Ricky Sbragia
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Richard Sbragia | ||
| Date of birth | 26 May 1956 | ||
| Place of birth | Lennoxtown, Scotland | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1972–1974 | Birmingham City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1974–1978 | Birmingham City | 15 | (1) |
| 1975–1976 | → Morton (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 1978–1980 | Walsall | 77 | (4) |
| 1980–1982 | Blackpool | 26 | (1) |
| 1982–1987 | York City | 149 | (7) |
| 1985 | → Darlington (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| Total | 277 | (13) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2008–2009 | Sunderland | ||
| 2011–2012 | Scotland U17 | ||
| 2012– | Scotland U19 | ||
| 2015–2016 | Scotland U21 | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Richard "Ricky" Sbragia (born 26 May 1956) is a Scottish professional footballer and coach.
His playing career, mainly in the English lower leagues began at Birmingham City, Walsall, Blackpool, York City and a loan spell at Darlington. Sbragia had a brief spell in his homeland with a loan spell at Morton during his spell at Birmingham.
He has an extensive coaching career, having spells at Manchester United, Bolton and Sunderland, where he had a brief spell as manager. He followed this by joining the Scottish Football Association, having head coach roles at Scotland U17, Scotland U19 and Scotland U21 teams.
Sbragia was born in Lennoxtown, East Dunbartonshire and is of Italian descent. He started his footballing career with Birmingham City as an apprentice in June 1972. He signed as a professional at the club in May 1974 and made his debut during the 1974–75 season. He joined Morton on loan in the Scottish Football League during the 1975–76 season and made four appearances. He was unable to establish himself in the first team at Birmingham and after making 15 appearances and scoring one goal, he joined Walsall in October 1978 for a fee of £15,000. He won promotion with Walsall in the 1979–80 season after the team finished second in the Fourth Division, before making a move to Third Division side Blackpool for £35,000 in July 1980. After making 26 appearances and scoring one goal during two seasons at Blackpool, he was signed up by Denis Smith at York City in August 1982. His debut came on the opening day of the 1982–83 season on 28 August 1982 in a 1–1 with Torquay United at Bootham Crescent. He finished the season as an ever-present with 52 appearances in all competitions and scored a goal in a 2–2 draw against Halifax Town. He struck up a partnership with John MacPhail in defence during the 1983–84 season, when York won the Fourth Division with 101 points. He scored York's equaliser against Liverpool in the FA Cup fifth round on 20 February 1985, which set up a lucrative replay at Anfield. Sbragia suffered from a back injury during this match and had surgery on a spinal disc herniation. He joined Darlington on loan in August 1985 and made six appearances for the team. At the end of his playing career, he played one game for Belfast side Linfield in an exhibition match against Glentoran, where he went on to score two goals.
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