Sam Ricketts

**Samuel Derek Ricketts** (an haife shi a 11 ga Oktoba 1981) ya kasance ƙwararren Kocin kwallon kafa ne kuma tsohon ɗan wasa.

A matsayinsa na dan wasa, matsayin da ya fi so ya kasance a baya, inda ya iya yin wasa a kowane bangare da kuma iya aiki a tsakiyar tsaro. Ya buga wasanni sama da 100 a Swansea City kafin ya buga wasan kwallon kafa na Premier League a Hull City da Bolton Wanderers . Ya bar Bolton a shekarar 2013 kuma ya jagoranci Wolverhampton Wanderers zuwa gasar League One tare da jimlar maki. Bugu da ƙari, ya wakilci Wales a matakin kasa da kasa, inda ya buga wasanni sama da 50 ga tawagar kasa.

## Rayuwa ta farko
An haifi Ricketts a Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire .  Iyalinsa suna da hannu sosai a cikin hawan doki. Mahaifinsa shi ne zakaran duniya na 1978 Derek Ricketts, daga baya manajan wasan kwaikwayo na tawagar Burtaniya daga 2002 zuwa 2010,  kuma kawunsa shine tsohon dan wasan tseren kasa John Francome . Yayinda yake matashi, Ricketts da kansa ya kasance mai tsayin daka har sai ya ba da fifiko ga kwallon kafa.

## Ayyukan kulob din

### Farkon aiki
Ricketts ya fara aikinsa a Oxford United, inda ya fara buga wasan farko a ranar 8 ga Oktoba 2000 a wasan da aka yi da 2-1 na biyu a Swindon Town.  Ya buga wasanni 48 kuma ya zira kwallaye sau ɗaya, a cikin nasarar 2-0 a gida a kan Southend United a ranar 22 ga Satumba 2001.

A shekara ta 2002 an ba da rancensa ga Nuneaton Borough na Taron kwallon kafa . A ranar 26 ga watan Disamba, an kore shi a minti na 25 na asarar gida 2-1 ga Burton Albion saboda laifin John Burns. A wasan karshe na wasansa 11 ga Nuneaton, ya zira kwallaye a wasan 1-1 na gida tare da shugabannin Yeovil Town a ranar 25 ga watan Janairun shekara ta 2003.

An sake shi daga kwangilar sana'arsa don sanya hannu a kungiyar Conference Telford United a lokacin rani na shekara ta 2003. Halinsa na Telford ya kai shi ga zabarsa don Ingila wanda ba na League XI ba a wannan kakar. A ranar 6 ga Afrilu 2004, ya zira kwallaye guda daya na nasarar da ya samu a kan abokan hamayyar Shropshire Shrewsbury Town a New Bucks Head . 

### Birnin Swansea
Telford United ta fita daga kasuwanci a ƙarshen kakar 2003-04, ma'ana an soke kwangilar Ricketts. Kocin Swansea Kenny Jackett ya ba shi damar komawa kwallon kafa, kuma ya shiga Swansea City kan yarjejeniyar shekaru biyu a ranar 27 ga Mayu 2004. 

Ya taimaka wa tawagar ta sami ci gaba daga League Two a kakar wasa ta farko, a lokacin da aka zaba shi a cikin ƙungiyar PFA Team of the Year .  A ƙarshen kamfen ɗin an ba shi lada saboda wasan kwaikwayonsa tare da sabon ingantaccen kwangila. Lokacinsa na biyu ya ga tawagar ta kai wasan karshe na League One Play-off, amma Ricketts na daga cikin tawagar da ta rasa a kan hukuncin kisa ga Barnsley.

### Birnin Coventry
Ricketts ya sanya hannu a Coventry City a ranar 6 ga Yulin 2015 ya sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar shekara guda tare da kulob din. A watan Yulin 2016 an tsawaita kwantiraginsa har zuwa karshen kakar 2016-17.  A ranar 16 ga Nuwamba 2016, an tilasta masa ya yi ritaya daga kwallon kafa saboda raunin gwiwa.

## Ayyukan kasa da kasa
Ko da yake an haife shi a Ingila, Ricketts ya cancanci shiga Kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Wales saboda tsohuwar Welsh. Ya fara buga wasan farko na kasa da kasa a Wales a ranar 9 ga Fabrairu 2005 a wasan sada zumunci da Hungary wanda shine wasan farko na John Toshack a matsayin mai kula bayan dawowarsa a matsayin kocin. A ranar 6 ga watan Satumbar shekara ta 2013, ya kai matsayi na 50 a cikin asarar 2-1 ga Makidoniya a gasar cin kofin duniya ta FIFA ta 2014. 

## Ayyukan gudanarwa

### Wrexham
Bayan ya yi ritaya daga wasa, Ricketts ya shiga cikin horarwa, ya yi aiki na mako guda tare da ma'aikatan baya na Brendan Rodgers a Celtic. Rodgers daga nan ya shawarci Ricketts ya fara horarwa a matakin makarantar kimiyya don samun gogewa, tare da ƙarshen ya ɗauki shawararsa kuma ya shiga tsarin horar da makarantar a tsohuwar kungiyarsa ta Wolverhampton Wanderers a shekarar 2017.

Shekara guda cikin rawar da ya taka, Ricketts ya bar ya zama kocin tawagar farko na kulob din Wrexham na National League, ya sanya hannu kan kwangilar shekaru uku, wanda ya fara a ranar 2 ga Mayu 2018. A karon farko na manajan, tawagarsa ta ci 1-0 a Dover Athletic .  A lokacin da yake kula da shi, Ricketts ya jagoranci Wrexham zuwa nasarori 13 daga cikin 23 da za a iya samu, tare da ƙungiyarsa koyaushe tana cikin gudu don samun ci gaba zuwa Kungiyar kwallon kafa a duk lokacin da yake aiki.

A ranar 1 ga watan Disamba na shekara ta 2018, jami'an kulob din sun gaya masa ya nisanta daga wasan FA Cup na biyu da suka yi da Newport County, a cikin hasashe cewa yana shirye ya zama sabon kocin kungiyar League One ta Shrewsbury Town, abokin hamayyar gida. Tare da biyan diyya da aka amince da shi, daga baya aka nada shi manajan su kwanaki bayan haka; Wrexham sun zauna na huɗu a teburin lokacin da ya tafi.

## Rayuwa ta mutum
Bayan barin Garin Shrewsbury a watan Nuwamba 2020, Ricketts ya buɗe kasuwar mai ginawa.

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