List of Reading F.C. players

This is a list footballers who have played 100 times or more for Reading Football Club.

Key

• The list is sorted by the year the player joined the club. If more than one player joined in the same year then they are sorted alphabetically.

Club years

• Counted as the years the player signed for, and left the club.

Appearances and goals

• League and total appearances prior to the Second World War are sourced to Joyce (2004), ^[1] from 1946–47 to 1989–90 to the Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database, ^[2] from 1990–91 to 1995–96 to Royals Record, ^{[3] [4]} and for the 1996–97 season onwards to Soccerbase. ^[5] Reading's top 10 all time appearances makers and goalscorers are listed on the club's official website, ^[6] while statistics of selected players from all era's are also available at the Reading F.C. Former Players' Association. ^[7]

International career

• Players who made international appearances only have the highest level at which they played listed.
• A player's senior international team is sourced to National Football Teams ^[8] whilst appearances at age group level are sourced to the Association of Football Statisticians. ^[9] Players not covered by the above are sourced as needed in the "Refs" column.

Players with 100 or more appearances

As of match played 15 February 2025

• 
  Graeme Murty spent eleven years at the club and captained the side to the Championship title in 2006. ^[10]
• 
  A graduate of Reading's Academy, ^[11] Jem Karacan made more than 160 appearances for the club, making his debut in 2008 before leaving for Galatasaray in 2015.
• 
  Signed in 2005 for £30,000, Shane Long scored 54 goals in six seasons before joining West Bromwich Albion for £6m. ^[12]
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  Ívar Ingimarsson was a regular during Reading's most successful period, starting every league game of the Championship winning campaign and first Premier League season. ^[13]
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  Phil Parkinson made over 400 appearances in an eleven year career with Reading and twice won the club's Player of the Season award. ^[6]
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  Kevin Doyle made 26 appearances for the Republic of Ireland during his time at Reading, making him the club's most capped player. ^{[14] [15]}

