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'{{Infobox football biography | name = Liam "THE PRICK" Ridgewell | image = [[File:Liamridgewellforwiki.png|300px]] | caption = The prick eyeing up his next rape victim | fullname = Liam Matthew Ridgewell<ref name=Hugman0506/> | height = {{height|ft=6|in=2}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bcfc.com/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10412~22583,00.html |title=Player Profiles: Liam Ridgewell |publisher=Birmingham City F.C |accessdate=16 March 2011}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1984|7|21}} | birth_place = [[Bexleyheath]], England | currentclub = [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]] | clubnumber = 6 | position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]] | youthyears1 = 1999–2001 |youthclubs1 = [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]] | youthyears2 = 2001 |youthclubs2 = [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]] | years1 = 2001–2007 |clubs1 = [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]] |caps1 = 79 |goals1 = 7 | years2 = 2002 |clubs2 = → [[A.F.C. Bournemouth]] (loan) |caps2 = 5 |goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2007–2012 |clubs3 = [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]] |caps3 = 152 |goals3 = 9 | years4 = 2012– |clubs4 = [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]] |caps4 = 8 |goals4 = 1 | nationalyears1 = 2002 |nationalteam1 = [[England national under-19 football team|England U19]] |nationalcaps1 = 1 |nationalgoals1 = 1 | nationalyears2 = 2004–2005 |nationalteam2 = [[England national under-21 football team|England U21]] |nationalcaps2 = 8 |nationalgoals2 = 0 | club-update = 17:13, 7 April 2012 (UTC) | nationalteam-update = }} '''Liam Matthew Ridgewell''' (born 21 July 1984)<ref name=Hugman0506>{{cite book |editor1-last=Hugman |editor1-first=Barry |title=The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2005/2006 |publisher=Queen Anne Press |year=2005 |page=344 |isbn=978-1-85291-662-1}}</ref> is an English [[Association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[Defender (association football)|defender]] for [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]]. He is primarily a [[centre half]] but can also play at [[left back]]. He began his senior career with [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]], spending a spell on loan at [[A.F.C. Bournemouth]] in 2002, before moving to Villa's local rivals [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]] in 2007, where he was part of the [[2011 Football League Cup Final]]-winning team. ==Club career== ===Early career=== Ridgewell was born in [[Bexleyheath]], [[London]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.skysports.com/football/player/0,19754,11694_222093,00.html |title=Liam Ridgewell |publisher=Sky Sports |accessdate=8 September 2010}}</ref> He began his career with [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]], but moved to [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]] in February 2001.<ref name=WestHam>{{cite web|title=Ridgewell relishes Hammers return|url=http://www.whufc.com/articles/20100609/ridgewell-relishes-hammers-return_2236884_2055691|publisher=www.whufc.com|accessdate=1 August 2011}}</ref> He was part of the team who won the [[FA Youth Cup]] final in May 2002 against [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] marking [[Wayne Rooney]] out of the game.<ref name=Youthcup>{{cite web|title=Liam Ridgewell|url=http://www.carling.com/football/aston-villa-fc/liam-ridgewell.html|publisher=www.carling.com|accessdate=1 August 2011}}</ref> ===Aston Villa=== The day after scoring for [[England national under-19 football team|England Under-19s]] in a 2–2 draw against Yugoslavia Under-19s in October 2002,<ref>{{cite web|title=England Under 19's fixtures and results|url=http://www.ntfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10425~295188,00.html|publisher=www.ntfc.co.uk|accessdate=1 August 2011}}</ref> he was loaned out to [[A.F.C. Bournemouth|Bournemouth]], for whom he played five games between 13 October-13 November 2002. His debut for Aston Villa's first team came on 4 January 2003, in a 4–1 defeat to [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]] in the [[FA Cup]], when he came on as a [[substitute (football)|substitute]] to replace [[Rob Edwards (footballer born 1982)|Rob Edwards]] after 69 minutes. He was a regular in [[England national under-21 football team|England's U21 side]].{{Citation needed|date=December 2008}} Ridgewell scored his first goal of the [[2006-07 in English football|2006–07]] season against his former club West Ham United on 10 September 2006. ===Birmingham City=== Ridgewell completed a move to [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]] for a fee of £2 million on 3 August 2007, thus becoming the first player to transfer between the bitter rivals since [[Des Bremner]] in 1984.