Richie Sadlier

Richard Sadlier

Personal information
Full name	Richard Sadlier
Date of birth	(1979-01-14) 14 January 1979 (age 38)
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position	Striker
Youth career
	Leicester Celtic
	Belvedere
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–2004	Millwall	145	(34)
National team
2002	Republic of Ireland	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Richard "Richie" Sadlier (born 14 January 1979 in Dublin) is an Irish former professional footballer and former CEO of St Patrick's Athletic. Since retirement from the professional game he has worked as a pundit with RTÉ Sport.

He began his career at youth level with Leicester Celtic and Belvedere before joining Millwall F.C.. He was educated at St. Benildus College where he excelled on the sports fields.

Richard helped Millwall towards becoming 2000–01 Second Division Champions but was forced to watch from the stand as Millwall reached the 2004 FA Cup Final in his final season. A striker, Sadlier scored 34 goals in 103 starts for Millwall. In an interview with the BBC, Mark McGhee named Sadlier as potentially the best young centre forward he had ever worked with in his managerial career. In 2003, Sadlier retired from the professional game due to a hip injury at the age of 24.

Sadlier represented his country at the 1997 UEFA European Under-18 Championship. He famously scored in the third-place playoff against Spain.

Sadlier's only cap at senior level came against Russia in a friendly at Lansdowne Road on 13 February 2002. He was highly favoured to make Mick McCarthy's final 23-man Republic of Ireland squad for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, but had to withdraw with a hip injury which ultimately ended his football career prematurely.

In 2007, Sadlier was appointed to the board of St Patrick's Athletic F.C.. He resigned from his post at St Patrick's at the end of the 2009 season.

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