Riccardo Calder

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Riccardo Calder
Personal information
Full name Riccardo Amos Calder
Date of birth (1996-01-26) 26 January 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Birmingham, England
Position(s) Defender / Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Brackley Town
Youth career
2005–2014 Aston Villa
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2017 Aston Villa 0 (0)
2015–2016 → Dundee (loan) 11 (0)
2016 → Doncaster Rovers (loan) 12 (0)
2016–2017 → Doncaster Rovers (loan) 15 (0)
2017 → Lincoln City (loan) 1 (0)
2017–2018 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 33 (1)
2019 Bradford (Park Avenue) 7 (1)
2019–2020 AFC Telford United 4 (0)
2020 Nuneaton Borough 7 (0)
2020 Rushall Olympic 8 (1)
2021–2022 Kettering Town 12 (0)
2022 Rushall Olympic 7 (0)
2022– Brackley Town 28 (1)
International career‡
2012 England U17 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:06, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:36, 23 October 2016 (UTC)

Riccardo Calder (born 26 January 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender/midfielder for National League North club Brackley Town. Calder is a product of the Aston Villa academy but did not break into their first team following loan spells at Dundee, Doncaster Rovers and Lincoln City. Calder represented England internationally at Under-17 level.

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Early life

Riccardo Amos Calder [1] was born in Birmingham, England, on 26 January 1996. [2]

Club career

Aston Villa

Calder joined Aston Villa at the age of nine in 2005. [3] Calder was part of the Villa under-19's team which won the 2012–13 NextGen Series, beating Chelsea in the final of the competition. [4] Calder never made a first team appearance.

Loan to Dundee

On 31 August 2015, the deadline day of the 2015 summer transfer window, Calder moved on loan to Dundee in the Scottish Premiership until January 2016. [5] He made his debut for the club as a substitute in a 1–0 away win at Partick Thistle on 12 September 2015. [6] Calder made his first start for Dundee against Ross County on 25 September, featuring on the left of midfield in a 3–3 draw. [7] Calder started again against Motherwell on 3 October and assisted Rory Loy with a cross for the opening goal of the game in a 2–1 home win. [8] Calder's loan spell ended at the beginning of January 2016, at which point he returned to Aston Villa. [9]

Loans to Doncaster Rovers

On 3 March 2016 Calder moved to Doncaster Rovers on loan, making 12 appearances as Doncaster were relegated to League Two. [10] On 12 July 2016, prior to the start of the 2016–17 season, Calder rejoined Doncaster on loan until January. [11] He scored his first goal for Doncaster in an EFL Trophy tie against Mansfield Town on 30 August 2016. [12] The loan was not extended and Calder returned to Villa.

Loan to Lincoln City

On 11 March 2017, Calder joined National League side Lincoln City on a one-month loan deal. [13]

Inverness Caledonian Thistle

On 6 July 2017, Calder signed a two-year deal with recently relegated Scottish Championship club Inverness Caledonian Thistle. [14]

On 8 November 2018, Calder had his contract terminated by the club after being found guilty of an assault in Birmingham in May 2018. [15]

Later career

Since his conviction for assault, Calder has not managed to gain any long-term contract with any team. Now a journey man he has average more than two clubs per season since 2019:

On 23 August 2019, Calder signed for National League North side Bradford (Park Avenue). [16]

On 3 October 2019, Calder joined fellow National League North side AFC Telford United on a contract until the end of the 2019–20 season. [17]

On 21 January 2020, Calder joined Nuneaton Borough on a dual-registration basis. [18]

On 14 August 2020, Calder signed for Southern League Premier Division Central side Rushall Olympic. [19]

Calder then returned to National League North in order to sign for Kettering Town. [20]

On 19 February 2022, Calder rejoined former club Rushall Olympic. [21]

In July 2022, Calder returned to the National League North to join Brackley Town. [22]

International career

Calder has represented England at Under-17 level, playing at the 2012 Nordic Under-17 Football Championship in the Faroe Islands. He made four appearances including the final as England came runners-up to Sweden. [3] [23] Calder is also eligible for the Jamaica national football team through his family history. [3]

Conviction and imprisonment

In a November 2018 trial at Birmingham Magistrates' Court, Calder was found guilty of assault on a 24-year-old woman, what began with a minor car accident resulted in a repeated assault on the victim by Calder. [24] As a result, his contract with Inverness Caledonian Thistle was immediately terminated. [25] This came less than a week after he scored his first professional league goal. Calder was subsequently sentenced to nine months in prison. [24] Calder was released after serving 10 weeks of the sentence and stated his hope to return to professional football. [26]

Personal life

Calder records music under the pseudonym Cardz and made a rap music video for the YouTube channel, Link Up TV, called "Gettin' It", as well as an album called Overtime which is available on streaming platforms Spotify and Deezer. [27] In 2018 he claimed to have turned down recording contracts to focus on his professional football at Inverness. [27]

Career statistics

As of match played 6 December 2022 [28]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Aston Villa 2015–16 [29] Premier League 000000–00
2016–17 [30] Championship 000000–00
Aston Villa Total0000000000
Dundee (loan) 2015–16 [29] Scottish Premiership 1100000—110
Doncaster Rovers (loan) 2015–16 [29] League One 120000000120
Doncaster Rovers (loan) 2016–17 [30] League Two 15000104 [lower-alpha 1] 1201
Lincoln City (loan) 2016–17 [30] National League 1000—1 [lower-alpha 2] 020
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2017–18 [31] Scottish Championship 24020404 [lower-alpha 3] 2342
2018–19 [32] 9100201 [lower-alpha 3] 0121
Inverness Total331206052463
Bradford (Park Avenue) 2019–20 [28] National League North 7100—0071
AFC Telford United 2019–20 [28] National League North4000—1 [lower-alpha 2] 050
Nuneaton Borough 2020–21 Southern Football League 7000—0070
Rushall Olympic 2020–21 Southern Football League8100—0081
Kettering Town 2021–22 National League North12000—00120
Rushall Olympic 2021–22 Southern Football League7000—0070
Brackley Town 2022–23 National League North17110—00181
Career total134430701131556
  1. ↑ Appearances in the EFL Trophy
  2. 1 2 Appearances in the FA Trophy
  3. 1 2 Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup

Honours

Aston Villa U19

Inverness Caledonian Thistle

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  8. ↑ "Dundee 2-1 Motherwell". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
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  13. ↑ "City Secure Double Loan Signing". Lincoln City Official Site. 11 March 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  14. ↑ Durent, Jamie (6 July 2017). "Inverness CT boss Robertson says Draper is not for sale as Ross County bids are rejected". Inverness Courier. Scottish Provincial Press Ltd. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
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  17. ↑ Cox, Lewis (3 October 2019). "AFC Telford United complete signing of former Aston Villa youngster Riccardo Calder". Shropshire Star. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  18. ↑ "Riccardo Calder joins". Nuneaton Borough FC. 21 January 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
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  27. 1 2 "Footballer by day and rapper by night - Inverness CT's Riccardo Calder reveals he's turned down record deals to stay in football". Daily Record . 20 September 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
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