Richard Naylor
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Richard Alan Naylor | ||
| Date of birth | 28 February 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Leeds, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back/Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| ?–1995 | Ipswich Town | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–2009 | Ipswich Town | 324 | (38) |
| 2002 | → Millwall (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2002 | → Barnsley (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2009–2011 | Leeds United | 68 | (4) |
| 2011–2012 | Doncaster Rovers | 13 | (0) |
| 2012 | Rotherham United | 5 | (0) |
| Total | 421 | (42) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2012–2014 | Leeds United Under 18s | ||
| 2013 | Leeds United (caretaker-assistant manager) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Richard Alan Naylor (born 28 February 1977) is an English former footballer who played as a centre back. Naylor started his career at Ipswich Town, where he played as a striker up until he was moved to centre back by Joe Royle in 2002; he continued to play as a centre back ever since. He has now retired from professional football and was formerly Under 18's manager of Leeds United, he also included a brief spell as Leeds' Caretaker Assistant manager after the sacking of Neil Warnock in 2013.
Born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, Naylor graduated through the Ipswich Town youth academy and played for Ipswich for 14 years. He started out his Ipswich career as a robust centre forward making an instant impact in the mid-1990s for the club. However a number of recurring injuries held Naylor back from achieving his full potential as a striker and he soon found himself behind Alex Mathie, James Scowcroft, David Johnson and later Marcus Stewart in the pecking order at Portman Road.
In 1999–2000, Naylor started in fine form but was once again forced onto the bench, however he would play a key role in Ipswich's decisive play-off final against Barnsley (a club he would later join). Naylor came on as a first-half substitute for the injured David Johnson, and was widely credited at the time for changing the shape of the match in Ipswich's favour, scoring one and setting up another sending Ipswich back into the Premier League for the first time since 1995.
While Ipswich where riding high in the Premiership, Naylor once again found himself out of favour with then manager George Burley. Naylor continued to make sporadic appearances for Ipswich during 2000–01 which saw Ipswich qualify for a place in the UEFA Cup. Naylor would score Ipswich's last goal of the season against Derby County.
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