Joe Riley (footballer, born 1991)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joseph Michael Riley | ||
| Date of birth | 13 October 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Salford, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Shrewsbury Town | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2011 | Bolton Wanderers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2015 | Bolton Wanderers | 3 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | → Oxford United (loan) | 22 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Bury | 50 | (2) |
| 2016– | Shrewsbury Town | 38 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:51, 1 December 2017 (UTC). |
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Joseph Michael Riley (born 13 October 1991) is an English footballer who plays for Shrewsbury Town as a right back.
Born in Salford, Greater Manchester, Riley started his professional career at Bolton Wanderers since he was seven and attended Walkden High School. A product of the youth system, Riley started regularly playing in the reserve side led Riley signing his first professional contract at the club.
Riley made his competitive debut in the League Cup tie at home to Macclesfield Town on 24 August 2011. Riley went on to make his Premier League debut at right-back in a 5–0 victory over Stoke City at the Reebok Stadium on 6 November 2011. He received a standing ovation by the Bolton fans when substituted late in the game. After starting the next game against West Brom, Riley suffered a hamstring injury, disrupting the start to his debut season. He returned in the FA Cup match against Macclesfield Town on 7 January 2012.
On 23 February, both Riley and Michael O'Halloran signed new three-and-a-half-year contracts, committing them to the club until the summer of 2015. Despite his determination to make a return to the first team, Manager Dougie Freedman quoted on Riley: "Joe Riley needed to go out and play some games as well but we couldn’t quite find the right development team for him." However, Riley spent most of the 2012–13 season because of the succession of injuries limited him to just two starts.
Ahead of the 2013–14 season, Riley returned to the first team in the pre-season friendly and things got worse for him when he damaged his anterior cruciate ligament in a friendly against Skelmersdale, which kept him out for ten months, implied that he may miss the 2013–14 season.
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