Marc Richards
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Richards playing for Northampton Town in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marc John Richards | ||
| Date of birth | 8 July 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Wolverhampton, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–2000 | Hednesford Town | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2003 | Blackburn Rovers | 0 | (0) |
| 2001 | → Crewe Alexandra (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2001 | → Oldham Athletic (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2002 | → Halifax Town (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | → Swansea City (loan) | 17 | (7) |
| 2003–2005 | Northampton Town | 53 | (10) |
| 2005 | → Rochdale (loan) | 5 | (2) |
| 2005–2007 | Barnsley | 69 | (18) |
| 2007–2012 | Port Vale | 181 | (67) |
| 2012–2014 | Chesterfield | 72 | (20) |
| 2014–2018 | Northampton Town | 123 | (44) |
| 2018–2019 | Swindon Town | 50 | (15) |
| 2019–2020 | Cambridge United | 18 | (2) |
| 2020 | Yeovil Town | 7 | (2) |
| 2020 | St Ives Town | 6 | (4) |
| Total | 615 | (191) | |
| International career | |||
| 2000–2001 | England U18 | 3 | (0) |
| 2002 | England U20 | 1 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Marc John Richards (born 8 July 1982) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker and is now, upon retiring, a first-team coach at Northampton Town.
A youth team player at Hednesford Town, he turned professional at Blackburn Rovers in 2000. He spent the 2001–02 season on loan at Crewe Alexandra, Oldham Athletic, and Halifax Town. He then spent much of the 2002–03 season on loan at Swansea City before he was allowed to join Northampton Town in the summer of 2003. He scored eleven goals for the club in 2003–04, though he was sent out on loan to Rochdale in the latter half of the 2004–05 campaign after struggling with injury. He joined Barnsley in August 2005. He went on to score twelve goals in 2005–06, helping the club win promotion to the Championship via the play-offs. Released at the end of the 2006–07 season, he signed with Port Vale in June 2007. After five goals in 2007–08, he became the club's top-scorer for four consecutive seasons with 11 goals in 2008–09, 22 in 2009–10, 20 in 2010–11, and 17 in 2011–12. He signed with Chesterfield in May 2012 and played for the club in the 2014 final of the Football League Trophy before helping them to win the League Two title in 2013–14. He returned to Northampton Town in May 2014 and finished as the club's top-scorer for two consecutive seasons, helping Northampton to win the League Two title in 2015–16. He signed with Swindon Town in January 2018 and, after one and a half seasons with Swindon, moved on to Cambridge United in August 2019. He joined non-League side Yeovil Town in January 2020 and moved on to St Ives Town seven months later.
He scored over 200 goals in around 700 professional appearances. He has also represented England at under-18 and under-20 levels.