Richard Smallwood (footballer)

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Richard Smallwood
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Smallwood playing for Middlesbrough in 2011
Personal information
Full name Richard Smallwood[1]
Date of birth (1990-12-29) 29 December 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth Redcar, England[2]
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Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Rotherham United
Number 33
Youth career
000?–2010 Middlesbrough
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2014 Middlesbrough 60 (3)
2014 → Rotherham United (loan) 18 (0)
2014 → Rotherham United (loan) 1 (0)
2014– Rotherham United 83 (2)
International career
2008 England U18 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:31, 31 August 2015 (UTC)

Richard Smallwood (born 29 December 1990) is an English professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Rotherham United.

Club career

Smallwood's natural position is the holding role in the centre of midfield; he has also been known to play centre back. He is a product of the Middlesbrough Academy and later became captain of the reserve team. At the start of the 2009–10 season, Smallwood signed his first professional contract with the club.[3] Smallwood made his debut for Middlesbrough on 19 October 2010 in a 1–0 away defeat to Nottingham Forest.[4] In January 2011, Smallwood signed a 18-month contract with the club.[5] On 2 May 2011, Smallwood scored his first goal for the club in a 3–0 win against Cardiff City.[6] He scored his second goal for the club on 25 September 2012, completing the scoring in a 3–1 win away to Preston North End in the third round of the League Cup.[7] On 3 November, he scored his second league goal in a 4–1 win away to Charlton Athletic.[8] However, in the 2013–14 season, Smallwood soon lost his first team place following new arrivals.[9] Under the management of Aitor Karanka, Smallwood was among the players to be offloaded as part of Karanka's reducing the squad size.[10]

On 23 January 2014, Smallwood joined Rotherham United on loan for the remainder of the 2013–14 season.[11] Shortly after arriving at Rotherham United, Smallwood quickly went straight into the first team; he was sent-off for a late challenge on Billy Knott, as Rotherham United beat Port Vale 1–0 on 21 August 2014.[12] As a result of the challenge, Smallwood had to serve a three-match suspension, missing the last two games of the season and one match in the play-offs.[13]

Smallwood scored the winning penalty in the shoot-out after taking the fifth penalty to win it as Rotherham secured promotion with a penalty shoot-out victory against Leyton Orient.[14] After the match, Smallwood said it was the first time he had taken a penalty in his professional career.[15] As a result of his good performance at Rotherham United, the club made a bid to sign Smallwood in early July, only to be rejected by Middlesbrough.[16]

Initially signed in an emergency loan deal,[17] Smallwood signed for Rotherham United on a permanent basis after Middlesbrough accepted a £175,000 bid for him.[18][19]

Smallwood scored his first ever goal for Rotherham United in their 3–3 home draw with Derby County with a sublime free-kick from the edge of the area.

International career

He was a member of the England under-18 squad which defeated Austria 2–0 at Hartlepool United's Victoria Park on 16 April 2008.[20]

Career statistics

As of match played 23 August 2014.[21]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Middlesbrough 2010–11 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1
2011–12 13 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 18 0
2012–13 22 2 2 0 4 1 0 0 28 3
2013–14 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
2014–15 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Rotherham United (loan) 2013–14 18 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20 0
Rotherham United (loan) 2014–15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Rotherham United 2014–15 40 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 42 1
2015–16 43 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 45 1
Career total 162 5 6 0 9 1 2 0 179 6

References

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  6. ↑ "Cardiff 0–3 Middlesbrough" BBC Sport. 2 May 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  7. ↑ "Preston 1–3 Middlesbrough" BBC Sport. 25 September 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
  8. ↑ "Charlton 1–4 Middlesbrough" BBC Sport. 3 November 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
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  21. ↑ Richard Smallwood career statistics at Soccerbase

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