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.birminghampost.net/midlands-birmingham-sport/west-midlands-sports/birmingham-city-fc/2007/08/03/ridgewell-arrival-put-in-shade-as-ghaly-deal-collapses-65233-19568656/ |title=Ridgewell arrival put in shade as Ghaly deal collapses |work=[[Birmingham Post]] |author=Jawad, Hyder |date=3 August 2007 |accessdate=29 December 2008}}</ref> [[File:Liam Ridgewell cropped.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Ridgewell in October 2010]]In the absence through injury of regular [[Captain (association football)|captain]] [[Damien Johnson]], Ridgewell was given the captain's armband. He described his appointment as "a real honour".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/mail/sport/tm_method=full%26objectid=19619461%26siteid=50002-name_page.html |title=Ridgewell: My pride over captaincy |author=Tattum, Colin |work=Birmingham Mail |date=13 August 2007 |accessdate=1 October 2007}}</ref> Though concerns were expressed over how some fans might react to a player signing from Aston Villa, Ridgewell's performances won over the doubters.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/birminghampost/sport/tm_method=full%26objectid=19852180%26siteid=50002-name_page.html |title=Ridgewell a big hit with Blues fans |work=Birmingham Post |date=26 September 2007 |accessdate=1 October 2007}}</ref> He scored his first goal for the club in their 3–2 win against [[Wigan Athletic F.C.|Wigan Athletic]] at [[St Andrew's (stadium)|St Andrew's]],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sportinglife.com/football/premiership/birmingham/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/07/10/27/SOCCER_Birmingham.html&TEAMHD=birmingham&DIV=prem&TEAM=BIRMINGHAM--CITY&RH=Birmingham--City&PREV_SEASON= |title=Birmingham 3 Wigan 2 |work=Sporting Life |date=27 September 2007 |accessdate=4 November 2007}}</ref> but then scored an [[own goal]] in the [[Birmingham derby]] on 11 November 2007, also at St Andrew's.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7076646.stm |title=Birmingham 1–2 Aston Villa |publisher=[[BBC Sport]] |date=11 November 2007 |accessdate=12 November 2007}}</ref> In April 2009, Ridgewell suffered a broken leg after a challenge by [[Plymouth Argyle F.C.|Plymouth Argyle]] midfielder [[Jamie Mackie]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/birmingham_city/7997165.stm |title=Ridgewell undergoes leg operation |publisher=[[BBC Sport]] |date=14 April 2009 |accessdate=1 February 2010}}</ref> Ridgewell returned to the side only five months later, playing in the less familiar position of left back.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.birminghampost.net/midlands-birmingham-sport/west-midlands-sports/birmingham-city-fc/2009/09/23/sunderland-2-birmingham-city-0-match-report-65233-24757890/ |title=Sunderland 2 Birmingham City 0 – match report |first=Andy |last=Walker |newspaper=Birmingham Post |date=23 September 2009 |accessdate=1 February 2010}}</ref> He continued in that role because of the form of preferred centre-backs [[Roger Johnson (footballer)|Roger Johnson]] and [[Scott Dann]],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/birmingham-city-fc/birmingham-city-fc-news/2009/12/09/future-s-looking-healthy-for-liam-97319-25354740/ |title=Future's looking healthy for Liam Ridgewell |first=Andy |last=Walker |newspaper=Birmingham Mail |date=7 December 2009 |accessdate=1 February 2010}}</ref> and played there as Birmingham went on a club-record 12-match unbeaten run in the top division<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,,12040_5850655,0.html |title=McLeish proud of Blues |publisher=[[Sky Sports]] |date=9 January 2010 |accessdate=1 February 2010}}</ref> and set a Premier League record by fielding the same starting eleven for nine consecutive games.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.skysports.com/opinion/story/0,25212,12038_5854263,00.html |title=The cold rush |publisher=[[Sky Sports]] |first=Martin |last=Tyler |date=12 January 2010 |accessdate=1 February 2010}}</ref> He scored a 91st-minute equaliser against [[Tottenham Hotspur]] on 30 January 2010 which ensured that Birmingham remained unbeaten at home since the previous September.