Name	Position	Club career	League apps	League goals	Total apps	Total goals	International career	Refs
Joe Bailey	FW	????–1921	186	75	186+	75+		[16]
Joe Duckworth	GK	1924?–1930?	202	0	202+	0	—
Albert Hayhurst	DF	1933–1938	237	12	237+	12+	—
Billy Wright	MF	1933–1938	?	?	193	5	—	[17]
Tommy Tait	FW	1934–1939	144	79	144+	103	—
Jimmy Wheeler	FW	1948–1964	406	147	453	168	—
Eddie McLaren	DF	1952–1959	184	2	207	3	—
Ray Reeves	DF	1952–1961	284	28	317	32	—
Maurice Evans	MF	1955–1967	407	13	459	16	—
Dennis Allen	FW	1961–1970	336	85	377	95	—
Colin Meldrum	DF	1962–1970	266	8	304	9	—
Les Chappell	MF	1969–1974	201	78	241	90	—
Gordon Cumming	MF	1969–1977	295	51	331	61	—
Steve Death	GK	1969–1982	471	0	537	0	—
Robin Friday	FW	1973–1976	121	46	121+	53	—
Ray Hiron	FW	1975–1978	92	14	106	14	—
Gary Peters	DF	1975–1979, 1985–1988	256	10	294	12	—
Paul Bennett	DF	1976–1979	105	3	124	3	—
Richie Bowman	MF	1976–1980	194	30	194+	30+	—
Mark White	DF	1976–1988	278	11	320	13	—
Jerry Williams	MF	1976–1988	309	17	357	17+	—
Pat Earles	FW	1977–1982	247	68	284	85	—
Alan Lewis	DF	1977–1982	149	5	173	7	—
Martin Hicks	DF	1978–1991	500	23	603	26	—	[a]
Mike Kearney	FW	1978–1983	145	36	145+	36+	—
Lawrie Sanchez	MF	1978–1984	262	28	305	31	Northern Ireland
Steve Wood	DF	1979–1987	219	9	251	9	—
Stuart Beavon	MF	1980–1990	396	44	481	55	—
Kerry Dixon	FW	1980–1983	116	51	133	57	England
Steve Richardson	DF	1982–1993	380	3	457	3	—
Trevor Senior	FW	1983–1987, 1988–1992	301	153	362	191	—	[b]
Michael Gilkes	MF	1984–1997	393	43	486	52	Barbados
Steve Francis	GK	1987–1993	216	0	259	0	—
Linden Jones	DF	1987–1992	152	8	190	14	Wales
Steve Moran	FW	1987–1991	116	30	143	38	England under-21
Mick Tait	MF	1987–1990	99	9	133	14	—
Mick Gooding	MF	1989–1997	314	26	368	30	—	[c]
Scott Taylor	MF	1989–1995	207	24	248	29	—
Ady Williams	DF	1989–1996, 2000–2004	335	18	396	23	Wales
Stuart Lovell	FW	1990–1998	227	58	266	67	Australia
Keith McPherson	DF	1990–1999	271	8	316	9	—
Kevin Dillon	MF	1991–1994	101	4	119	5	England under-21
Shaka Hislop	GK	1992–1995	104	0	126	0	Trinidad and Tobago
Jeff Hopkins	DF	1992–1997	131	3	156	4	Wales
Jamie Lambert	MF	1992–1999	124	16	151	20	—
Phil Parkinson	MF	1992–2003	362	20	425	24	—
Jimmy Quinn	FW	1992–1997	182	71	216	94	Northern Ireland	[c]
Dylan Kerr	DF	1993–1996	89	5	104	5	—
Andy Bernal	DF	1994–2000	187	2	224	4	Australia
Lee Nogan	FW	1995–1997	91	26	102	29	Wales
Martin Williams	FW	1995–2000	127	26	156	29	—
Darren Caskey	MF	1996–2001	203	35	232	45	England under-19
Barry Hunter	DF	1996–2001	86	4	100	6	Northern Ireland
Scott Howie	GK	1997–2001	85	0	102	0	Scotland under-21
Linvoy Primus	DF	1997–2000	94	1	113	1	—
Jim McIntyre	FW	1998–2001	100	14	113	16	—
Graeme Murty	DF	1998–2009	306	2	339	2	Scotland
Nicky Forster	FW	1999–2005	187	59	215	67	England under-21
Phil Whitehead	GK	1999–2003	97	0	108	0	—
Martin Butler	FW	2000–2005	103	32	118	36	—
Jamie Cureton	FW	2000–2003	113	51	127	55	England under-18
Sammy Igoe	MF	2000–2003	90	7	105	7	—
Ricky Newman	MF	2000–2005	114	0	137	2	—
Marcus Hahnemann	GK	2001–2009	284	0	303	0	United States
James Harper	MF	2001–2010	316	25	348	26	—
Andrew Hughes	MF	2001–2005	166	18	183	18	—
John Salako	MF	2001–2004	111	13	121	14	England
Nicky Shorey	DF	2001–2008, 2012–2013	284	12	317	13	England
Ivar Ingimarsson	DF	2003–2011	251	11	281	12	Iceland
Dave Kitson	FW	2003–2008, 2009	147	56	160	62	—
Glen Little	MF	2003–2008, 2009	112	6	123	6	—
Steve Sidwell	MF	2003–2007	170	29	187	30	England under-21
Bobby Convey	MF	2004–2009	98	7	112	8	United States
Ibrahima Sonko	DF	2004–2008	127	8	136	8	Senegal
Kevin Doyle	FW	2005–2009	155	55	163	56	Republic of Ireland	[d]
Adam Federici	GK	2005–2015	196	1	229	1	Australia
Brynjar Gunnarsson	MF	2005–2013	142	9	163	10	Iceland
Stephen Hunt	MF	2005–2009	156	17	173	21	Republic of Ireland
Leroy Lita	FW	2005–2009	83	20	100	32	England under-21
Shane Long	FW	2005–2011, 2022–2023	204	45	235	56	Republic of Ireland
Alex Pearce	DF	2006–2015	201	14	226	15	Republic of Ireland
Simon Church	FW	2007–2013	104	22	122	24	Wales
Jem Karacan	MF	2007–2015	155	11	175	12	Turkey A2 [19]	[e]
Hal Robson-Kanu	MF	2007–2016	197	24	227	30	Wales
Noel Hunt	FW	2008–2013	145	33	162	39	Republic of Ireland
Jimmy Kébé	MF	2008–2013	175	29	190	31	Mali
Jobi McAnuff	MF	2009–2014	189	14	206	16	Jamaica	[f]
Jay Tabb	MF	2009–2013	89	0	105	0	Republic of Ireland under-21
Mikele Leigertwood	MF	2010–2014	97	7	109	10	Antigua and Barbuda
Jordan Obita	MF	2010–2020	163	5	191	7	England under-21
Adam Le Fondre	FW	2011–2014	104	39	110	41	—
Chris Gunter	DF	2012–2020	280	2	314	4	Wales
Garath McCleary	MF	2012–2020	242	23	270	27	Jamaica
Pavel Pogrebnyak	FW	2012–2015	94	24	106	28	Russia
Danny Williams	MF	2013–2017	135	13	156	14	United States
Paul McShane	DF	2015–2019	96	3	103	4	Republic of Ireland	[g]
Liam Moore	DF	2016–2023	219	8	233	8	Jamaica	[h]
John Swift	MF	2016–2022	187	32	202	34	England under-21
Tyler Blackett	DF	2016–2020	110	0	122	0	England under-21
Yakou Méïté	FW	2016–2023	156	42	165	47	Ivory Coast
Andy Rinomhota	MF	2018–2022	125	3	139	4	—
Omar Richards	DF	2017–2021	93	2	104	3	England under-21
Sone Aluko	FW	2017–2021	93	6	102	6	Nigeria
Andy Yiadom	DF	2018–	201	4	208	4	Ghana
Ovie Ejaria	MF	2019, 2019–2020, 2020–2023	124	9	127	9	England under-21
Michael Morrison	DF	2019–2022	108	8	113	8	—
Lucas João	FW	2019–2023	116	42	119	45	Portugal   Angola
Tom Holmes	DF	2016–2024, 2024	125	1	133	1	—
Tom McIntyre	DF	2016–2024	105	6	117	7	Scotland under-21

