List of Reading F.C. players
Appearance
This is a list footballers who have played 100 times or more for Reading Football Club.
Key
[edit]- The list is sorted by the year the player joined the club. If more than one player joined in the same year then they are sorted alphabetically.
Club years
- Counted as the years the player signed for, and left the club.
Appearances and goals
- League and total appearances prior to the Second World War are sourced to Joyce (2004),[1] from 1946–47 to 1989–90 to the Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database,[2] from 1990–91 to 1995–96 to Royals Record,[3][4] and for the 1996–97 season onwards to Soccerbase.[5] Reading's top 10 all time appearances makers and goalscorers are listed on the club's official website,[6] while statistics of selected players from all era's are also available at the Reading F.C. Former Players' Association.[7]
International career
- Players who made international appearances only have the highest level at which they played listed.
- A player's senior international team is sourced to National Football Teams[8] whilst appearances at age group level are sourced to the Association of Football Statisticians.[9] Players not covered by the above are sourced as needed in the "Refs" column.
Players with 100 or more appearances
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- As of match played 24 August 2024
Graeme Murty spent eleven years at the club and captained the side to the Championship title in 2006.[10]
A graduate of Reading's Academy,[11] Jem Karacan made more than 160 appearances for the club, making his debut in 2008 before leaving for Galatasaray in 2015.
Signed in 2005 for £30,000, Shane Long scored 54 goals in six seasons before joining West Bromwich Albion for £6m.[12]
Ívar Ingimarsson was a regular during Reading's most successful period, starting every league game of the Championship winning campaign and first Premier League season.[13]
Phil Parkinson made over 400 appearances in an eleven year career with Reading and twice won the club's Player of the Season award.[6]
Kevin Doyle made 26 appearances for the Republic of Ireland during his time at Reading, making him the club's most capped player.[14][15]
Name | Position | Club career | League apps |
League goals |
Total apps |
Total goals |
International career | Refs |
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Joe Bailey | FW | ????–1921 | 186 | 75 | 186+ | 75+ | [16] | |
Joe Duckworth | GK | 1924?–1930? | 202 | 0 | 202+ | 0 | — | |
Albert Hayhurst | DF | 1933–1938 | 237 | 12 | 237+ | 12+ | — | |
Billy Wright | MF | 1933–1938 | ? | ? | 193 | 5 | — | [17] |
Tommy Tait | FW | 1934–1939 | 144 | 79 | 144+ | 103 | — | |
Jimmy Wheeler | FW | 1948–1964 | 406 | 147 | 453 | 168 | — | |
Eddie McLaren | DF | 1952–1959 | 184 | 2 | 207 | 3 | — | |
Ray Reeves | DF | 1952–1961 | 284 | 28 | 317 | 32 | — | |
Maurice Evans | MF | 1955–1967 | 407 | 13 | 459 | 16 | — | |
Dennis Allen | FW | 1961–1970 | 336 | 85 | 377 | 95 | — | |
Colin Meldrum | DF | 1962–1970 | 266 | 8 | 304 | 9 | — | |
Les Chappell | MF | 1969–1974 | 201 | 78 | 241 | 90 | — | |
Gordon Cumming | MF | 1969–1977 | 295 | 51 | 331 | 61 | — | |
Steve Death | GK | 1969–1982 | 471 | 0 | 537 | 0 | — | |
Robin Friday | FW | 1973–1976 | 121 | 46 | 121+ | 53 | — | |
Ray Hiron | FW | 1975–1978 | 92 | 14 | 106 | 14 | — | |
Gary Peters | DF | 1975–1979, 1985–1988 | 256 | 10 | 294 | 12 | — | |
Paul Bennett | DF | 1976–1979 | 105 | 3 | 124 | 3 | — | |
Richie Bowman | MF | 1976–1980 | 194 | 30 | 194+ | 30+ | — | |
Mark White | DF | 1976–1988 | 278 | 11 | 320 | 13 | — | |
Jerry Williams | MF | 1976–1988 | 309 | 17 | 357 | 17+ | — | |
