List of Reading F.C. players (1–24 appearances)

Reading Football Club, established in 1871, is an association football club based in Reading.

Key

• The list is currently updated to include all players who have joined the club since 1991. Those who joined before that date still need to be added.
• 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.

Player

• Players listed in italics spent their entire career with the club on loan.

Club years

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

Appearances

• League and total appearances are sourced to Royals Record from 1991–92 to 1995–96, ^{[1] [2]} and Soccerbase from 1996–97 onwards. ^[3]

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 ^[4] whilst appearances at age group level are sourced to the Association of Football Statisticians. ^[5] Players not covered by the above are sourced as needed in the "Refs" column.

Players with fewer than 25 appearances

As of match played 15 February 2025

• 
  James Henry, one of 24 players to have come through the Academy at Reading and gone on to play for the first-team since 1999. ^[6]
• 
  Greg Halford played just three times for Reading despite signing for a then club-record fee in excess of £2.25m. ^[7]
• 
  Matthew Connolly was part of three successive Championship winning sides between 2011 and 2013 with QPR, Reading and Cardiff City. ^[8]
• 
  Part of a defence that kept seven consecutive clean sheets, Matthew Upson was hailed by then assistant manager Kevin Dillon as "the best loan signing this club has had". ^[9]

Name	Position	Club years	League apps	League goals	Total apps	Total goals	International career	Refs
Lea Barkus	FW	1991–1995	15	1	17	1	—
David Bass	MF	1991–1997	11	0	11	0	—
Garry Brooke	MF	1991	4	0	4	0	—
David Byrne	MF	1991	7	2	7	2	—
Allan Cockram	MF	1991	6	1	8	1	—
Neale Cooper	DF	1991	7	0	9	0	—
Nathan Fealey	DF	1991–1992	1	0	1	0	—
Aaron Giamettei	MF	1991–1992	2	0	2	0	—
Andy Gray	FW	1991–1994	17	3	20	4	—
Danny Honey	GK	1991–1992	0	0	1	0	—
Jim Leighton	GK	1991–1992	8	0	11	0	Scotland
Steve Morrow	DF	1991	13	0	13	0	Northern Ireland
Brian Statham	DF	1991	8	0	8	0	England under-21
Steve Archibald	FW	1992	1	0	1	0	Scotland
Gerry Britton	FW	1992	2	0	4	0	—
Darren Jackson	DF	1992–1993	5	0	6	0	—
John Keeley	GK	1992	6	0	6	0	—
David Lee	DF	1992	5	5	5	5	England under-21
Darren McCance	DF	1992–1994	1	0	2	0	—
Paul Moody	FW	1992–1993	5	1	6	1	—
David Robinson	FW	1992	8	0	8	0	—
Alan Carey	FW	1993–1997	3	0	3	0	—
John Humphrey	DF	1993–1994	8	0	9	0	—
David McDonald	DF	1993	11	0	11	0	Republic of Ireland B	[10]
Darren Barnard	MF	1994	4	0	4	0	Wales
Mick Murphy	FW	1994–1996	1	0	1	0	—
Ray Wallace	DF	1994	3	0	3	0	England under-21
