Richard Leadbeater

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Richard Leadbeater
Personal information
Full name Richard Paul Leadbeater [1]
Date of birth (1977-10-21) 21 October 1977 (age 47) [1]
Place of birth Dudley, England [1]
Position(s) Forward [2]
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1996–1998 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 (0)
1997–1998Hereford United (loan) 5 (7)
1998–1999 Hereford United
1999–2001 Stevenage Borough 39 (7)
2001 Hednesford Town 5 (0)
2001–2002 Nuneaton Borough 11 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Richard Paul Leadbeater (born 21 October 1977) is an English retired footballer, who played as a forward. [3] He is now an ordained minister in the Church of England. [4]

In September 2024, Leadbeater was appointed Senior Pastor of Dundonald Church, a large Conservative Evangelical church in Raynes Park, South West London. [5]

Leadbeater While playing part-time Leadbeater began a theology degree at the University of Birmingham. [6] Leadbeater retired from football aged 26 to pursue full-time Christian ministry. [7]

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