Pat Earles | FW | 1977–1982 | 247 | 68 | 284 | 85 | — | |
Alan Lewis | DF | 1977–1982 | 149 | 5 | 173 | 7 | — | |
Martin Hicks | DF | 1978–1991 | 500 | 23 | 603 | 26 | — | [a] |
Mike Kearney | FW | 1978–1983 | 145 | 36 | 145+ | 36+ | — | |
Lawrie Sanchez | MF | 1978–1984 | 262 | 28 | 305 | 31 | ![]() |
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Steve Wood | DF | 1979–1987 | 219 | 9 | 251 | 9 | — | |
Stuart Beavon | MF | 1980–1990 | 396 | 44 | 481 | 55 | — | |
Kerry Dixon | FW | 1980–1983 | 116 | 51 | 133 | 57 | ![]() |
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Steve Richardson | DF | 1982–1993 | 380 | 3 | 457 | 3 | — | |
Trevor Senior | FW | 1983–1987, 1988–1992 | 301 | 153 | 362 | 191 | — | [b] |
Michael Gilkes | MF | 1984–1997 | 393 | 43 | 486 | 52 | ![]() |
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Steve Francis | GK | 1987–1993 | 216 | 0 | 259 | 0 | — | |
Linden Jones | DF | 1987–1992 | 152 | 8 | 190 | 14 | ![]() |
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Steve Moran | FW | 1987–1991 | 116 | 30 | 143 | 38 | ![]() |
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Mick Tait | MF | 1987–1990 | 99 | 9 | 133 | 14 | — | |
Mick Gooding | MF | 1989–1997 | 314 | 26 | 368 | 30 | — | [c] |
Scott Taylor | MF | 1989–1995 | 207 | 24 | 248 | 29 | — | |
Ady Williams | DF | 1989–1996, 2000–2004 | 335 | 18 | 396 | 23 | ![]() |
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Stuart Lovell | FW | 1990–1998 | 227 | 58 | 266 | 67 | ![]() |
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Keith McPherson | DF | 1990–1999 | 271 | 8 | 316 | 9 | — | |
Kevin Dillon | MF | 1991–1994 | 101 | 4 | 119 | 5 | ![]() |
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Shaka Hislop | GK | 1992–1995 | 104 | 0 | 126 | 0 | ![]() |
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Jeff Hopkins | DF | 1992–1997 | 131 | 3 | 156 | 4 | ![]() |
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Jamie Lambert | MF | 1992–1999 | 124 | 16 | 151 | 20 | — | |
Phil Parkinson | MF | 1992–2003 | 362 | 20 | 425 | 24 | — | |
Jimmy Quinn | FW | 1992–1997 | 182 | 71 | 216 | 94 | ![]() |
[c] |
Dylan Kerr | DF | 1993–1996 | 89 | 5 | 104 | 5 | — | |
Andy Bernal | DF | 1994–2000 | 187 | 2 | 224 | 4 | ![]() |
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Lee Nogan | FW | 1995–1997 | 91 | 26 | 102 | 29 | ![]() |
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Martin Williams | FW | 1995–2000 | 127 | 26 | 156 | 29 | — | |
Darren Caskey | MF | 1996–2001 | 203 | 35 | 232 | 45 | ![]() |
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Barry Hunter | DF | 1996–2001 | 86 | 4 | 100 | 6 | ![]() |
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Scott Howie | GK | 1997–2001 | 85 | 0 | 102 | 0 | ![]() |
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Linvoy Primus | DF | 1997–2000 | 94 | 1 | 113 | 1 | — | |
Jim McIntyre | FW | 1998–2001 | 100 | 14 | 113 | 16 | — | |
Graeme Murty | DF | 1998–2009 | 306 | 2 | 339 | 2 | ![]() |
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Nicky Forster | FW | 1999–2005 | 187 | 59 | 215 | 67 | ![]() |
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Phil Whitehead | GK | 1999–2003 | 97 | 0 | 108 | 0 | — | |
Martin Butler | FW | 2000–2005 | 103 | 32 | 118 | 36 | — | |
Jamie Cureton | FW | 2000–2003 | 113 | 51 | 127 | 55 | ![]() |
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Sammy Igoe | MF | 2000–2003 | 90 | 7 | 105 | 7 | — | |
Ricky Newman | MF | 2000–2005 | 114 | 0 | 137 | 2 | — | |
Marcus Hahnemann | GK | 2001–2009 | 284 | 0 | 303 | 0 | ![]() |
