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Liam Ridgewell
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Liam Matthew Ridgewell is an English association football player and coach born in Bexleyheath in 1984. He holds United Kingdom citizenship and speaks English. Ridgewell plays as a defender, specifically as a centre-back, and wears the number 24 shirt. He has represented England in sport.
His professional career began in 2002. He has played in the Premier League and Major League Soccer. His team affiliations include AFC Bournemouth, Birmingham City F.C., Aston Villa F.C., and West Bromwich Albion F.C.
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Key facts
- 2002
- → AFC Bournemouth (loan)
- 2015
- → Wigan Athletic (loan)
- 2016
- → Brighton & Hove Albion (loan)
- 2019
- Hull City
- Full name
- Liam Matthew Ridgewell
- Date of birth
- ( 1984-07-21 ) 21 July 1984 (age 41)
- Place of birth
- Bexleyheath , England
- Height
- 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
- Position
- Defender
- 1999 2001
- West Ham United
- 2001 2002
- Aston Villa
- Years
- Team
- 2002 2007
- Aston Villa
- 2007 2012
- Birmingham City
- 2012 2014
- West Bromwich Albion
- 2014 2019
- Portland Timbers
- 2019 2020
- Southend United
- 2004 2005
- England U21
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Position
- Defender
- Nationality
- England
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Matthew
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Bexleyheath
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Southend United F.C.
- Position played
- centre-back
- League
- Major League Soccer
- Country for sport
- England
- Mass
- 78
- Image
- Liamridgewellforwiki.png
- Height
- 188
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- date of birth
- 1984-07-00
- Commons category
- Liam Ridgewell
- sport number
- 24
- start of work period
- 2002-00-00
- social media followers
- 42088
- birth name
- Liam Matthew Ridgewell
- name in native language
- Liam Ridgewell
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Encyclopedic overview
Liam Matthew Ridgewell (born 21 July 1984) is an English retired professional footballer who played as a defender. He was primarily a centre back but could also play at left back. He is an assistant coach with the Portland Timbers.
Ridgewell, who earned eight caps for England at under-21 level, began his senior career with Aston Villa. He spent time on loan at AFC Bournemouth in 2002, before moving to Villa's local rivals Birmingham City in 2007, where he was part of the 2011 Football League Cup Final-winning team. He played for two and a half seasons with West Bromwich Albion, who released him at the end of 2013–14. He then joined the Portland Timbers, whom he captained to victory in MLS Cup 2015. During the MLS off-season, he spent time on loan in England with Wigan Athletic and Brighton & Hove Albion. He ended his career in 2020 after short spells at Hull City and Southend United.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Liam Ridgewell” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.