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Richard Brodie (footballer)

Richard Brodie
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Brodie with Crawley Town in 2011
Personal information
Full name Richard Jon Brodie
Date of birth (1987-07-08) 8 July 1987 (age 29)
Place of birth Gateshead, England
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2006 Whickham 35 (21)
2006–2007 Newcastle Benfield 11 (3)
2007–2010 York City 135 (53)
2008 Barrow (loan) 3 (0)
2010–2013 Crawley Town 38 (11)
2011–2012 Fleetwood Town (loan) 34 (9)
2012–2013 Morecambe (loan) 23 (5)
2013 Grimsby Town (loan) 10 (2)
2013–2014 Gateshead 8 (2)
2013 Hereford United (loan) 8 (1)
2013–2014 Southport (loan) 17 (1)
2014–2015 Southport 37 (12)
2015–2016 Aldershot Town 22 (5)
2016 13 (4)
2016–2017 York City 17 (5)
2016–2017 Macclesfield Town (loan) 4 (0)
2017 Boston United 3 (0)
National team
2008–2009 England C 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:36, 6 February 2017 (UTC).

Richard Jon Brodie (born 8 July 1987) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker.

Brodie started his career with Whickham and, after being their top scorer in the 2005–06 season, moved to Newcastle Benfield in 2006. He signed for York City in January 2007 and finished 2006–07 with one goal and played in the Conference National play-off semi-final. He started 2007–08 with only three goals in 2007, but finished the season with 14 goals. Early in 2008–09, Brodie was loaned to Barrow and scored four goals during a one-month period. He finished the season as York's top scorer with 19 goals and played in their 2009 FA Trophy Final defeat at Wembley Stadium. The 2009–10 season saw Brodie play in York's defeat in the 2010 Conference Premier play-off Final at Wembley Stadium and again finish as top scorer, this time with 34 goals. He joined Crawley Town in August 2010 for an undisclosed fee, and with them he won the Conference Premier title in 2010–11.

He joined Fleetwood Town on a season-long loan for 2011–12, winning a second Conference Premier title in as many seasons. Brodie had loan spells with Morecambe and Grimsby Town over 2012–13, and after being released by Crawley joined Gateshead. He was loaned out to Hereford United and Southport, and joined the latter permanently in 2014. Having been Southport's top scorer with 14 goals in 2014–15, Brodie joined Aldershot Town but finished 2015–16 with . He returned to York in 2016, but was released the following year after a loan spell with Macclesfield Town. This was followed by a short spell with Boston United. He earned two caps for the England national C team from 2008 to 2009.


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