2016–17 Reading F.C. season
Squad
As of match played 29 May 2017

2016–17 Reading F.C. season

Section Title: Squad
Table Section Text: As of match played 29 May 2017

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals

Goalkeepers

1	Jonathan Bond	England	GK	19 May 1993 (aged 23)	Watford	2015	2018	14	0

26	Ali Al-Habsi	Oman	GK	30 December 1981 (aged 34)	Wigan Athletic	2015	2019	91	0

31	Anssi Jaakkola	Finland	GK	13 March 1987 (aged 29)	Ajax Cape Town	2016	2018	3	0

40	Stuart Moore	England	GK	8 September 1994 (aged 21)	Academy	2013	2017	0	0

43	George Legg	England	GK	30 April 1996 (aged 20)	Academy	2015	0	0

56	Luke Southwood	England	GK	6 December 1997 (aged 18)	Academy	2016	0	0

57	Joe Tupper	England	GK	15 November 1997 (aged 18)	Academy	2016	2017	0	0

Lewis Ward	England	GK	5 March 1997 (aged 19)	Academy	2015	0	0

Defenders

2	Chris Gunter	Wales	RB	21 July 1989 (aged 26)	Nottingham Forest	2012	2018	218	3

3	Jake Cooper	England	CB	3 February 1995 (aged 21)	Academy	2013	2018	54	4

5	Paul McShane	Republic of Ireland	DF	6 January 1986 (aged 30)	Hull City	2015	2018	71	4

11	Jordan Obita	England	LB	8 December 1993 (aged 22)	Academy	2010	2018	162	4

16	Liam Moore	England	DF	31 January 1993 (aged 23)	Leicester City	2016	2020	47	1

20	Tiago Ilori	Portugal	DF	26 February 1993 (aged 23)	Liverpool	2017	2020	8	0

22	Zak Jules	Scotland	DF	2 July 1997 (aged 18)	Academy	2015	0	0

24	Tyler Blackett	England	DF	2 April 1994 (aged 22)	Manchester United	2016	2019	40	0

28	Danzell Gravenberch	Netherlands	DF	13 February 1994 (aged 22)	Dordrecht	2016	2019	5	0

30	Tennai Watson	England	DF	4 March 1997 (aged 19)	Academy	2015	2018	7	0

32	Reece Oxford	England	DF	16 December 1998 (aged 17)	Loan from West Ham United	2017	2017	4	0

34	Niall Keown	Republic of Ireland	RB	5 April 1995 (aged 21)	Academy	2013	2018	2	0

47	Axel Andrésson	Iceland	DF	27 January 1998 (aged 18)	Academy	2016	0	0

52	Gabriel Osho	England	DF	14 August 1997 (aged 18)	Academy	2016	0	0

53	Omar Richards	England	DF	15 February 1998 (aged 18)	Academy	2016	0	0

58	Terence Vancooten	England	DF	29 December 1997 (aged 18)	Staines Town	2016	2017	0	0

59	Thomas McIntyre	Scotland	DF	6 November 1998 (aged 17)	Academy	2016	0	0

61	Teddy Howe	England	DF	9 October 1998 (aged 17)	Academy	2017	0	0

63	Ramarni Medford-Smith	England	DF	21 October 1998 (aged 17)	Academy	2017	0	0

Robert Dickie	England	DF	3 March 1996 (aged 20)	Academy	2014	1	0

Dominic Hyam	Scotland	DF	20 December 1995 (aged 20)	Academy	2014	2017	0	0

Sean Long	Republic of Ireland	RB	2 April 1995 (aged 21)	Academy	2013	2017	1	0

Sindri Scheving	Iceland	DF	19 November 1997 (aged 18)	Academy	2016	0	0

Midfielders

4	Joey van den Berg	Netherlands	MF	13 February 1986 (aged 30)	SC Heerenveen	2016	2018	34	1

6	George Evans	England	CM	13 December 1994 (aged 21)	Manchester City	2016	2019	49	2