Tony Witter	DF	1994	4	0	4	0	—
Kenny Brown	DF	1995–1996	17	1	20	1	—
Robert Codner	MF	1995	4	0	5	0	England C	[11]
Andy Freeman	MF	1995–1997	1	0	1	0	—
Neville Gordon	FW	1995–1996	1	0	1	0	—
Simon Sheppard	GK	1995–1996	18	0	22	0	—
Michael Thorpe	DF	1995–1998	5	0	9	0	—
Chris Woods	GK	1995	5	0	5	0	England
Sal Bibbo	GK	1996–1998	7	0	9	0	—
Eric Nixon	GK	1996	0	0	1	0	—
Neville Roach	FW	1996–1999	16	1	23	2	—
Ben Smith	MF	1996–1998	1	0	1	0	—
Steve Sutton	GK	1996	2	0	2	0	—
Tommy Wright	GK	1996	17	0	17	0	Northern Ireland
Steve Blatherwick	DF	1997	7	0	7	0	—
Jason Bowen	FW	1997–1999	15	1	22	1	Wales
Gareth Davies	DF	1997–1999	19	0	23	0	Wales under-21
Mark Robins	FW	1997	5	0	5	0	England under-21
Lee Sandford	DF	1997	5	0	5	0	—
Jamie Ashdown	GK	1998–2004	13	0	16	0	—
Neil Clement	DF	1998–1999	11	1	12	1	England under-18
Nick Colgan	GK	1998	5	0	5	0	Republic of Ireland
Robert Fleck	FW	1998–1999	9	1	10	1	Scotland
Phil Hadland	FW	1998–2000	0	0	1	0	—
Paddy Kelly	DF	1998	3	0	3	0	—
Elroy Kromheer	DF	1998–1999	11	0	12	0	—
Andy Legg	MF	1998	12	0	13	0	Wales
Michael O'Neill	MF	1998	9	1	9	1	Northern Ireland
John Polston	DF	1998–2001	18	1	24	1	—
Mark Reilly	MF	1998	6	0	8	0	Scotland B	[12]
Neville Stamp	DF	1998–2000	1	0	1	0	—
Peter van der Kwaak	GK	1998–1999	4	0	5	0	—
Andy Wright	MF	1998	2	0	3	0	—
Tony Barras	DF	1999	6	1	6	1	—
Mark Bowen	DF	1999	0	0	1	0	Wales
Alex Haddow	MF	1999–2001	3	0	4	0	—
Kevin Lisbie	FW	1999	2	0	2	0	Jamaica
Alan Maybury	DF	1999	8	0	8	0	Republic of Ireland
Mark McKeever	MF	1999	7	2	7	2	Republic of Ireland under-21
Andy McLaren	MF	1999–2000	9	1	11	1	Scotland
Mark Nicholls	FW	1999–2000	5	1	7	3	—
Graham Potter	DF	1999	4	0	5	0	England under-21
Tony Thorpe	FW	1999	6	1	6	1	—
Joe Gamble	MF	2000–2004	7	0	13	0	Republic of Ireland
Alex Smith	DF	2001–2003	14	2	18	3	—
Michael Branch	FW	2002	2	0	2	0	England under-21
Ben Roberts	GK	2002	6	0	6	0	England under-21
Leo Roget	DF	2002	1	0	1	0	—
Bas Savage	FW	2002–2005	16	0	18	0	—
Matthew Upson	DF	2002	14	0	15	1	England
Jamie Young	GK	2002–2006	1	0	1	0	England under-20
Darren Campbell	MF	2003–2005	1	0	1	0	England under-17   Scotland under-17	[13]
Peter Castle	DF	2003–2006	1	0	1	0	England under-16   Republic of Ireland under-18	[14]
Luke Chadwick	MF	2003	15	1	17	1	England under-21
Omar Daley	MF	2003–2004	6	0	7	0	Jamaica
Dean Gordon	DF	2004	3	0	3	0	England under-21
Sekou Baradji	MF	2005	1	0	3	0	France under- 21
Eric Obinna Chukwunyelu	FW	2005–2006	6	0	8	0	—
Michael Dobson	DF	2005–2006	1	0	1	0	—
Les Ferdinand	FW	2005	12	1	14	1	England
Martin Keown	DF	2005	5	0	5	0	England
Chris Makin	DF	2005–2006	12	0	19	0	England under-21
Curtis Osano	DF	2005–2008	0	0	2	0	—
