Profile Micah Richards

Personal information :

Full name : Micah Lincoln Richards
Date of birth : 24 June 1988)
Place of birth : Birmingham, England
Height : 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position : Centre back/ Right back
Current club : Manchester City
Number : 2
Youth career :
Leeds United
2000–2001 Oldham Athletic
2001–2005 Manchester City
Senior career :
2005– Manchester City
National team :
2003–2004 England U16
2005–2006 England U19
2006–2010 England U21
2006– England

Club career

Early career

Though his parents lived within Leeds, Richards was born within Birmingham as his parents were touring cousins within the frontier at the time. Richards evolved up within the Chapeltown district of Leeds, whereas Wetherby High School. Due he attended Archbishop Cranmer CofE Primary School and afterwards towards commitments towards Manchester City Youth team he did not play for School beyond the age of 14. His prospect was dotted via football instructor David Moore. Richards performed when he was for the Leeds United youth system as a striker, but he was freed round eight years old. He also portrayed Leeds Schools FA (Leeds City Boys) at a young age. He afterwards performed for the Oldham Athletic youth system, transporting towards Manchester City within 2001 as a 14-year old, with Oldham reputedly having a 20% sell onto clause. In July 2006 Manchester City reportedly endeavoured towards buy out the clause, but Oldham refused. He also attended the Brazilian Soccer Schools scheme and keeps powerful relates with this programme, with his husband Lincoln actually operating a Brazilian Soccer School within Chapeltown, Leeds.

Manchester City

He made his former team debut onto 22 October 2005 against Arsenal, arriving onto and was as a spare granted his full debut onto 12 February 2006 against Charlton Athletic. Since making his former activate he has performed within the majority of Manchester City's fits, national prominence when his 94th minute headed goal and was named as the club's Young Player of the Year for the 2005–06 season. Richards arrived towards within a televised FA Cup fixture against Aston Villa benefited City a replay. Following the toy, Garth Crooks live an emotional Richards was interviewed via onto BBC One. During the interview, he was asked approximately his goal and consumed the phrase "fucking hell", and otherwise persisted with the interview.
During the 2005–06 season, Richards captained the Manchester City youth team which reached the final of the FA Youth Cup. Richards missed the former foot team of the final as he was onto former obligation, but replaced for the second leg. He assisted his side towards Liverpool, but Liverpool youth won the a 2–0 victory again prize 3–2 onto aggregate.

In July 2006, Manchester City denied a invitation of £5 million for Richards from Tottenham Hotspur.[9] On 25 July 2006 he signed a novel four-year contract, quashing rumours of a move away from the City of Manchester Stadium. Throughout 2007, Richards was associated with a move away from City, Stuart Pearce remarked "I am not actively glancing towards sell Micah because he has a great future here. Whatever bids arrive within for him, it is going towards rob a ridiculously big bid towards get him out of this football club. I would relish towards see Micah stay here, captain the club, and perhaps be here for ten years and bring the club onto his back whether he can. He is nice adequate towards do it. I possess not worked with anyone so nice and so young.". He was awarded with the number two shirt for the 2006–07 season, a old-fashioned former team number, rather than the number 45 he wore previously.

Richards forgotten his temper with executive Stuart Pearce within cameras front of Sky television as soon as he was substituted during the Blues' 1–0 defeat at the Madejski Stadium against Reading onto 11 September 2006. The teenage defender had towards be calmed down via Paul Dickov as soon as hurling his shirt out of the dug-out and consecutive it up with a volley of abuse. Richards' second City goal was also an sting moment equalizer, this moment within a 1–1 draw with Everton at Goodison Park onto thirty September 2006. He activated the 2007–08 season performing at centre-back. He put within a man of the match operation against Manchester United onto the 19 August 2007. This prompted extremely tall from the English media, but praise not alone many meaningfully from his boss, former England executive Sven-Göran Eriksson. He was named Premier League Player of the Month for August.

He captained the team for the former moment onto 16 September 2007 against Aston Villa within team captain, the absence of teammate Richard Dunne, making Richards the youngest ever City former hammering the 21-year-old Steve Redmond. In February 2008, he signed an sweetened contract towards last until June 2013. At the end of February, he wrecked cartilage within his right knee, putting him out for the lie down of the season. On 17 July 2008, Richards performed his former full match back from sting within the 2–2 victory against EB/Streymur within the former qualifying round of the UEFA Cup. On 24 August 2008, he was knocked unconscious as soon as a conflict of brains with teammate Tal Ben Haim. The match was stagnated for eight minutes whilst he obtained counseling onto the pitch. He was afterwards granted the everybody noticeable as soon as a scan and he deserted hospital onto day as the incident. He the equivalent replaced for the second-round UEFA Qualifying conflict against FC Midtjylland onto 28 August 2008, performing within a novel retention midfield role.

On 22 March 2009 Richards netted his former of the 2008–09 season with a header within a man of the match operation granting a 1–0 victory again holiday Sunderland at the City of Manchester Stadium. On 11 July 2009 Eurosport reported he had been diagnosed with swine flu whilst onto within Cyprus. He was kept within isolation as soon as his journey towards Ayia Napa, but has already made a full recovery. In the 09–10 season, Micah Richards had two disallowed goals against Portsmouth and Fulham. In Manchester City's 4–2 victory again Arsenal, Micah Richards headed within a goal from a Bellamy free kick. The ball beaten went off Almunia and into the net. The goal was initially the column, otherwise granted as an own goal, however the goal was afterwards granted towards Richards. He otherwise located the net once again with Manchester City's 3–3 draw with Bolton Wanderers. In the 4–1 Victory again Blackburn, Richards stormed beyond 5 musicians ahead of laying towards striker Benjani, whom beaten the column, alone for Richards towards pursue up and score. Richards made a star-studded operation within the F.A. cup against Notts County, he predetermined up their alone a 1-1 draw were he crossed the ball across the goal within six yard container for Edin Dzeko towards fire it into the net. On January 31 2011, Manchester City obtained a invitation for Richards from Liverpool which was rejected.

International career

In November 2006, Richards obtained a call-up towards the England squad for a friendly against the Netherlands as soon as performing alone 28 businesswoman club matches. He had previously won three caps for the England under-21 team, and was picked towards activate the toy onto 15 November 2006 against the Netherlands as soon as frequent right back Gary Neville retired across injury. It made him England's youngest-ever defender, contravening the file previously held via Rio Ferdinand. He scored his former international goal within the Euro 2008 qualifier against Israel onto eight September 2007.Richards was called-up for the UEFA Under-21 Championship within Sweden, whereas he scored a header against Finland as England went across the category levels undefeated. He took again from Steven Taylor whom was already overaged for the U21's.