7	Roy Beerens	Netherlands	MF	22 December 1987 (aged 28)	Hertha BSC	2016	2019	43	7

8	John Swift	England	MF	23 June 1995 (aged 20)	Chelsea	2016	2019	42	9

12	Garath McCleary	Jamaica	RW	15 May 1987 (aged 29)	Nottingham Forest	2012	2020	192	26

15	Callum Harriott	England	MF	4 March 1994 (aged 22)	Charlton Athletic	2016	2019	16	3

17	Sandro Wieser	Liechtenstein	MF	3 February 1993 (aged 23)	Thun	2016	2019	0	0

21	Stephen Quinn	Republic of Ireland	MF	1 April 1986 (aged 30)	Hull City	2015	2018	43	2

23	Danny Williams	United States	CM	8 March 1989 (aged 27)	Hoffenheim	2013	2017	156	14

25	Adrian Popa	Romania	MF	24 July 1988 (aged 27)	Steaua București	2017	2020	8	1

29	Josh Barrett	Republic of Ireland	MF	21 June 1998 (aged 17)	Academy	2015	3	0

35	Jake Sheppard	Scotland	MF	30 May 1997 (aged 18)	Academy	2015	2017	0	0

37	Jack Stacey	England	MF	6 April 1996 (aged 20)	Academy	2014	2019	6	0

38	Liam Kelly	Republic of Ireland	MF	22 November 1995 (aged 20)	Academy	2014	2019	34	1

39	Tarique Fosu	England	MF	5 November 1995 (aged 20)	Academy	2014	2017	1	0

42	Andy Rinomhota	England	MF	21 April 1997 (aged 19)	Academy	2016	0	0

48	Harrison Bennett	England	MF	23 September 1997 (aged 18)	Academy	2016	2017	0	0

51	Ryan East	England	MF	7 August 1998 (aged 17)	Academy	2016	0	0

54	Jordon Mutch	England	MF	2 December 1991 (aged 24)	Loan from Crystal Palace	2017	2017	9	1

60	Tyler Frost	England	MF	7 August 1999 (aged 16)	Academy	2017	0	0

Conor Davis	Republic of Ireland	MF	3 June 1998 (aged 17)	Academy	2016	0	0

Paolo Hurtado	Peru	MF	27 July 1990 (aged 25)	Paços de Ferreira	2015	2018	6	0

Jordan Holsgrove	Scotland	MF	10 September 1999 (aged 16)	Academy	2017	0	0

Aaron Kuhl	England	MF	30 January 1996 (aged 20)	Academy	2014	2017	8	0

Forwards

9	Joseph Mendes	France	FW	30 March 1991 (aged 25)	Le Havre	2016	2018	16	3

10	Deniss Rakels	Latvia	FW	20 August 1992 (aged 23)	KS Cracovia	2016	2018	17	3

14	Dominic Samuel	England	FW	1 April 1994 (aged 22)	Academy	2012	2018	16	2

18	Yann Kermorgant	France	FW	8 November 1981 (aged 34)	Bournemouth	2016	2018	65	22

19	Yakou Méïte	Ivory Coast	FW	11 February 1996 (aged 20)	Paris Saint-Germain	2016	2019	15	1

27	Craig Tanner	England	FW	27 October 1994 (aged 21)	Academy	2013	2017	5	1

36	Andrija Novakovich	United States	FW	21 September 1996 (aged 19)	University School of Milwaukee	2014	2	0

41	Harry Cardwell	Scotland	FW	23 October 1996 (aged 19)	Academy	2014	2017	0	0

50	Lewis Grabban	England	FW	12 January 1988 (aged 28)	Loan from Bournemouth	2017	2017	19	3

55	Sam Smith	England	FW	8 March 1998 (aged 18)	Academy	2016	0	0

62	Danny Loader	England	FW	28 August 2000 (aged 15)	Academy	2016	0	0

Sentence(s)

In 2017, Liverpool defender Tiago Ilori joined Reading while Sean Long left the club.

final_sentence: In 2017, Liverpool defender Tiago Ilori joined Reading while Sean Long left the club.