Sam Ricketts
Ricketts playing for Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2014
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Samuel Derek Ricketts | ||
| Date of birth | 11 October 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Aylesbury, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2000 | Oxford United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2003 | Oxford United | 45 | (1) |
| 2002–2003 | → Nuneaton Borough (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2003–2004 | Telford United | 41 | (4) |
| 2004–2006 | Swansea City | 89 | (2) |
| 2006–2009 | Hull City | 113 | (1) |
| 2009–2013 | Bolton Wanderers | 96 | (1) |
| 2013–2015 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 48 | (2) |
| 2015 | → Swindon Town (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Coventry City | 46 | (1) |
| Total | 498 | (13) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2003–2004 | England C | 4 | (1) |
| 2005–2014 | Wales | 52 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:03, 18 August 2016 (UTC). |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:03, 18 August 2016 (UTC).
Samuel Derek "Sam" Ricketts (born 11 October 1981) is a retired English-born Welsh international footballer who last played as a defender for Coventry City. He was the club captain. His favoured position was full-back, able to play on the left or right side, but also able of playing in the centre of defence.
He played over 100 games for Swansea City before playing Premier League football for both Hull City and Bolton Wanderers. He left Bolton in 2013 and captained Wolves to the League One title with a record points total.
Ricketts' family is highly involved in equestrianism. His father is the 1978 world showjumping champion Derek Ricketts, later performance manager of the UK showjumping team from 2002 to 2010, and his uncle is the former National Hunt champion jockey John Francome. As a teenager, Ricketts himself was a keen rider until prioritising football.
Ricketts began his career at Oxford United, making his first team debut on 8 October 2000 in a 2–1 defeat at rivals Swindon Town. During his time at Oxford United he had a brief spell on loan at Nuneaton Borough before being released from his professional contract to sign for Conference National side Telford United in the summer of 2003. His form for Telford led him to be selected for the England non-League XI that season.
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