Richard Sadlier
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Richard Thomas Sadlier | ||
| Date of birth | January 14, 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1996–2004 | Millwall | 145 | (34) |
| National team | |||
| 2000 | Republic of Ireland under-21 | ? | (?) |
| 2002 | Republic of Ireland | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Richard Sadlier (born on 14 January 1979 in Dublin) is an Irish former professional footballer and former CEO of St Patrick's Athletic F.C..[1] Since retirement from the professional game he has worked as a pundit with RTÉ.[2]
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[edit] Club career
He began his career at youth level with Leicester Celtic and Belvedere FC in Dublin before joining Millwall F.C.. He was educated at St. Benildus College where he excelled on on the sports fields.
Richard helped Millwall to becoming 2000-01 Second Division Champions but was forced to watch from the stand as Millwall reached the 2004 FA Cup Final in his final season. A striker, Sadlier scored 34 goals in 103 starts for Millwall.
In an interview with the BBC, Mark McGhee named Sadlier as potentially the best young centre forward he had ever worked with in his managerial career.[3]
[edit] International career
Sadlier formed a strike force with Robbie Keane and scored at the FIFA World Youth Championship finals in Nigeria in 1999.[4]
Sadlier's only cap for the Republic of Ireland came against Russia in a friendly at Lansdowne Road on 13 February 2002.[5] He was highly favoured to make Mick McCarthy's final 23 man Republic of Ireland squad for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, but had to withdraw with a hip injury which ultimately ended his football career prematurely.[6]
[edit] Post playing and Media career
In 2003, Sadlier retired from the professional due to a hip injury at the age of 24.[7]
In 2006, Sadlier was approached to write a column on association football for the Sunday Independent after previously doing some punditry work with Setanta Sports.
In 2007 he was appointed to the board of St Patrick's Athletic F.C..[8]
In 2008, Sadlier joined RTÉ's panel of pundits for its League of Ireland coverage, dominated by Monday Night Soccer.[9] He resigned from his post at St Patrick's at the end of the 2009 season.
He contributed to RTÉ Sport's coverage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.[10][11] He is a panelist on RTE Two's Premier Soccer Saturday covering the 2010-11 Premier League.[12]
In March 2011, Sadlier appeared on the Seán Moncrieff Show on Irish radio station Newstalk in an interview.[13]
[edit] Articles
[edit] References
- ^ [1]
- ^ Bielenberg, Kim. "The top 10 waiting in the wings". Irish Independent. 22 October 2011.
- ^ "Injury forces Sadlier to quit". BBC News. 4 September 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/millwall/3080792.stm.
- ^ [2].
- ^ "Republic of Ireland 2 - 0 Russia". Soccerscene.ie. 2002-02-13. http://www.soccerscene.ie/sssenior/matchdetails.php?id=373. Retrieved 2010-11-15.
- ^ "Injury forces Sadlier to quit". BBC News. 4 September 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/millwall/3080792.stm.
- ^ "Injury forces Sadlier to quit". BBC News. 4 September 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/millwall/3080792.stm.
- ^ "Sadlier named on Saints board". RTÉ News. 19 June 2007. http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2007/0619/stpatricks.html.
- ^ RTÉ News. http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/mns//.
- ^ Black, Fergus (2 June 2010). "RTÉ hopes Ossie and squad will spur fans to back home team". Irish Independent. http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/rte-hopes-ossie-and-squad-will-spur-fans-to-back-home-team-2203365.html. Retrieved 2 June 2010.
- ^ O'Malley, Carl (2 June 2010). "RTÉ roll out big guns for their 56 live games". The Irish Times. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2010/0602/1224271676683.html. Retrieved 2 June 2010.
- ^ RTÉ News. http://www.rte.ie/ten/listings/12320669_tv_Premier%20Soccer%20Saturday.
- ^ [3].