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James Harper | MF | 2001–2010 | 316 | 25 | 348 | 26 | — | |
Andrew Hughes | MF | 2001–2005 | 166 | 18 | 183 | 18 | — | |
John Salako | MF | 2001–2004 | 111 | 13 | 121 | 14 | ![]() |
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Nicky Shorey | DF | 2001–2008, 2012–2013 | 284 | 12 | 317 | 13 | ![]() |
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Ivar Ingimarsson | DF | 2003–2011 | 251 | 11 | 281 | 12 | ![]() |
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Dave Kitson | FW | 2003–2008, 2009 | 147 | 56 | 160 | 62 | — | |
Glen Little | MF | 2003–2008, 2009 | 112 | 6 | 123 | 6 | — | |
Steve Sidwell | MF | 2003–2007 | 170 | 29 | 187 | 30 | ![]() |
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Bobby Convey | MF | 2004–2009 | 98 | 7 | 112 | 8 | ![]() |
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Ibrahima Sonko | DF | 2004–2008 | 127 | 8 | 136 | 8 | ![]() |
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Kevin Doyle | FW | 2005–2009 | 155 | 55 | 163 | 56 | ![]() |
[d] |
Adam Federici | GK | 2005–2015 | 196 | 1 | 229 | 1 | ![]() |
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Brynjar Gunnarsson | MF | 2005–2013 | 142 | 9 | 163 | 10 | ![]() |
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Stephen Hunt | MF | 2005–2009 | 156 | 17 | 173 | 21 | ![]() |
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Leroy Lita | FW | 2005–2009 | 83 | 20 | 100 | 32 | ![]() |
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Shane Long | FW | 2005–2011, 2022–2023 | 204 | 45 | 235 | 56 | ![]() |
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Alex Pearce | DF | 2006–2015 | 201 | 14 | 226 | 15 | ![]() |
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Simon Church | FW | 2007–2013 | 104 | 22 | 122 | 24 | ![]() |
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Jem Karacan | MF | 2007–2015 | 155 | 11 | 175 | 12 | ![]() |
[e] |
Hal Robson-Kanu | MF | 2007–2016 | 197 | 24 | 227 | 30 | ![]() |
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Noel Hunt | FW | 2008–2013 | 145 | 33 | 162 | 39 | ![]() |
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Jimmy Kébé | MF | 2008–2013 | 175 | 29 | 190 | 31 | ![]() |
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Jobi McAnuff | MF | 2009–2014 | 189 | 14 | 206 | 16 | ![]() |
[f] |
Jay Tabb | MF | 2009–2013 | 89 | 0 | 105 | 0 | ![]() |
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Mikele Leigertwood | MF | 2010–2014 | 97 | 7 | 109 | 10 | ![]() |
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Jordan Obita | MF | 2010–2020 | 163 | 5 | 191 | 7 | ![]() |
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Adam Le Fondre | FW | 2011–2014 | 104 | 39 | 110 | 41 | — | |
Chris Gunter | DF | 2012–2020 | 280 | 2 | 314 | 4 | ![]() |
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Garath McCleary | MF | 2012–2020 | 242 | 23 | 270 | 27 | ![]() |
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Pavel Pogrebnyak | FW | 2012–2015 | 94 | 24 | 106 | 28 | ![]() |
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Danny Williams | MF | 2013–2017 | 135 | 13 | 156 | 14 | ![]() |
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Paul McShane | DF | 2015–2019 | 96 | 3 | 103 | 4 | ![]() |
[g] |
Liam Moore | DF | 2016–2023 | 219 | 8 | 233 | 8 | ![]() |
[h] |
John Swift | MF | 2016–2022 | 187 | 32 | 202 | 34 | ![]() |
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Tyler Blackett | DF | 2016–2020 | 110 | 0 | 122 | 0 | ![]() |
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Yakou Méïté | FW | 2016–2023 | 156 | 42 | 165 | 47 | ![]() |
