Richard Naylor
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| Richard Naylor | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Richard Alan Naylor | |
| Date of birth | February 28, 1977 | |
| Place of birth | Leeds, England | |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | |
| Playing position | Central defender | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Leeds United | |
| Number | 36 | |
| Youth career | ||
| Ipswich Town F.C. | ||
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1995–2009 2002 2002 2009– |
Ipswich Town → Millwall (loan) → Barnsley (loan) Leeds United |
324 (38) 3 (0) 8 (0) 24 (1) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Richard Alan Naylor (born 28 February 1977 in Leeds) is an English footballer who currently plays for Leeds United.
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[edit] Club career
[edit] Ipswich Town
He graduated through the Ipswich Town youth academy and played for Ipswich for 14 years. Richard started out his Ipswich career as a robust centre forward making an instant impact in the mid-1990s for the Club. However a number of recurring injuries held Naylor back from achieving his full potential as a striker and he soon found himself behind Alex Mathie, James Scowcroft, David Johnson and later Marcus Stewart in the pecking order at Portman Road.
In 1999-2000 Naylor started in fine form but was once again forced onto the bench, however he would play a key role in Ipswich’s decisive Play Off Final Game against Barnsley (a club he would later join). Naylor came on as a first half substitute in the 2000 Division One Play-off Final against his future loan club Barnsley, for the injured David Johnson, and was widely credited at the time for changing the shape of the match in Ipswich's favour, scoring one and setting up another sending Ipswich back into the Premiership for the first time since 1995.
While Ipswich where riding high in the Premiership, Naylor once again found himself out of favour with then manager George Burley. Naylor continued to make sporadic appearances for Ipswich during 2000-2001 which saw Ipswich qualify for a place in the UEFA Cup. Naylor would score Ipswich’s last goal of the season against Derby County.
In 2001-2001 Naylor was out of Ipswich’s plans, despite having the opportunity to play against Italian giants Inter Milan in the UEFA Cup. He was loaned out to Barnsley and Millwall in 2002 in what seemed to many as the end of his Ipswich career.
However Ipswich where relegated in 2001-2002 by a point and as the promotion push in 2002-03 started to fizzle out, Burley was replaced by Joe Royle as Ipswich manager and with the departure of many players from the Club due to administration, Naylor was back in the picture. Royle decided to switch Naylor back to play as a centre half, a move that saw Naylor improve his performances and ironically increase his goal scoring tally for the club.
Naylor played a key role in Ipswich’s promotion pushes in 2003/04 and 2004/05 where the club would lose in the semi-finals to West Ham and went on to become a staple for Club in the less successful 2005/06. In 2006 Joe Royle left Ipswich and Naylor’s former teammate Jim Magilton took over as manager. On September 1, 2006 he was given a testimonial at Ipswich for 10 years as a professional at the club. 10,000 fans attended the game at Portman Road to see the current Ipswich team play against the Wembley 2000 XI. It finished 3 - 3 with Naylor fittingly scoring a last minute penalty. Naylor remained in the first team at Ipswich playing at the back alongside team captain Jason DeVos in 2006/07 and 2007/08. In 2008/09 his last season with the club, he was made club captain.
[edit] Leeds United
On 14 January 2009, Naylor joined his boyhood favourites[citation needed] Leeds United on loan from Ipswich. The move was made permanent on February 2 2009 when he joined on a free transfer. Naylor was appointed vice-captain of the club and scored his first goal for the club in the 2-0 win over Southend United.
Ian Westlake had revealed in the October/November 2006 issue of the Leeds, Leeds, Leeds magazine about Naylor that "Bam-Bam's a massive Leeds fan - he's got the white rose tattooed on his arm and sings 'Marching On Together' in the shower after training".[citation needed]
[edit] Honours
[edit] Club
[edit] Ipswich
[edit] External links
- Richard Naylor player profile at itfc.co.uk
- Richard Naylor player profile at barnsleyfc.co.uk
- Richard Naylor career stats at Soccerbase
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