Stu Riddle
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stuart Allen Riddle | ||
| Date of birth | 23 May 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Luton, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11.5 in (1.82 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Northern Kentucky University (coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1991–1992 | Tawa AFC | ||
| Wellington United | |||
| 1997–98 | Coastal Carolina University | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995 | Wellington United | 18 | (18) |
| 1996 | Chelmsford City F.C. | 4 | (1) |
| 1996 | Miramar Rangers F.C. | 6 | (1) |
| 1997 | Western Suburbs F.C. | 6 | (3) |
| 1997 | Tawa | 11 | (7) |
| 1999 | Nelson Suburbs F.C. | 15 | (18) |
| 1999–2000 | Football Kingz F.C. | 9 | (2) |
| 2001–2002 | Des Moines Menace | 41 | (23) |
| 2001 | Oxford City F.C. | 2 | (1) |
| 2001 | Greenock Morton F.C. | 4 | (0) |
| 2004 | West Michigan Edge | 18 | (9) |
| 2004 | YoungHeart Manawatu | 5 | (1) |
| 2005 | Altona Magic SC | 7 | (4) |
| 2006 | Kalamazoo Kingdom | 14 | (6) |
| 2008 | Kalamazoo Outrage | 1 | (4) |
| Total | 196 | (111) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1996 | New Zealand U-23 | 4 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1999 | Coastal Carolina University (Asst.) | ||
| 2002–2004 | University of Southern Indiana (Asst.) | ||
| 2005–2006 | University of Evansville (Asst.) | ||
| 2006 | Kalamazoo Kingdom | ||
| 2008 | Kalamazoo Outrage | ||
| 2008 | Fairfield University (Asst.) | ||
| 2009–2012 | Western Michigan University | ||
| 2013–2016 | University at Buffalo | ||
| 2017– | Northern Kentucky University | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 August 2008. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 August 2008 |
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Stu Riddle (born 23 May 1976 in Luton, England) is a former New Zealand football (soccer) player. He is currently the head coach of the men's soccer team at Northern Kentucky University.
Less than a year after leaving high school at Wellington's Scots College, Riddle shot to prominence after a high-scoring debut season with Wellington United in the New Zealand Superclub competition.
At the age of 19, Riddle was the youngest member of Bobby Clark's 1996 New Zealand Olympic Team where he made four appearances including one as a substitute in a 1–0 victory over then Oceania rivals Australia where ex-Fulham midfielder Simon Elliott scored the only goal of the game at Adelaide's Hindmarsh Stadium.
After brief stints with several clubs including Chelmsford City in the UK, Riddle turned to the US college system and spent two years with the Myrtle Beach-based Coastal Carolina University before being signed by Kiwi football icon Wynton Rufer for the Kingz debut season in the National Soccer League in 1999.
Although he signed a two-year contract, Riddle struggled to regularly feature in the Kingz side and only managed nine appearances with a return of two goals, both of which came away from home against Adelaide United and Brisbane Strikers.
Better form would be found in the lower United States leagues with Riddle being a mainstay of the Laurie Calloway-coached Des Moines Menace side that would achieve an undefeated season in the 2002 USL Premier Development League competition.
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