Richard Edghill
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Richard Arlon Edghill | ||
| Date of birth | 23 September 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Oldham, England | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Manchester City (coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1988–1993 | Manchester City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–2002 | Manchester City | 183 | (1) |
| 2000 | → Birmingham City (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2002 | Wigan Athletic | 0 | (0) |
| 2003 | Sheffield United | 1 | (0) |
| 2003–2005 | Queens Park Rangers | 40 | (0) |
| 2005–2007 | Bradford City | 42 | (1) |
| 2007–2008 | Macclesfield Town | 16 | (0) |
| Total | 285 | (2) | |
| National team | |||
| 1994 | England B | 1 | (0) |
| 1994 | England U21 | 3 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 May 2009. |
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Richard Arlon Edghill (born 23 September 1974 in Oldham, Greater Manchester) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender from 1993 to 2008. He works as a soccer school coach at Premier League side Manchester City.
He spent the majority of his career with his home town club, Manchester City. He spent numerous seasons in the Premier League and remained with the club through several relegations, followed by several promotions. He also appeared for Birmingham City in a loan spell and after leaving City in 2002 he moved on to Wigan Athletic. Spells with Sheffield United, Queens Park Rangers and Bradford City followed before ending his career with Macclesfield Town. He was capped by both England U21 and England B.
Edghill started his career with Manchester City as a product of the youth scheme which he joined as a schoolboy in 1988. His first team debut came in the 1993–94 season in a match against Wimbledon. Edghill was capped by England at under-21 and 'B' level, but his development was hampered by a series of serious injuries, including missing the entire 1996–97 season due to a knee injury. After recovery from this injury Edghill featured regularly in the first team for the next three seasons and also scored in the penalty shootout of the play-off final despite, at this point, never having scored in his professional career. In the 1999–2000 season an injury to team captain Andy Morrison saw Edghill take over as captain and he helped earn City promotion back into the Premiership. The 1999–2000 season also saw Richard score his first professional goal in a 2–0 win against Blackburn Rovers. However Edghill suffered a poor start to the 2000–01 season including a calamitous own goal in a 2–1 defeat against Coventry City Edghill lost his first team place, and he was loaned to Birmingham City.
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