Personal information | |||
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Full name | Courtney Romello Baker-Richardson [1] | ||
Date of birth | 5 December 1995 | ||
Place of birth | Coventry, England | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Crewe Alexandra | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Youth career | |||
Coventry City | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2014 | Coventry City | 0 | (0) |
2014 | → Tamworth (loan) | 1 | (0) |
2014 | → Ilkeston (loan) | 2 | (0) |
2014–2015 | Romulus | ||
2015 | Nuneaton Town | 1 | (0) |
2015 | Redditch United | 5 | (1) |
2015–2016 | Kettering Town | 18 | (3) |
2016–2017 | Leamington | 62 | (22) |
2017–2020 | Swansea City | 17 | (3) |
2019–2020 | → Accrington Stanley (loan) | 2 | (0) |
2020–2021 | Barrow | 0 | (0) |
2021 | → Barnet (loan) | 17 | (3) |
2021–2022 | Newport County | 31 | (8) |
2022– | Crewe Alexandra | 64 | (17) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:25, 13 March 2024 (UTC) |
Courtney Romello Baker-Richardson (born 5 December 1995) is an English footballer who plays as a forward for EFL League Two club Crewe Alexandra.
Baker-Richardson made his professional debut with Coventry City as a substitute on 7 December 2013 in a 1–1 FA Cup Second Round draw with Hartlepool United, coming on to replace Franck Moussa after 71 minutes. [3]
On 20 February 2014, Baker-Richardson joined Conference side Tamworth on a youth loan. [4] He made his debut on 22 February 2014, coming on in the 68th minute for Lee Hildreth in the 1–1 draw against Welling United. [5] He subsequently joined Northern Premier League Premier Division team Ilkeston on loan in March 2014. [6]
On Friday 7 August 2015, Baker-Richardson signed for Southern League Premier side Kettering Town for the 2015–16 season. However following a bad injury in October that year he was ignored by manager Marcus Law and switched to fellow Southern League Premier team Leamington in February 2016. [7]
After a successful 2016–17 season with Leamington, Baker-Richardson went on trial with Premier League team Leicester City in August 2017. [8]
On 14 August 2017, Baker-Richardson joined Premier League side Swansea City on a two-year deal. [9] He made his debut for Swansea on 28 August 2018 in a 1–0 defeat to Crystal Palace in the EFL Cup. [10] He scored his first goal for the club on 29 September 2018 during a 3–0 win over Queens Park Rangers [11]
On 9 August 2019, Baker-Richardson joined Accrington Stanley on loan until the end of the season. [12]
On 8 October 2020, following release from Swansea, Baker-Richardson joined League Two side Barrow on a free transfer. [13] On 28 January 2021, he joined Barnet on loan for the rest of the season. [14] He was released by Barrow at the end of the season. [15]
In June 2021 he joined Newport County on a one-year deal for the 2021-22 season. [16] He made his debut for Newport in the 2-1 League Two win against Walsall on 18 September 2021. [17] Baker-Richardson scored his first goal for Newport on 2 October 2021 in the 3-0 League Two win against Scunthorpe United. [18]
On 31 May 2022, it was reported that Baker-Richardson was joining Crewe Alexandra, newly relegated to League Two, on a two-year deal. [19] He made a substitute appearance in Crewe's opening game of the 2022–23 season, a 2–1 victory over Rochdale at Spotland on 30 July 2022, [20] and, after again coming on as a second-half substitute, scored his first Crewe goal in the following game, a 3–0 win over Harrogate Town at Gresty Road on 6 August 2022. [21] He made his first Crewe start on 9 August 2022, playing in an EFL League Cup first round defeat at Grimsby Town. [22] Baker-Richardson then scored three times in two home league games, one against Sutton United on 16 August and a first-half brace against Northampton Town on 20 August 2022. [23] He missed Crewe's match at Carlisle United on 1 October 2022 after injuring his leg while playing Xbox, [24] but recovered to play six games in October, scoring once, before sustaining a serious hamstring injury. [25] He eventually returned to first-team action on 4 March 2023, coming on as a 71st minute substitute in a 1–1 draw at Sutton United, [26] finishing the season with nine goals in 32 matches. [27]
In the 2023–24 season, Baker-Richardson beat his previous season's tally, scoring ten times in 40 appearances [28] before incurring a dislocated shoulder at the start of Crewe's 1–0 victory over Sutton United at Gresty Road on 12 March 2024, [29] [30] ruling him out for up to four weeks. [31]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Coventry City | 2013–14 [32] | League One | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Tamworth (loan) | 2013–14 [32] [33] | Conference Premier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
Ilkeston (loan) | 2013–14 [34] [35] | Northern Premier League Premier Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
Nuneaton Town | 2014–15 [36] | Conference Premier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Redditch United | 2014–15 [37] | Southern League Premier Division | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
Kettering Town | 2015–16 [38] | Southern League Premier Division | 18 | 3 | 4 | 3 | — | 2 [lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 24 | 7 | |
Leamington | 2016–17 [38] [39] | Southern League Premier Division | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 [lower-alpha 3] | 2 | 19 | 7 | |
2017–18 [38] [39] | Southern League Premier Division | 45 | 17 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 [lower-alpha 4] | 4 | 55 | 21 | ||
Leamington Total | 62 | 22 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 6 | 74 | 28 | |||
Swansea City | 2017–18 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2018–19 [40] | Championship | 17 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4 | |
2019–20 | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Swansea Total | 17 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4 | ||
Swansea City U21s | 2017–18 [41] | — | — | — | 4 [lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
Accrington Stanley (loan) | 2019–20 [42] | League One | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 5] | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Barrow | 2020–21 [43] | League Two | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Barnet (loan) | 2020–21 [43] | National League | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | |
Newport County | 2021–22 [2] | League Two | 31 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 8 |
Crewe Alexandra | 2022–23 [27] | League Two | 29 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 [lower-alpha 5] | 1 | 32 | 9 |
2023–24 [28] | League Two | 35 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 40 | 10 | |
Crewe total | 64 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 72 | 19 | ||
Career total | 221 | 58 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 260 | 71 |
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