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Andy Rinomhota | MF | 2018–2022 | 125 | 3 | 139 | 4 | — | |
Omar Richards | DF | 2017–2021 | 93 | 2 | 104 | 3 | ![]() |
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Sone Aluko | FW | 2017–2021 | 93 | 6 | 102 | 6 | ![]() |
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Andy Yiadom | DF | 2018– | 201 | 4 | 208 | 4 | ![]() |
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Ovie Ejaria | MF | 2019, 2019–2020, 2020–2023 | 124 | 9 | 127 | 9 | ![]() |
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Michael Morrison | DF | 2019–2022 | 108 | 8 | 113 | 8 | — | |
Lucas João | FW | 2019–2023 | 116 | 42 | 119 | 45 | ![]() ![]() |
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Tom Holmes | DF | 2016–2024, 2024 | 125 | 1 | 133 | 1 | — | |
Tom McIntyre | DF | 2016–2024 | 105 | 6 | 117 | 7 | ![]() |
Players with fewer than 100 appearances
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. SoccerData. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
- ^ "Reading". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 10 December 2013. Only includes league games.
- ^ "Career appearance records". Royals Record. Retrieved 10 December 2013. Includes all players from 1990–91 onwards but also those who made their debut before then and were still playing in 1990–91 and beyond.
- ^ "Career goalscoring records". Royals Record. Retrieved 10 December 2013. Includes all players from 1990–91 onwards but also those who made their debut before then and were still playing in 1990–91 and beyond.
- ^ "Reading squad stats". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 July 2013. Player stats from earlier seasons available via the drop-down menu.
- ^ a b c d "Statistics". Reading F.C. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
- ^ "Our members". Reading F.C. Former Players' Association. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- ^ "Home". National Football Teams. Retrieved 31 July 2013. Players can be found using the drop-down menus or search function.
- ^ "All Reading Football Club players". The Association of Football Statisticians. Retrieved 31 July 2013. Players can be found using the menu on the left-hand side or search function.
- ^ "Murty announces his retirement". Reading F.C. Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
- ^ "Academy graduates". Reading F.C. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
- ^ "Long sold by Reading FC to West Brom in record deal". Reading Post. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
- ^ "Ingimarsson released by Reading". BBC Sport. 2 June 2011. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
- ^ "Reading internationals". Royals Record. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
- ^ a b "Club honours and records". Reading F.C. Archived from the original on 14 February 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
- ^ "Reading | Club | History | History | Our World War One heroes". Archived from the original on 17 December 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
- ^ Wright Billy Image 1 Bolton 1931, Vintage Footballers
- ^ "Managers of Reading F.C". Reading F.C. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
- ^ "Jem Paul Karacan" (in Turkish). Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- ^ "Player profile: Jobi McAnuff". Reading F.C. Archived from the original on 1 September 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
- ^ "Moore on pride at being new Royals captain". www.readingfc.co.uk.
- ^ "CLUB UPDATE - LIAM MOORE RELIEVED OF CAPTAINCY". readingfc.co.uk/. Reading F.C. 15 January 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2022.