Richard Hastings

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Richard Hastings

Personal information
Full name	Richard Cory Hastings
Date of birth	18 May 1977 (1977-05-18)
Place of birth	Prince George, Canada
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Left back
Youth career
1991–1995	Millburn Academy
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1993–1994	Nairn County	?	(?)
1994–2001	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	88	(2)
2001–2002	Ross County	28	(0)
2002–2003	Grazer AK	9	(0)
2003–2004	MVV Maastricht	17	(1)
2004–2009	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	133	(1)
2009–2010	Hamilton Academical	17	(0)
Total		292	(4)
National team‡
1998–2010	Canada	59	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:17, 1 May 2010 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 May 2010

Richard Cory Hastings (born 18 May 1977 in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada) is a retired Canadian football player, who played for Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Ross County, Grazer AK, MVV Maastricht and Hamilton Academical.

He also played 59 times for the Canadian national team. Hastings was a member of the Canada side which won the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup, and later represented his country at the 2001 Confederations Cup, the 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup, 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup, 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup and the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Club career

Hastings spent his early years in Vancouver. When he was 7 years old he and his English parents moved to Middlesbrough, England. He went to Millburn Academy in Inverness.

Hastings began his career as a teenager with Nairn County before signing for Inverness Caledonian Thistle, for whom he made 106 appearances as a defender. During this spell in Inverness he was an important player for the team and became Caley Thistle's first full time player. A constant member of the squad that won promotion to the Scottish First Division, Hastings was also part of the team that beat Celtic in the Scottish Cup in 2000.

In 2001 Richie Hastings joined Ross County, before spells at Grazer AK and Maastricht. In 2004 he returned to Caley Thistle. He was the only international capped player at Inverness Caledonian Thistle after the departure of Marius Niculae.

Hastings was released from his contract with Hamilton at the end of the 2009-10 season. On February 11, 2011 Hastings announced his retirement as a player. The announcement was not surprising, as the 33-year-old had been without a club since the end of the 2009-10 season.

International career

Hastings played at the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship in Malaysia, alongside Paul Stalteri and Jason Bent.

He made his senior debut for Canada in a May 1998 friendly match against Macedonia and, up to 22 November 2009, has earned a total of 57 caps, scoring 1 goal. He has represented Canada in 10 FIFA World Cup qualification matches. Hastings' only international goal was the golden goal in Canada's 2–1 win over Mexico in the quarter-final of the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup, a tournament Canada went on to win. Hastings was named Rookie of the Tournament.

He was also in the squad for the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup playing in a central-defence position and was also named in the "Team of the Tournament" line-up. He was also selected in the 2009 Canadian Gold Cup roster.

Hastings last appearance in the Canada jersey was in a friendly May 29, 2010 against Venezuela, the game ended as a 1-1 away draw.

International goals

Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	20 February 2000	Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, USA	Mexico	2–1	2–1	2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Honours

Canada

• CONCACAF Gold Cup: 2000
• CONCACAF U-20 Championship: 1996

Individual

• 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup Best XI

External links

• Richard Hastings career stats at Soccerbase
• Richard Hastings at National-Football-Teams.com
• Player profile – CanadaSoccer