Graham Stack	GK	2005–2008	1	0	8	0	Republic of Ireland under-21
Scott Davies	MF	2006–2011	4	0	5	0	Republic of Ireland under-21	[15]
Scott Golbourne	DF	2006–2009	2	0	6	0	England under-19	[16]
John Halls	DF	2006–2008	2	1	8	2	England under-20
Ben Hamer	GK	2006–2011	0	0	5	0	—
James Henry	MF	2006–2010	10	0	18	4	England under-19	[17]
Péter Máté	DF	2006–2008	0	0	1	1	Hungary under-21
Sam Sodje	DF	2006–2009	3	0	8	1	Nigeria
Mikkel Andersen	GK	2007–2015	3	0	5	0	Denmark under-21	[18]
Emerse Faé	MF	2007–2009	8	0	11	0	Ivory Coast
Greg Halford	DF	2007	3	0	3	0	England under-20
Nicholas Bignall	FW	2008–2013	1	0	4	2	—
Julian Kelly	DF	2008–2011	7	0	13	0	—
Dave Mooney	FW	2008–2011	0	0	4	2	Republic of Ireland under-23	[19]
Dan Harding	DF	2009	3	0	5	0	England under-21
Darren O'Dea	DF	2009	8	0	8	0	Republic of Ireland
Lawson D'Ath	MF	2010–2014	0	0	1	0	—
Gunnar Thorvaldsson	FW	2010	4	0	5	0	Iceland
Marcus Williams	DF	2010–2012	3	0	5	0	—
Bongani Khumalo	DF	2011–2012	4	0	5	0	South Africa
Joseph Mills	DF	2011–2013	15	0	16	0	England under-18	[a]
Benik Afobe	FW	2012	3	0	3	0	England under-21	[22]
Matthew Connolly	DF	2012	6	0	6	0	—
Tomasz Cywka	MF	2012	4	0	4	0	Poland under-21	[23]
Ryan Edwards	MF	2012–2015	7	0	10	0	Australia under-23	[24]
Hayden Mullins	MF	2012	7	0	7	0	England under-21
Dominic Samuel	FW	2012–2017	11	2	16	0	England under-19
Stuart Taylor	GK	2012–2014	4	0	4	0	England under-21
Chris Baird	MF	2013–2014	9	0	9	0	Northern Ireland
Wayne Bridge	DF	2013–2014	12	0	12	0	England
Daniel Carriço	MF	2013–2014	3	0	3	0	Portugal under-21
Royston Drenthe	MF	2013–2015	23	2	24	2	Netherlands
Billy Sharp	FW	2013–2014	10	2	10	2	—
Sean Long	DF	2013–2017	0	0	1	0	Republic of Ireland under-21	[25]
Craig Tanner	FW	2013–2017	3	0	5	1	England under-16	[26]
Aaron Tshibola	MF	2013–2016	13	0	17	0	England under-18
Aaron Kuhl	MF	2014–2017	6	0	8	0	England under-20
Glenn Murray	FW	2014	18	8	18	8	—
Jack Stacey	MF	2014–2017	6	0	6	0	—
Yakubu	FW	2015	7	0	11	1	Nigeria
Nathan Aké	DF	2015	5	0	5	0	Netherlands under-21
Kwesi Appiah	FW	2015	6	1	6	1	Ghana
Nathaniel Chalobah	MF	2015	15	1	20	1	England under-21
Jure Travner	DF	2015	1	0	1	0	Slovenia under-21
Josh Barrett	MF	2015–2020	3	0	4	0	Republic of Ireland under-21
Jonathan Bond	GK	2015–2018	14	0	14	0	England under-21
Álex Fernández	MF	2015–2016	8	0	10	1	Spain under-20
Paolo Hurtado	MF	2015–2017	5	0	6	0	Peru
Rowan Liburd	FW	2015–2016	3	0	3	0	—
Orlando Sá	FW	2015–2016	19	5	21	5	Portugal
Andrew Taylor	DF	2015–2016	19	0	23	0	England under-21
Tennai Watson	DF	2015–2021	4	0	9	0	—
Danzell Gravenberch	DF	2016–2019	2	0	5	0	Netherlands under-19
Joseph Mendes	FW	2016–2018	15	3	20	3	—
Deniss Rakels	FW	2016–2018	14	3	17	3	Latvia
Lewis Grabban	FW	2017	16	3	19	3	—
