Gregor Rioch
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 24 June 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Sutton Coldfield, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Wigan Athletic F.C. (Academy Manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Luton Town | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–1995 | Luton Town | 0 | (0) |
| 1993 | → Barnet (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 1995–1996 | Peterborough United | 19 | (0) |
| 1996–1999 | Hull City | 101 | (10) |
| 1999–2001 | Macclesfield Town | 64 | (6) |
| 2001–2002 | Shrewsbury Town | 49 | (2) |
| 2002–2003 | Northwich Victoria | 38 | (3) |
| 2003–2004 | Shrewsbury Town | 19 | (0) |
| 2003 | → Northwich Victoria (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2004 | Leigh RMI | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 303 | (21) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2004–2006 | Køge BK | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Gregor Rioch (born 24 June 1975 in Sutton Coldfield, England) is an English former professional footballer. Rioch has been a UEFA A licence coach since the age of 23 and became the holder of the prestigious UEFA Pro Licence coaching award in July 2011. He is currently the academy manager of Wigan Athletic. His father is former Scotland International and Arsenal F.C manager Bruce Rioch.
Gregor Rioch started his football career as an apprentice at Luton Town, During this time he joined Barnet on loan where he made his league debut at the age of 18 in a 4-2 defeat to Leyton Orient. He moved to Peterborough United in 1995, before joining Hull City a year later and becoming the club captain at the age of 22. After three years with the Tigers he joined Macclesfield Town, under the management of Sammy McIlroy and Gil Prescott. Rioch left the Silkmen on transfer deadline day in 2001 and joined Kevin Ratcliffe at Shrewsbury Town. He spent 18 months at the Salop and was a key player during the 2001-02 season that just missed out on a play-off place on the last game of the season.
Rioch joined Northwich Victoria in 2002–03, before returning to Shrewsbury Town a year later for second spell under a new management regime of Jimmy Quinn and Dave Cooke who were previously in charge at Northwich Victoria. Rioch played 19 games for Shrewsbury Town that got promotion from the Conference back into the Football League via the play-offs.
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