Richard Walker (footballer, born 1980)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Richard Stuart Walker | ||
| Date of birth | 17 September 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Stafford, England | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Penkridge Juniors | |||
| ?–1999 | Crewe Alexandra | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2006 | Crewe Alexandra | 101 | (6) |
| 1999–2000 | → Northwich Victoria (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2001 | → Halesowen Town (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2006–2008 | Port Vale | 17 | (0) |
| 2007 | → Wrexham (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Macclesfield Town | 25 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Hednesford Town | 12 | (1) |
| Total | 172 | (7) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Richard Stuart Walker (born 17 September 1980) is an English former footballer who played as a defender. In an eleven-year career he played 185 competitive games, including 158 appearances in the Football League.
He spent most of his career with Crewe Alexandra, and played over 100 games for the club between 1999 and 2006. During this time he also played on loan for non-league clubs Northwich Victoria and Halesowen Town. He joined Port Vale in 2006, and was loaned out to Wrexham in 2007. In 2008, he signed for signed with Macclesfield Town, before transferring to non-league Hednesford Town the following year. He left the club in January 2010.
Born in Stafford, Staffordshire, Walker attended Wolgarston High School in Penkridge, playing for Penkridge Juniors until signing for Crewe Alexandra at age fourteen. After working his way through the ranks to the first team, He made over 100 appearances for the "Railwaymen" in seven years, making his debut in November 2000 as a 20-year-old. Before making his professional bow, he had been sent out on loan to local non-league side Northwich Victoria to gain first team experience, making ten appearances at the Drill Field during a six-month loan during the 1999–2000 season.
The following season, he made only a handful of appearances for Crewe, and was farmed out on loan to Southern League Halesowen Town for a month in March 2001 for more first team games.
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