Kieran Richardson

**Kieran Edward Richardson** (born 21 October 1984) is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger, left-back, or central midfielder.

### Club sas

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|FA Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="6"|Manchester United|2002–03|Premier League|2|0|1|0|1|1|5|0|—|9|1||
|2003–04|Premier League|0|0|1|0|2|0|0|0|0|0|3|0|||
|2004–05|Premier League|2|0|1|0|3|1|2|0|1|0|9|1|||
|2005–06|Premier League|22|1|4|3|5|1|5|1|—|36|6||||
|2006–07|Premier League|15|1|3|1|2|0|4|1|—|24|3||||
|West Bromwich Albion (loan)|2004–05|Premier League|12|3|—|—|—|—|12|3||||||
|rowspan="7"|Sunderland|2007–08|Premier League|17|3|1|0|0|0|—|—|18|3|||
|2008–09|Premier League|32|4|1|0|2|0|—|—|35|4|||||
|2009–10|Premier League|29|1|1|0|2|0|—|—|32|1|||||
|2010–11|Premier League|26|4|1|0|2|0|—|—|29|4|||||
|2011–12|Premier League|29|2|4|1|1|0|—|—|34|3|||||
|2012–13|Premier League|1|0|—|0|0|—|—|1|0||||||
|rowspan="3"|Fulham|2012–13|Premier League|14|1|2|1|—|—|—|16|2||||
|2013–14|Premier League|31|4|1|0|0|0|—|—|32|4|||||
|rowspan="3"|Aston Villa|2014–15|Premier League|22|0|3|0|1|0|—|—|26|0|||
|2015–16|Premier League|11|0|2|0|2|0|—|—|15|0|||||
|Cardiff City|2016–17|Championship|6|0|—|—|—|—|6|0||||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2"|England|2005|4|2|
|2006|4|0|||

- _Scores and results list England's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Richardson goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col" data-sort-type="date"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Cap|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|scope="col" class="unsortable"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center"|1|28 May 2005|Soldier Field, Chicago, United States|1|rowspan="2"|style="text-align:center"|1–0|2–1|Friendly||||||||||
|style="text-align:center"|2|style="text-align:center"|2–0|||||||||||||||

## Honours

**Manchester United Youth**
- FA Youth Cup: 2002–03

**Manchester United**
- Premier League: 2006–07
- Football League Cup: 2005–06
- FA Community Shield: 2003

**Aston Villa**
- FA Cup runner-up: 2014–15

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Kieran Richardson
- **image**: Richardson, Kieran.jpg
- **caption**: Richardson in 2007
- **fullname**: Kieran Edward Richardson
- **birth place**: Greenwich, England
- **position**: Winger (association football), Winger, left-back, central midfielder
- **youthyears1**: –2001
- **youthclubs1**: West Ham United F.C., West Ham United
- **youthyears2**: 2001–2002
- **youthclubs2**: Manchester United F.C., Manchester United
- **years1**: 2002–2007
- **clubs1**: Manchester United F.C., Manchester United
- **caps1**: 41
- **goals1**: 2
- **years2**: 2005
- **clubs2**: → West Bromwich Albion F.C., West Bromwich Albion (loan)
- **caps2**: 12
- **goals2**: 3
- **years3**: 2007–2012
- **clubs3**: Sunderland A.F.C., Sunderland
- **caps3**: 134
- **goals3**: 14
- **years4**: 2012–2014
- **clubs4**: Fulham F.C., Fulham
- **caps4**: 45
- **goals4**: 5
- **years5**: 2014–2016
- **clubs5**: Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa
- **caps5**: 33
- **goals5**: 0
- **years6**: 2016–2017
- **clubs6**: Cardiff City F.C., Cardiff City
- **caps6**: 6
- **goals6**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 271
- **totalgoals**: 24
- **nationalyears1**: 2002
- **nationalteam1**: England national under-18 football team, England U18
- **nationalcaps1**: 1
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2005–2007
- **nationalteam2**: England national under-21 football team, England U21
- **nationalcaps2**: 12
- **nationalgoals2**: 1
- **nationalyears3**: 2005–2006
- **nationalteam3**: England national football team, England
- **nationalcaps3**: 8
- **nationalgoals3**: 2