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Matt Ritchie
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Full name	Matthew Ritchie
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Dagenham & Redbridge
Number	3

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Matt Ritchie (born September 10th, 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 signing his first professional contract with the club and a positive 2008/2009 pre-season campaign, including a memorable hat-trick in a 4-1 victory over 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 one-month loan deal 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] and again in his next match, a 2-0 win over Barnet.^[5]

Statistics

Season	Club	Apps	Goals	Cup	Continental
2008-09	Portsmouth	0	0
2008	Dagenham & Redbridge (Loan)	2 (1)	2
Total		3	2	Total	Total

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Statistics at Soccerbase.com

[1] ttp://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_3967462,00.html

[2] ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/dagenham_and_redbridge/7636244.stm

[3] ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7626803.stm

[4] ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7639346.stm

[5] ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7646415.stm

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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 10th]], [[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.
 Ritchie has been involved in Portsmouth's academy since he turned 13. Before-hand he was playing football locally in Gosport. After signing his first professional contract with the club and a positive 2008/2009 pre-season campaign, including a memorable hat-trick in a 4-1 victory over 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 one-month loan deal 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> and again in his next match, a 2-0 win over [[Barnet FC|Barnet]].<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7646415.stm</ref>