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8485699.stm |title=Birmingham 1–1 Tottenham |first=Pranav |last=Soneji |publisher=[[BBC Sport]] |date=30 January 2010 |accessdate=1 February 2010}}</ref> Ridgewell continued his goalscoring form with a stoppage-time winner against [[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]] to send Birmingham through to the quarter finals of the [[FA Cup]],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/8506578.stm |title=Derby 1–2 Birmingham |first=Harry |last=Ornstein |publisher=[[BBC Sport]] |date=13 February 2010 |accessdate=22 June 2010}}</ref> had a goal disallowed in the quarter-final match against [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]] when the ball had "clearly crossed the line",<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/portsmouth/7392549/Games-governors-wrong-to-dismiss-the-merits-of-goal-line-technology-in-football.html |title=Game's governors wrong to dismiss the merits of goal-line technology in football |first=Brian |last=Barwick |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=8 March 2010 |accessdate=22 June 2010}}</ref> and scored an equalising goal against [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8597490.stm |title=Birmingham 1–1 Liverpool |first=Mark |last=Ashenden |publisher=[[BBC Sport]] |date=4 April 2010 |accessdate=22 June 2010}}</ref> In June 2010, Ridgewell signed a new contract with Birmingham to keep him with the club until June 2013.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/birmingham_city/8733197.stm |title=Liam Ridgewell signs new Birmingham City contract |publisher=[[BBC Sport]] |date=10 June 2010 |accessdate=22 June 2010}}</ref> He played the full 90 minutes as Birmingham defeated favourites [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] 2–1 in the [[2011 Football League Cup Final]],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/9405702.stm |title=Arsenal 1–2 Birmingham |publisher=BBC Sport |first=Philip |last=McNulty |date=27 February 2011 |accessdate=19 August 2011}}</ref> thus earning qualification for the [[2011–12 UEFA Europa League|Europa League]]. In the absence of several midfielders through injury, Ridgewell played in the [[2011–12 UEFA Europa League#Play-off round|play-off round]] first leg against Portuguese club [[C.D. Nacional|Nacional]], Birmingham's first participation in major European competition for nearly 50 years, in an unfamiliar holding midfield position.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/birmingham-city-fc/birmingham-city-fc-news/2011/08/19/nacional-0-birmingham-city-0-colin-tattum-s-big-match-verdict-and-player-ratings-97319-29265450/ |title=Nacional 0, Birmingham City 0 |newspaper=The Birmingham Mail |first=Colin |last=Tattum |date=19 August 2011 |accessdate=19 August 2011}}</ref> As the August 2011 transfer deadline approached, Ridgewell submitted a transfer request which was rejected by the club, and despite late interest from Premier League clubs including [[Newcastle United]], he remained with Birmingham.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12874_7141082,00.html |title=Magpies bid for Ridgewell |publisher=Sky Sports |date=31 August 2011 |accessdate=1 September 2011}}</ref> ===West Bromwich Albion=== Ridgewell signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Premier League club [[West Bromwich Albion]] on 31 January 2012. The transfer fee was undislosed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wba.co.uk/page/News/0,,10366~2595192,00.html |title=Albion seal Ridgewell swoop |publisher=West Bromwich Albion F.C |date=31 January 2012 |accessdate=31 January 2012}}</ref> On 12 February 2012, he made his debut as a starter in the 5:1 away win over [[Wolverhampton Wanderers]] in a [[Premier League]] match.The week later on his home debut he helped his side beat the premier league form side Sunderland 4:0 at the Hawthorns. ==Honours== ;Aston Villa *[[FA Youth Cup]] winner: [[FA Youth Cup Finals#2001–02: Aston Villa v. Everton (4–1, 0–1)|2001–02]] ;Birmingham City *[[Football League Cup]] winner: [[2011 Football League Cup Final|2011]] ==References== {{reflist|2}} ==External links== *{{soccerbase|id=32349|name=Liam Ridgewell}} *[http://www.blues.premiumtv.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10412~22583,00.html Profile] on Birmingham City F.C. website {{West Bromwich Albion F.C. squad}} <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]] --> {{Persondata |NAME = Liam Matthew Ridgewell |ALTERNATIVE NAMES = |SHORT DESCRIPTION = Professional footballer |DATE OF BIRTH = 21 July 1984 |PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Bexleyheath]], [[London]], [[England]] |DATE OF DEATH = |PLACE OF DEATH = }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ridgewell, Liam}} [[Category:1984 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People from Bexleyheath]] [[Category:English footballers]] [[Category:England under-21 international footballers]] [[Category:Association football central defenders]] [[Category:Aston Villa F.C. players]] [[Category:A.F.C. 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