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'''Matt Ritchie''' (born [[September 9th]], [[1989]]) is a [[England|English]] [[football (soccer)|football]] player, who is currently on loan at [[Dagenham & Redbridge FC]] from [[Portsmouth FC|Portsmouth]]. A rare youth academy graduate of the south-coast club, Ritchie is a left-sided winger who occasionally plays in a more central attacking midfield role. |
'''Matt Ritchie''' (born [[September 9th]], [[1989]]) is a [[England|English]] [[football (soccer)|football]] player, who is currently on loan at [[Dagenham & Redbridge FC]] from [[Portsmouth FC|Portsmouth]]. A rare youth academy graduate of the south-coast club, Ritchie is a left-sided winger who occasionally plays in a more central attacking midfield role. |
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After a positive 2008/2009 pre-season campaign, including a memorable hat-trick in a 4-1 victory of hometown club [[Gosport Borough FC|Gosport Borough]], Ritchie was taken on trial alongside fellow academy graduate [[Joel Ward (footballer)|Joel Ward]] by [[AFC Bournemouth]] with a view to a loan move to help give the youngsters important first-team experience in league football. Ritchie was however kept at Portsmouth following a number of injuries to first-team midfielders. He was called upto Portsmouth's [[UEFA Cup]] squad as a home-grown talent and presented with the squad number 36. Ritchie played reserve and academy football at Pompey until late September and continued to impress until he was taken on a months loan by [[Coca-Cola League Two|League Two]] club [[Dagenham & Redbridge]]. He made his league football debut against [[Rotherham United]] on the [[27 September]] 2008, coming on as a late substitute. He scored upon his first competitive start for The Daggers in a 2-0 win over [[Rochdale FC|Rochdale]]. |
Ritchie has been involved in Portsmouth's academy since he turned 13. Before-hand he was playing football locally in Gosport. After aigning his first professional contract and a positive 2008/2009 pre-season campaign, including a memorable hat-trick in a 4-1 victory of hometown club [[Gosport Borough FC|Gosport Borough]]<ref>http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_3967462,00.html</ref>, Ritchie was taken on trial alongside fellow academy graduate [[Joel Ward (footballer)|Joel Ward]] by [[AFC Bournemouth]] with a view to a loan move to help give the youngsters important first-team experience in league football. Ritchie was however kept at Portsmouth following a number of injuries to first-team midfielders. He was called upto Portsmouth's [[UEFA Cup]] squad as a home-grown talent and presented with the squad number 36. Ritchie played reserve and academy football at Pompey until late September and continued to impress until he was taken on a months loan by [[Coca-Cola League Two|League Two]] club [[Dagenham & Redbridge]].<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/dagenham_and_redbridge/7636244.stm</ref> He made his league football debut against [[Rotherham United]] on the [[27 September]] 2008, coming on as a late substitute.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7626803.stm</ref> He scored upon his first competitive start for The Daggers in a 2-0 win over [[Rochdale FC|Rochdale]]. <ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7639346.stm</ref> |
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Revision as of 22:40, 7 October 2008
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Matthew Ritchie | ||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
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Current team | Dagenham & Redbridge | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
Matt Ritchie (born September 9th, 1989) is a English football player, who is currently on loan at Dagenham & Redbridge FC from Portsmouth. A rare youth academy graduate of the south-coast club, Ritchie is a left-sided winger who occasionally plays in a more central attacking midfield role.
Ritchie has been involved in Portsmouth's academy since he turned 13. Before-hand he was playing football locally in Gosport. After aigning his first professional contract and a positive 2008/2009 pre-season campaign, including a memorable hat-trick in a 4-1 victory of hometown club Gosport Borough[1], Ritchie was taken on trial alongside fellow academy graduate Joel Ward by AFC Bournemouth with a view to a loan move to help give the youngsters important first-team experience in league football. Ritchie was however kept at Portsmouth following a number of injuries to first-team midfielders. He was called upto Portsmouth's UEFA Cup squad as a home-grown talent and presented with the squad number 36. Ritchie played reserve and academy football at Pompey until late September and continued to impress until he was taken on a months loan by League Two club Dagenham & Redbridge.[2] He made his league football debut against Rotherham United on the 27 September 2008, coming on as a late substitute.[3] He scored upon his first competitive start for The Daggers in a 2-0 win over Rochdale. [4]
Statistics
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Cup | Apps | Goals | Continental | Apps | Goals |
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| 2008-09 |  Portsmouth |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2008 | Dagenham & Redbridge (Loan) |
1 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 2 | 1 | Total | 0 | 0 | Total | 0 | 0 | ||
References
External links
- Statistics at Soccerbase.com