Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rohan Anthony Ricketts | ||
Date of birth | 22 December 1982 | ||
Place of birth | Clapham, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
2000–2001 | Arsenal | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2001–2002 | Arsenal | 0 | (0) |
2002–2005 | Tottenham Hotspur | 30 | (1) |
2004–2005 | → Coventry City (loan) | 6 | (0) |
2005 | → Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) | 7 | (1) |
2005–2007 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 54 | (5) |
2007 | → Queens Park Rangers (loan) | 8 | (0) |
2007–2008 | Barnsley | 10 | (0) |
2008–2009 | Toronto FC | 39 | (4) |
2010 | Diósgyőri VTK | 1 | (0) |
2010 | Dacia Chişinău | 4 | (0) |
2011 | SV Wilhelmshaven | 12 | (1) |
2011–2012 | Shamrock Rovers | 10 | (2) |
2012 | Exeter City | 1 | (0) |
2012 | Dempo | 10 | (1) |
2013 | Quevedo | 9 | (0) |
2014 | PTT Rayong | 7 | (0) |
2015 | Eastern Sports Club | 7 | (1) |
2016 | Abahani Limited Dhaka | 1 | (1) |
2016 | Leatherhead | 4 | (1) |
National team | |||
2000 | England U18 | 8 | (1) |
2002 | England U20 | 4 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 December 2016. |
Rohan Anthony Ricketts (born 22 December 1981) is an English footballer who last played for Isthmian League club Leatherhead.
Ricketts has played professionally in many countries, including: England, Canada, the United States, Hungary, Moldova, Germany, Republic of Ireland, India, Ecuador, Thailand and Hong Kong.
Ricketts started out with Arsenal, with whom he won the FA Youth Cup in 2000 and 2001. He made one appearance for them, in the League Cup, against Manchester United.
In 2002, he made the unusual step of joining Arsenal's rivals Tottenham Hotspur, and became just the fourth player to make the switch from Arsenal to Tottenham Hotspur and only the twelfth to appear for both sides since their formation.
Ricketts did not play a single game in his first season, but was a first-team regular in 2003–04 and his form saw him agree a one-year contract extension with the club in December 2003.Tord Grip was impressed with his ability and there was talk of him being called up to the senior England squad, but following on from Glenn Hoddle's sacking as Tottenham manager, Ricketts found his first team opportunities limited, despite being named Player of the Month in August and September for Tottenham. He scored one league goal during his time at Spurs, in a 2–1 win over Aston Villa in November 2003. He also scored once in the League Cup for Spurs, in a game against Coventry City.
The following season, under Jacques Santini and then Martin Jol, he found appearances harder to come by and had two loan spells, first at Coventry City, and then Wolverhampton Wanderers, linking up with his former manager, Glenn Hoddle. He scored once for Wolves, in a 2–1 win over Reading on 30 April 2005.