Richard Kennedy (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Richard Joseph Kennedy | ||
| Date of birth | 28 August 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Waterford, Ireland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1995–1997 | Crystal Palace | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–1998 | Crystal Palace | 0 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | Wycombe Wanderers | 0 | (0) |
| 1999–2001 | Brentford | 10 | (0) |
| 1999 | → Crawley Town (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2001 | Crawley Town | 0 | (0) |
| 2001–2003 | Barry Town | 72 | (5) |
| 2003 | Forest Green Rovers | 13 | (1) |
| 2003–2004 | Barry Town | 1 | (1) |
| 2004 | Waterford United | 5 | (0) |
| 2004–2006 | Carmarthen Town | 47 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Richard Joseph Kennedy (born 28 August 1978) is an Irish retired football midfielder. He began his career in the youth system at Crystal Palace and made his Football League debut in 1999 while at Brentford. Kennedy won three League of Wales and Welsh Cup doubles with Barry Town between 2001 and 2003 and played in the Champions League with the club. Kennedy retired in 2006 and is now a personal trainer and a fitness coach at Clonmel Town.
Kennedy began his career in the youth system at Crystal Palace. He suffered from homesickness during the 1995–96 season, but slowly earned a regular place in the youth team. Kennedy reached the final of the FA Youth Cup and won the Southern Junior Floodlit Cup with the youth team during the 1996–97 season. He signed his first professional contract in March 1997 and was released at the end of the 1997–98 season, having never made a first team appearance. A double hernia operation kept Kennedy out for three months over the summer of 1998 and hindered his chances of finding a new club for the 1998–99 season.
Kennedy signed for Division Two side Wycombe Wanderers in October 1998. He never made a first team appearance for the club and instead played for the reserves. He departed the club in July 1999.
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