ba being offside. [7] He scored his first competitive goal for Sunderland in an EFL Cup tie against Crewe Alexandra on 8 August 2023. [8] With this goal, he not only became Sunderland's youngest ever goalscorer, but also the youngest goalscorer in the competition's history. [9] On 2 September, Rigg scored on his league debut against Southampton, netting the final goal in a 5–0 home win. [10] In doing so he became Sunderland's youngest ever league goalscorer, breaking a record held by Jimmy Hamilton for over half a century. [11]

International career

Rigg has represented England at youth international level. [1] He captained England at under-16 level, before being promoted to the under-17 squad while still only fifteen. [2]

Rigg made his England U18 debut during a 1-1 draw with Belgium in Marbella on 11 October 2023. [12]

On 2 November 2023, Rigg was included in the England squad for the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup [13] and played his first game of the competition as a starter against Iran, winning the game 2-1.

Career statistics

As of match played 20 April 2024 [14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup EFL Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sunderland 2022–23 Championship 0030000030
2023–24 Championship1920011—203
Career total192301100233

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