Players with fewer than 100 appearances

Main articles: List of Reading F.C. players (fewer than 25 appearances) and List of Reading F.C. players (25–99 appearances)

Notes

1. Club record appearances. ^[6]
2. Club record goals. ^[6]
3. Joint player-manager 1994–1997. ^[18]
4. Most capped Reading player. ^[15]
5. Club captain 2014–2015.
6. Club captain 2011–2014. ^[20]
7. Club captain 2015–2019.
8. Club captain 2019–2022. ^{[21] [22]}

References

1. Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. SoccerData. ISBN   978-1-899468-67-6.
2. "Reading". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 10 December 2013. Only includes league games.
3. "Career appearance records". Royals Record. Retrieved 10 December 2013. Includes all players from 1990–91 onwards but also those who made their debut before then and were still playing in 1990–91 and beyond.
4. "Career goalscoring records". Royals Record. Retrieved 10 December 2013. Includes all players from 1990–91 onwards but also those who made their debut before then and were still playing in 1990–91 and beyond.
5. "Reading squad stats". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 July 2013. Player stats from earlier seasons available via the drop-down menu.
6. "Statistics". Reading F.C. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
7. "Our members". Reading F.C. Former Players' Association. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
8. "Home". National Football Teams. Retrieved 31 July 2013. Players can be found using the drop-down menus or search function.
9. "All Reading Football Club players". The Association of Football Statisticians. Retrieved 31 July 2013. Players can be found using the menu on the left-hand side or search function.
10. "Murty announces his retirement". Reading F.C. Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
11. "Academy graduates". Reading F.C. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
12. "Long sold by Reading FC to West Brom in record deal". Reading Post. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
13. "Ingimarsson released by Reading". BBC Sport. 2 June 2011. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
14. "Reading internationals". Royals Record. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
15. "Club honours and records". Reading F.C. Archived from the original on 14 February 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
16. "Reading | Club | History | History | Our World War One heroes". Archived from the original on 17 December 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
17. Wright Billy Image 1 Bolton 1931, Vintage Footballers
18. "Managers of Reading F.C". Reading F.C. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
19. "Jem Paul Karacan" (in Turkish). Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
20. "Player profile: Jobi McAnuff". Reading F.C. Archived from the original on 1 September 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
21. "Moore on pride at being new Royals captain". www.readingfc.co.uk.
22. "CLUB UPDATE - LIAM MOORE RELIEVED OF CAPTAINCY". readingfc.co.uk/. Reading F.C. 15 January 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2022.