Rio Alderton

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Rio Alderton
Personal information
Full name Rio Kevin Alderton
Date of birth (1982-08-12) 12 August 1982 (age 41)
Place of birth Colchester, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
000?–2002 Millwall
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2002 Southend United 2 (0)
2002–200? Gravesend & Northfleet
2003 Chelmsford City
2003 Wivenhoe Town
2003–2004 Aveley
2004–2005 Tilbury
2005–2007 Leyton
2007–2008 Redbridge
2008 Enfield Town 7 (0)
2008 → Sittingbourne (loan) 4 (0)
2008–2009 Sittingbourne 28 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:10, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

Rio Kevin Alderton is an English semi-professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. He played twice in the Football League with Southend United, before dropping into non-League football.

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Career

Alderton started his career as a youth team player will Millwall, [1] [2] before joining Southend United in 2002. [1] [2] [3] He made his debut for Southend on 13 April, in the Third Division 2–0 home defeat to Shrewsbury Town, replacing Ian Selley as a substitute in the 65th minute. [4] He made his second and last appearance for Southend seven days later away at Macclesfield Town in the 0–0 draw, replacing Barrington Belgrave in the 72nd minute. [5] He then dropped into non-League football joining Conference National club Gravesend & Northfleet in October 2002. [6] In July 2003, Alderton moved to Chelmsford City, [7] [8] before taking a pay-cut to sign for Wivenhoe Town in December 2003. [9] Later in the month, Alderton then signed for Aveley. [10] Moves to Tilbury followed in October 2004, and Leyton in September 2005 – where he was made captain. [11] Whilst at Leyton, Alderton had an unsuccessful trial spell with League One club, Brentford in October 2006. [12] Alderton then signed for Redbridge two years later, when he was released by Leyton. [11] He then played for Enfield Town, before signing initially on loan for Sittingbourne, [13] making the move permanent in November 2008. [13]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Player profile: Rio Alderton". Non-League Daily. Retrieved 18 July 2009.
  2. 1 2 "Players: Rio Alderton". Soccerbase. Retrieved 18 July 2009.
  3. ↑ "New boys seek Blues slots". Harwich & Manningtree Standard. 3 April 2002. Retrieved 19 July 2009.
  4. ↑ "Southend 0 – 2 Shrewsbury". Soccerbase. Retrieved 18 July 2009.
  5. ↑ "Macclesfield 0 – 0 Southend". Soccerbase. Retrieved 18 July 2009.
  6. ↑ "Ford signs Rio". Non-League Daily. 5 October 2002. Retrieved 18 July 2009.
  7. ↑ "Rio joins Chelmsford". Non-League Daily. 11 July 2003. Retrieved 18 July 2009.
  8. ↑ "Chelmsford make Alderton available". Non-League Daily. 23 October 2003. Retrieved 18 July 2009.
  9. ↑ "Pitt signs Alderton". Clacton Gazette. 3 December 2003. Retrieved 18 July 2009.
  10. ↑ "Latest transfers". Non-League Daily. 20 December 2003. Retrieved 18 July 2009.
  11. 1 2 "Alderton coup for Redbridge". Non-League Daily. 8 December 2007. Retrieved 18 July 2009.
  12. ↑ King, Peter (5 October 2006). "Break a blessing for Lilywhites". Waltham Forest Guardian. Retrieved 19 July 2009.
  13. 1 2 "Alderton signing delights Abbott". Non-League Daily. 17 November 2008. Retrieved 18 July 2009.
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