Jordon Mutch	MF	2017	9	1	9	1	England under-21
Reece Oxford	DF	2017	5	0	5	0	England under-20
Adrian Popa	MF	2017–2020	15	1	17	1	Romania
Sam Walker	GK	2018–2021	7	0	14	0	—
Gabriel Osho	DF	2016–2020	7	0	11	0	Nigeria
Felipe Araruna	MF	2020–2022	6	0	9	0	—
Ryan East	MF	2016–2021	1	0	1	0	—
Lucas Boyé	FW	2019–2020	18	0	23	2	—
Ayub Masika	FW	2020	5	0	6	0	Kenya
Marc McNulty	FW	2018–2022	13	1	17	1	Scotland
Ethan Bristow	DF	2018–2022	7	0	11	0	—
Dejan Tetek	MF	2019–2023	17	0	21	0	Serbia under-21
Nahum Melvin-Lambert	FW	2019–2023	0	0	3	0	Saint Lucia
Lynford Sackey	FW	2019–2022	0	0	2	0	England under-16
Lewis Gibson	DF	2020–2021	13	0	13	0	England under-20
Jayden Onen	MF	2020–2021	1	0	2	0	—
Oliver Pendlebury	MF	2019–2021	0	0	1	0	England under-16
Conor Lawless	MF	2019–2021	0	0	1	0	—
Claudio Osorio	MF	2021–2023	0	0	2	0	England under-15
Kian Leavy	MF	2021–2023	0	0	2	0	Republic of Ireland under-21
Michael Stickland	DF	2021–	1	0	5	0	—
Jahmari Clarke	FW	2021–2024	12	2	14	2	Jamaica under-20
Alen Halilović	MF	2021–2022	11	1	12	1	Croatia
Tyrell Ashcroft	DF	2021–2022	4	0	4	0	—
Louie Holzman	DF	2021–	5	0	13	0	—
Karl Hein	GK	2022	5	0	5	0	Estonia
Brandon Barker	MF	2022	4	0	4	0	England under-20
Ørjan Nyland	GK	2022	10	0	10	0	Norway
Terell Thomas	DF	2022	2	0	2	0	Saint Lucia
Rashawn Scott	MF	2022–2023	1	0	1	0	—
John Clarke	DF	2022–	3	0	4	0	Republic of Ireland under-19
Dean Bouzanis	GK	2022–2025	6	0	9	0	Australia under-23
Basil Tuma	FW	2022–	6	0	12	0	Malta
Cesare Casadei	MF	2023	15	1	15	1	Italy under-21
Coniah Boyce-Clarke	GK	2019–	2	0	7	0	Jamaica
Jack Senga	MF	2022–	1	0	5	0	—
Tivonge Rushesha	MF	2023–	9	0	20	0	Wales under-17
Caylan Vickers	FW	2023–2024	14	1	22	3	—
Matthew Carson	DF	2023–2024	10	0	17	0	—
Dom Ballard	FW	2023–2024	10	3	12	5	England under-19
Taylan Harris	MF	2023–2024	0	0	1	1	—
Tom Norcott	GK	2023–	0	0	2	0	—
Charlie Wellens	MF	2023–	0	0	3	0	—
Zane Monlouis	DF	2024	1	0	1	0	England under-17
Emmanuel Osho	DF	2024–	1	0	5	0	—
Adrian Akande	MF	2024–	10	0	16	1	—
Abraham Kanu	DF	2024–	10	0	16	0	—
Shay Spencer	MF	2024–	1	0	5	0	—
Ashqar Ahmed	DF	2024–	5	0	12	0	—
Tyler Sackey	MF	2024–	0	0	4	2	—
Joseph Barough	MF	2024–	0	0	1	0	—
Boyd Beacroft	DF	2024–	0	0	1	0	—
Jeremiah Okine-Peters	FW	2024–	0	0	1	0	—
Billy Bodin	FW	2024–	3	0	3	0	—

Players with 25 or more appearances

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

Notes

1. Soccerbase incorrectly credits Jack Mills with two appearances against Hull City and Charlton Athletic on 23 and 27 August 2011 respectively, that should instead be attributed to Joseph Mills as confirmed by the official match reports on the Reading website. ^{[20] [21]}

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